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Paint A Face Tab

by Neil Halstead


Artist: Neil Halstead
Song: Paint a Face
Album: Oh! Mighty Engine

Chords used:
   EADGBe
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Standard Tuning: (Capo II) [all chords and tabs relative to capo]

Intro riff and chords:   
                  
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|-------0-------0---0-2-0---0-2-0-|
D|---0-2-----0-2-------------------| x2
A|---------------------------------|
E|-3-------3-------1-------1-------|


Verse 1 chords: (play intro riff throughout)
                                                
Try to get the colours right, and I’ll paint you face she said
     
Cos life is on the outside babe
                       
And you got to try and get it right
                                        
  Buy a ten-dollar camera, take a picture of everyone
                                          
  Cos people change, yeah they change, changing everyday

Chorus 1 chords: (play intro riff throughout)
                                        
And I don’t want to be the one that you don’t recognise
                                          
Oh, I don’t want to be the one, the one that’s left behind

Solo:
                  
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---0-2-0---0-2-0---0-2-0---0-2-0-|
D|---------------------------------|
A|-3-------3-----------------------|
E|-----------------3-------3-------|

                  
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---0-2-0---0-2-0---0-2-0---0-2-0-|
D|---------------------------------|
A|-----------------3-------3-------|
E|-1-------1-----------------------|

Verse 2: (use verse 1 chords)
Got a broken car yeah got a selfish heart
Running down the road with a jukebox in my head
Funny how I got to here, I don’t remember how
I just want to live somewhere where the air is sweet and clear

Chorus 2: (use chorus 1 chords)
And I don’t want to be the one that you don’t recognise
I don’t want to be the one that’s left behind
I don’t want to be the one that’s left behind

Interlude:
Solo: x2
Intro riff: x2

Outro: (use chorus 1 chords)
And I don’t want to be the one that you don’t recognise
I don’t want to be the one that’s left behind