Painting Chords

KeyC# CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays433

Painting by Lewis Del Mar is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C#. It uses the chords C#, A#m and F#. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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C#
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C# 
The walls are boring me 
C# 
Paint it like you always dreamed it'd be 
C# 
Turquoise, neon green 
C# 
Paint it like you always dreamed it'd be 

Pre-Hook 
A#m 
Throw like Pollock 
A#m 
Fuck the apartment 
A#m 
Oh, paint it like you always dreamed it'd be 

Pre-Hook 
C# 
(Oh, ooh) 
F# 
(Oh, ooh ooh) 
C# 
(Oh, ooh) 
F# 
(Oh, ooh ooh) 

C# 
If you want it, you can have it 
F#                               C# F# 
Every color that you see, see, see 
C# 
If you want it, want it bad 
F#                                        C# F# 
Then build yourself a technicolor masterpiece, oh 
C# F#        A#m  F# 
Masterpiece, masterpiece 
Oh, yeah 

verse 2 
C#                F# 
A rainbow kitchen floor 
A#m                      F# 
You're laughin' like you always dreamed you'd be 
C#                        F# 
(Come on, let's paint the door, ooh) 
A#m                       F# 
Handprints on the ceiling where our dreams will reach 

Pre-Hook 
A#m 
So 'John Mchale-esque' 
A#m 
Straight lines don't exist 
A#m 
When you're livin' like you always dreamed it'd be 

Pre-Hook 
C# 
(Oh, ooh) 
F# 
(Oh, ooh ooh) 
And I don't know what you wish 
A#m 
(Oh, ooh) 
F# 
(Oh, ooh ooh) 

C# 
If you want it, you can have it 
F#                               C# F# 
Every color that you see, see, see 
C# 
If you want it, want it bad 
F#                                        C# F# 
Then build yourself a technicolor masterpiece, oh 
C# F#        A#m  F# 
Masterpiece, masterpiece 
Oh, yeah 

Bridge 
C# 
And many years from now 
C# 
The landlord will kick us out 
C# 
He'll cover all our sins 
C# 
He'll paint it white again 

F# 
And many years from now 
F# 
The landlord will kick us out 
F# 
He'll cover all our sins 
F# 
He'll paint it white again 

C# 
(Oh, ooh) 
F# 
(Oh, ooh ooh) 
White, oh no, yeah, yeah 
C# 
(Oh, ooh) 
F# 
(Oh, ooh ooh) 
C# 
(Oh, ooh) 
F# 
(Oh, ooh ooh) 

C# 
If you want it, you can have it 
F#                               C# F# 
Every color that you see, see, see 
C# 
If you want it, want it bad 
F#                                        C# F# 
Then build yourself a technicolor masterpiece, oh 
C# F#        A#m  F# 
Masterpiece, masterpiece 
Oh, yeah 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
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Metronome

100 BPM Andante