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When I Paint My Masterpiece (2nd pos)

by Bob Dylan, The Band, The Grateful Dead · harmonica tab for C diatonic harmonica

No bends295 notesHoles 3–8Diatonic
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4 = blow hole 4-4 = draw hole 4’ = bend
Oh, the streets of Rome
are filled with rub-ble,
An-cient foot-prints are ev-'ry-where.
You can al-most think that
you're see-in' dou-ble
On a cold dark night on the Span-ish Stairs.
Got to hur-ry on back to my ho-tel room,
Where I've got me a date with
Bot-ti-cel-li's niece.
She prom-ised that she'd be
right there with me
When I paint my mas-ter-piece.
Oh, the hours I've spent
in-side the Col-i-se-um,
Dodg-ing li-ons and wast-in' time.
Oh, those might-y kings of the jun-gle,
I could hard-ly stand to see 'em,
Yes, it sure has been a long hard climb.
Train wheels run-nin' thru
the back of my mem-o-ry,
When I ran on the hill-top
Fol-low-ing a pack of wild geese.
Some-day, ev-'ry-thing is gon-na be
Smooth like a rhap-so-dy,
When I paint my mas-ter-piece.
Sail-in' 'round the world
in a dir-ty gon-dol-a,
Oh, to be back in the land of Co-ca-Co-la!
I left Rome and land-ed in Brus-sels,
On a plane ride so bump-y
that I al-most cried.
Oh those cler-gy-men in un-i-form
and young girls pull-in' mus-cles,
Ev-'ry-one was there to greet me
when I stepped in- side.
News-pa-per-men eat-ing can-dy
Had to be held down by big po-lice.
Some-day, ev-'ry-thing
is gon-na be dif-f'rent
When I paint my mas-ter-piece.