Transcribed by Cory
Standard tuning
(Riff 1)
1 2 3 1 2 3 (4)
Ab5 Eb5 Ab5 Eb5
Ab5 Eb5 Ab5 Bb5
B5 F#5 B5 F#5
B5 F#5 B5 C#5 B5 Eb5
C#5
(Riff 1)
Ab5 Bb5 B5
Venetian exper-tise
B5 C#5 B5 Eb5
Inspired by Titian
Ab5 Bb5 B5
Which he modi -fied
B5 C#5 B5 Eb5
Fine tuned along dutch lines
C#5 B5 F#sus F#5
He's painting revenge
C#5 B5 F#5
Embittered by lack of success
D#7sus Eb5
Oooh oohhh
(Riff 1)
Ab5 Ab5 Bb5 B5
With signature techniques
B5 C#5 B5 Eb5
Attention to details
Ab5 Ab5 Bb5 B5
And fine tell tale brushstrokes
B5 C#5 B5 Eb5
Of badger and sable
C#5 B5 F#sus F#5
Expressing contempt
C#5 B5
For greedy dealers
F#sus
Getting rich
Eb5 E5 D5 Eb5
At the artist's expense
E5 B5 F#5 E5
Infamous forger and restorer
B5 F#5 E5
Judas Unrepentant
B5 F#5 E5
Branded a charming old lovable rogue
B5 F#5 E5
Judas Unrepentant Hey
B5 F#5 E5
Judas Unrepentant Hey
B5 Eb5
Judas!
(Riff 1)
Ab5 Ab5 Bb5 B5
His time bombs are in place
B5 C#5 B5 Eb5
And anachronisms
Ab5 Ab5 Bb5 B5
Clues pointing to the truth
B5 C#5 B5 Eb5
If ever they are X-rayed
C#5 B5 F#5
He wrote legends in lead white
C#5 B5
To trick the experts
F#5
And hoodwink
Eb5 E5 D5 Eb5
Hoodwink the trained eye
E5 B5 F#5 E5
Infamous forger and restorer
B5 F#5 E5
Judas Unrepentant
B5 F#5 E5
Branded a charming old lovable rogue
B5 F#5 E5
Judas Unrepentant Hey
B5 F#5 E5
Judas Unrepentant Hey
B5 Eb5 E5
Judas Unrepentant
E5
Establishing provenance
B5 F#5
Acquiring old frames with Christies numbers
E5 B5 F#5
Then paints a picture in the same style
E5 B5 F#5 Ab5
Specialising in minor works by major artists
Flute Solo:
Ab5 % C#5 %
Ab5 % C#5 %
E5 E5 E5 C#5 C#5 Eb5
Ab5 % % %
Viola Solo:
Ab5 % C#5 %
Ab5 % C#5 %
E5 E5 E5 C#5 C#5 Eb5
Ab5 % % %
All rise
Ab5 Eb5 B5
Thirteen watercolours by Samuel Palmer
A#5 Eb5 Ab5
Have proven to be his undoing
Eb5 B5
And so he confesses then he is arrested
A#5 Eb5 E5
Charged him with conspiracy to defraud
B5 F#5 E5
Years of chain smoking and breathing in fumes from restorations
B5 F#5
The stress of the court case had taken it's toll
E5 B5 F#5
His trial was halted due to I'll health
(Riff 1+Organ Solo)
B5 C#5 B5 Eb5 C#5
So now we can all buy
C#5 B5 F#5
Real genuine fakes
C#5 B5 F#5
That's posthumous fame
Eb5 E5 D5 Eb5
It's always the same
E5 B5 F#5 E5
Infamous forger and restorer
B5 F#5 E5
Judas Unrepentant
B5 F#5 E5
Branded a charming old lovable rogue
B5 F#5 E5
Judas Unrepentant
B5
Feeling like Robin Hood
F#5 E5
Just as good
B5 F#5 E5
As Rembrandt or Titian, Hey
B5 F#5 E5
Judas Unrepentant Hey
B5 F#5 E5
Judas Unrepentant
B5 Eb5 to Riff 1 with Guitar solo
Judas Unrepentant
D#7sus D#sus
Aaaaa aaaaah
D#7sus D#sus
Oooooh ooohhh
Ab5
oooh
