Painting Songs Chords

KeyAm CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays457

Painting Songs by Tegan and Sara is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Am. It uses the chords Am, F, C, G and Gadd4. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
Am
Text
16
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Verse 

Am 
It must be something in the way you walk 
Am 
It must be something in the way you talk 
        F 
I'm not sure just yet 

Am 
It must be something in the way you dream 
Am 
You just go home and the thirteen days 
     F 
Inbetween you and I 


C            G             Am 
This is me before I fall apart 
C            G              Am 
This is me before I come undone 
F                   C        G    Gadd4 
I've been tired for days and days 
F                   C        G    Gadd4 
I've been tired for days and days 

Verse 
Am 
What should matter that a fortune don't 
Am 
All the beauty and I say stop 
     F 
Why won't you be mine? 

Am 
It must be something in the way you taste 
Am 
It's a magic source and I say stop 
     F 
Why won't you be mine? 


C            G             Am 
This is me before I fall apart 
C            G              Am 
This is me before I come undone 
F                   C        G 
I've been tired for days and days 
F                   C        G 
I've been tired for days and days 

Bridge 
C 
It could have been a month or 
G 
It could have been a year but I 
Am 
I gave up long before 
Am 
Long before you cared 
C 
Her art inspired me to 
G 
To do my best and 
Am 
To paint my music like 
Am 
Like I saw it best and 
C 
She says I grew up well, well 
G 
Well I grew up strong 'cause 
Am 
No one's got my back 
Am 
No one's gonna write me my songs 
C 
It could have been a month or 
G 
It could have been a year but I 
Am 
I gave up long before 

 
Am               F         C        G 
'Cause I've been tired for days and days 
                    F        C        G 
I've been tired for days and days and days 
                    F        C        G 
I've been tired for days and days and days 
                    F        C        G 
I've been tired for days and days and days 

Bridge 
C 
It could have been a month or 
G 
It could have been a year but I 
Am 
I gave up long before 
Am 
Long before you cared 
C 
Her art inspired me to 
G 
To do my best and 
Am 
To paint my music like 
Am 
Like I saw it best and 
C 
She says I grew up well, well 
G 
Well I grew up strong 'cause 
Am 
No one's got my back 
Am 
No one's gonna write me my songs 
C 
It could have been a month or 
G 
It could have been a year but I 
Am 
I gave up long before 

Outro 
                 F         C        G 
'Cause I've been tired for days and days 
                    F        C        G 
I've been tired for days and days and days 
                    F        C        G 
I've been tired for days and days and days 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

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

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante