When I Paint My Masterpiece     4/4     Levon Helm     Bob Dylan.
Album: Cahoots 1971 Big Sky Music
Standard Tuning Capo 1	Transcribed by Ken Lee kandvlee@shaw.ca

D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1) D (xx0232@1)  A (x02220@1)  E(no (022100@1)chord             /        / A (x02220@1)  -     D (xx0232@1)          / AOh, (x02220@1)the streets of / Ro - / ome are filled with / rubble,
            / E (022100@1)/                          / DAncient (xx0232@1)/ foo - oot - / prints are every - / where.
	 / A (x02220@1)              / A (x02220@1)      -         D (xx0232@1)    / AYou (x02220@1)could / almost thi - / ink that your  seein' / double,
           / E (022100@1)           /		    / AOn (x02220@1)the / cold, dark / night on the Spanish / Stairs.
E (022100@1)       /	                     / AGotta (x02220@1)hurry on / back to my hotel / room,
             / E (022100@1)                         / E (022100@1)     -       A (x02220@1)    / DWhere (xx0232@1)I / got me a date with a / pretty little girl from / Greece.
       / A (x02220@1)       / A (x02220@1)     -        D (xx0232@1)        / AShe (x02220@1)/ pro - o / mised she'd  be there / with me,
           / E (022100@1)       /	                       / AWhen (x02220@1)I / pai - ai / aint my master - / piece.
D (xx0232@1)A (x02220@1) D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1) E(no (022100@1)chord)           / A (x02220@1)    / A (x02220@1)       -         D (xx0232@1)     / AOh, (x02220@1)the hours we / spe - / ent, inside the Coli - / seum.
             / E (022100@1)   /                             / ADodging (x02220@1)/ li - ii / ions, and a-wasting / time,
               / A (x02220@1)                        / A (x02220@1)       -        D (xx0232@1)                  / AOh (x02220@1)those / mighty kings of the / jungle, I could hardly stand to / see'em
          / E (022100@1)         /                           / AYes (x02220@1)it / sure has / been a long, hard / climb.
E (022100@1)        / 	                                          / ATrain (x02220@1)wheels a- / running through the back of my / memory,
            / E (022100@1)                 / E (022100@1)   -       D (xx0232@1)             / AWhen (x02220@1)I / ran on a hilltop / followin' a pack of wild / geese,
A (x02220@1)          /               /                                         / D (xx0232@1)  -      ASomeday (x02220@1)/ ev - ery - / thing is gonna sound like a / rhapso - dy
            / E (022100@1)       /	                       / AWhen (x02220@1)I / pai - ai / aint my master - / piece.

E (022100@1)                     /                               / D- (xx0232@1)  ASailing (x02220@1)round the / world in a dirty gon - / do -  la,
             /  E (022100@1)                          /  E (022100@1)  -     / D (xx0232@1)-  EOh (022100@1)to be / back in the / land of, / Co - ca - /  co - la.
               /A     / A (x02220@1)   -     D (xx0232@1)          / AWell (x02220@1)I left / Ro - / me, and landed in / Brussels,
        / E (022100@1)               /                               / AOn (x02220@1)a / plane ride so / bumby that I almost / cried,
D (xx0232@1)       -         A (x02220@1)              / A (x02220@1)    -        D (xx0232@1)      / AClergy (x02220@1)men in uniform, and / young girls pulling / mussels,
           / E (022100@1)                     /                                            / AEvery (x02220@1)- / one was there to / greet me when I stepped in - / side,
E (022100@1)             / E (022100@1)-  D (xx0232@1)    /  ANewspaper (x02220@1)/ men eatin' / candy,
E (022100@1)                  / E (022100@1)  -      D (xx0232@1)  -    / AHad (x02220@1)to be held / down by big po - / lice.
A (x02220@1)                       / A (x02220@1)   -   D (xx0232@1)         / ASomeday, (x02220@1)every - / thing is gonna be / different,
           / E (022100@1)       /	                       / AWhen (x02220@1)I / pai - ai / aint my master - / piece.