C5                    G5
All the rowboats in the paintings
Ab5 F5
  They keep trying to row away


C5                       G5
And the captains ' worried faces
Ab5 F5
 Stay contorted and staring at the waves


C5                            G5
They'll keep hanging in their gold frames
Ab5 F5
  For forever, forever and a day


C5                    G5
All the rowboats in the oil paintings
Ab5 F5
  They keep trying to row away, row away


C5                              G5
Hear them whispering French and German
Ab5 F5
  Dutch, Italian, and Latin


C5                               G5
When no one's looking I touch a sculpture
Ab5     F5
 Marble, cold, and soft as satin


C5                                 G5
But the most special are the most lonely
Ab5  F5
  God, i pity the violins


C5                   G5
In glass coffins they keep coughing
Ab5 F5
  They've forgotten, forgotten how to sing



C5 G5 Ab5         F5
      La La La La La
Ab5            F5
La La La La La La



C5                              G5
First there's lights out, then there's lock up
Ab5 F5
  Masterpieces serving maximum sentences


C5                       G5
It's their own fault for being timeless
Ab5 F5
 There's a price you pay and a consequence


C5                    G5
All the galleries, the museums
Ab5 F5
 Here's your ticket, welcome to the tombs


C5                        G5
They're just public mausoleums
Ab5 F5
  The living dead fill every room


C5                           G5
But the most special are the most lonely
Ab5 F5
  God, i pity the violins


C5                   G5
In glass coffins they keep coughing
Ab5 F5
  They've forgotten, forgotten how to sing


C5                            G5
They will hang there in their gold frames
Ab5 F5 
  For forever, forever and a day


C5                     G5
All the rowboats in the oil paintings
Ab5 F5
  They keep trying to row away, row away


C5                              G5
First there's lights out, then there's lock up
Ab5 F5
  Masterpieces serving maximum sentences


C5                       G5
It's their own fault for being timeless
Ab5 F5
  There's a price you pay and a consequence


C5                    G5
All the galleries, the museums
Ab5 F5
  They will stay there forever and a day


C5                    G5
All the rowboats in the oil paintings
Ab5 F5
  They keep trying to row away, row away...