Capo 3 
 
Intro: C7 
 
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Now Picasso said in 1910, I'm gonna paint me a mandolin 
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It could be cubes it could be curves 
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I like to mix paint with nerve 
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I load my brush and fire away 
 
Paint me a hole in the light of day 
 

             G 
Well you can play it straight or play it from left field 
    Am                      F 
You got to play it just the way you feel 
G 
Come on boys, play it again 
Am                   F 
Play it on Picasso's mandolin 
 

C7 
Well it's colouring books and drinking wine 
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It's hard to stay between the lines 
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There ain't no rule if you don't break it 
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There ain't no chance if you don't take it 
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The damdest thing he'd ever heard 
 
Was trying to learn a thing from a Mockingbird 
 

             G 
Well you can play it straight or play it from left field 
    Am                      F 
You got to play it just the way you feel 
G 
Come on boys, play it again 
Am                   F 
Play it on Picasso's mandolin 
 

C7 
Now Picasso said before he died 
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There's one more painting I'd like to try 
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Well the doctor held is breathe and then 
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Picasso nailed a mandolin 
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He was born in Spain and died in France 
 
He was not scared of baggy pants 
 

             G 
Well you can play it straight or play it from left field 
    Am                      F 
You got to play it just the way you feel 
G 
Come on boys, play it again 
Am                   F 
Play it on Picasso's mandolin 
 

G 
Play it straight or play it from left field 
    Am                      F 
You got to play it just the way you feel 
G 
Come on boys, play it again 
Am                   F 
Play it on Picasso's mandolin