Lyr Req: Picasso's Mandolin

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Lyr Req: Picasso's Mandolin

12 Apr 00 - 02:24 PM (#210714)
Subject: Picasso's Mandolin
From: katlaughing

Anybody know who sings this and/or the words/tune for it?

Thanks,

kat

12 Apr 00 - 03:08 PM (#210733)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Picasso's Mandolin
From: Ed Pellow

Picasso's Mandolin
(Guy Clark)

C7 F C7
Now Picasso said in 1910, I'm gonna paint me a mandolin
C7
It could be cubes it could be curves
C7 F C7
I like to mix paint with nerve
C7
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
F C7
It's hard to stay between the lines
C7
There ain't no rule if you don't break it
F C7
There ain't no chance if you don't take it
C7
The damdest thing he'd ever heard
Was trying to learn a thing from a Mockingbird

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

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

12 Apr 00 - 03:09 PM (#210734)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Picasso's Mandolin
From: Mike Regenstreif

Kat,

It's a Guy Clark song from "Boats to Build (Asylum 61442-2).

Mike Regenstreif

12 Apr 00 - 03:36 PM (#210747)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Picasso's Mandolin
From: katlaughing

THANK YOU, Mike & Ed!! Great Song!

12 Oct 14 - 09:57 AM (#3668329)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Picasso's Mandolin
From: GUEST,katpiercemusic

I would like to learn this song. I did a search for the chords and these are the chords I find every single time, however... when I listen to it, I'm sure that the song is in E minor. The verse chords sound like Em and D. Can anybody tell me what's going on here?