War Paint Lyrics

Date: Fri, 13 Oct 1995 00:06:04 -0700 (MST)
From: "Anthony John Zimmermann"
Rush
War Paint
Presto
Music and Lyrics by Lee, Lifeson, and Peart
Comments welcome
Electric Guitar 4 x
Girl before the mirror
appraises her disguise
child become a mother
tries to fix her eyes
no more of his excuses
it has to be today....
she can keep her fantasy
if she can get away
Paint her name....
Wounded pride....
All puffed up with vanity...
Cadd9 (let ring)...
(Cadd9) (overdub palm mute quarter notes)
boy before the mirror
w/Lead Fig. 1 (Below)
checks his camouflage
polishes his armor
F G G F F = 133211
and the charger in the garage...
C F5/C F5/C C = 355xxx
no more lame excuses... F5/C = x3356x
C w/Lead Fig. 2 (Below)
it has to be tonight
he can take the princess
if he can take the fight
Lead Fig. 1 Lead Fig. 2
Opening chords, with acoustic playing palm-muted quarter notes:
: 355xxx
: 133xxx
: x355xx
:x3356x
rhythm here is eighth, quarter, eighth repeated
boys and girls together
mistake conceit for pride.....
-ambition for illusion
() similar next stanza
-dreams for self-delusion.....
paint it black....
--12--12----------------------------------------------F--rel.------|
Harmonizer up a fifth Harmonizer off
-(19)~(19)~(19)~(19)--------------------------------------------------|
-(19)~(19)~(19)~(19)---------------------------------------------------|
Outro:
Include eighth note palm mute power chords on electric guitar: