Chords for Portrait Of A Man - Screamin' Jay Hawkins

[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ [Fm] _ I am painting in oil _ _ [Gb] _ [Cm] a [C] _ _
[Cm] portrait of a man who _ _ [Fm] _ _ _ _ has taken all the heartaches [Cm] and _ [Fm] _ [C] _
_ _ all the pain [Cm] he can stand.
[C] _ _ [Em] [Fm] I'm _ _ using all _ _ _ _ _ _ [Cm] _
_ I have here on my stand.
_ _ [Fm] _ _ I am painting _ in oil _ [Cm] a _ _ _ _ _ portrait of a man.
_ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ I can tell he is dying.
[Cm] _ _ _ [Bb] _
[C] _ _ I see death in his [F] eyes.
[Cm] _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _
Oh yes I know.
I know when he's crying. _ _
_ [C] _ Tears [Cm] my tears, my tears that he cries.
[C] _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _
I'm sure of how, how he feels inside.
I _ [Cm] _ mix the paint with my hands.
_ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _
I am painting in oil _ [Cm] a [Fm] _ [Cm] _ _ _ [C] portrait [F] [Cm] of a man.
_ _ _ [Fm] As _ I paint a wrinkled brow [Cm] _ _
[Ab] and _ [Cm] _ [C] hair [Gm] _ [C] is turning [Cm] gray.
Don't _ _ [Fm] _ _ _
tell me how I paint a smile [Cm] and _ _ _ _ _ eyes that keep turning [C] away.
_ _ _ [Fm] _ _
I'm using all _ this blue I [Cm] _ _ have here on my stand.
I _ _ _ [Fm] _ _
am painting in oil a _
[G] _ [Cm] _ _ portrait and I am the man.
_ _ _ The portrait and I am the man. _ _ _ _ _
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