Painted From Memory
Elvis Costello Key
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Fm7 Bbm7 Ebm7 Gb/Ab
Fm7 Bbm7 Gm7b5 Ab/Gb Gbdim7
Verse 1
Db Cbmaj7
Such a picture of loveliness
Gb/Bb Ab Db
Didn't you notice the resemblance?
Db Eb/G Adim7
Doesn't it look like she could speak?
Db Db9/F Ebdim7
Those eyes I tried to capture
Gm7b5 Cdim7 Db/Ab
They are lost to me now forever
Gb/Bb Cb9 Fm7 Bbm7 Ebm7 Gb/Ab
They smile for someone else
Chorus
Fm7 Bbm7 Gm7b5 Gbdim7
Funny, how looks can be deceiving
Fm7 Bbm7
But she's not easily
Ebm7 Gb/Ab Ab
Painted from memory
Verse 2
Db Eb/G Adim7
You'd think that I would know by now
Db Db9/F Ebdim7
Those eyes I tried to capture
Gm7b5 Cdim7 Db/Ab
They are lost to me now forever
Gb/Bb Cb9 Fm7 Bbm7 Ebm7 Gb/Ab
They smile for someone else
Chorus
Fm7 Bbm7
And so this had to be
Ebm7 Gb/Ab Ab
Painted from memory
Verse 3
Db Eb/G Adim7
She is gone, and I must accept it
Db Db9/F Ebdim7
She is lost to me now
Gm7b5 Cdim7 Db/Ab
But I can't look away just yet though
Gb/Bb Cb9 Fm7 Bbm7 Ebm7 Gb/Ab
She smiles for someone else
Chorus x2
Fm7 Bbm7
And so this had to be
Ebm7 Gb/Ab Ab
Painted from memory
Fm7 Bbm7
Funny, now I can see
Ebm7 Gb/Ab Ab
How looks can be deceiving
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