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Date: Sat, 21 Mar 1998 03:20:20 -0500
From: ReverendCracker 
Subject: CRD:paintedeyelids:BECK
originally From: c642063@showme.missouri.edu

The following is the correct (at least in my opinion) version of Painted
Eyelids by Beck from his K Records release One Foot In The Grave. (Excellent
album. Pick it up.) Anyway, I really disagree with the version on the olga
and at numerous other sites so here goes:

Intro: A (play the lowest note of the chord first then strum...just listen
to the record.)

A (x02220@1)                          BI (x2444x@1)wake up and look upon your painted eyelids

    F# (244322@1)                         EThe (022100@1)world is your oyster and the trash bags are your kids

A (x02220@1)                                BThe (x2444x@1)ceiling is invisible there's a bird sinkin thru the sky

F# (244322@1)                          EAnd (022100@1)every hour that passes is teachin me how to cry

D (xx0232@1)                         ACuz (x02220@1)it's lonely here in the ugly part of town

    B (x2444x@1)                              EThe (022100@1)buildings are all vacant and the telephones are down

A (x02220@1)                                   BThere's (x2444x@1)a police siren singing like a tiger with no skin

F# (244322@1)                             EThe (022100@1)sewer drain is glowing and I don't know what state I'm in

A (x02220@1)                              BAnd (x2444x@1)the river is on fire there's chemicals and debris

F# (244322@1)                                      EAnd (022100@1)all the roads are blocked off they're just too hard to see

D (xx0232@1)                           ASo (x02220@1)cancel my appointments and set up a whole new show

B (x2444x@1)                                      ECuz (022100@1)I'm in need of a good hot meal and a life to call my own

(At this point Harmonica solo plays over chord progression A-B-F#-E)

A (x02220@1)                            BSo (x2444x@1)get me a plate of money get me a blanket and a chair

F# (244322@1)                                  EThe (022100@1)limitations are limitless they're floating thru the air

D (xx0232@1)                             ACuz (x02220@1)it's real and it's true the things I see in you

B (x2444x@1)                                               EAnd (022100@1)there's nothin I wouldn't talk about with the clearest dream

                    Athat (x02220@1)ever drifted by


Play A until fade out

That's it. You should get the basic idea. Just listen to the record for the
strumming pattern. Have fun.

ReverendCracker