Topic: A Painted Song
I try and write songs that take someone who is playing the song or listening to the song to another place in their mind. I guess it could be like relating to a similar memory or better yet picturing a story I’m trying to tell in the song but if I can bring a picture to someone’s head I think I’ve done my job and the better the picture they get the better job I did. Anyway that’s what this song is about and I hope you like it.
A Painted Song By Jeff Gilpin
December 8th 2007
Intro
[G]
Verse 1
Painting pictures in my [C]mind [D]
That I color with my [G]rhymes [Em]
What will they look like in my [C]head [Am]
And what will others see in[D]stead
Verse 2
Should I paint one full of [C]joy [D]
Memories of my little [G]boy [Em]
Although he’s older current[C]ly [D]
He’ll always be my boy to [G]me
Chorus
The [C]words flow like [D]paint
On the [G]canvas of the [Em]mind
The [C]music sets the [D]mood
Put to[G]gether we can [Em]find
[C]How the picture looks to [D]me
[C]Though you may see it different[D]ly [D7]
Verse 3
Maybe I’ll paint a song that’s [C]sad [D]
About an experience that I [G]had [Em]
That disappointed in the [C]end [Am]
But how should I be[D]gin
Verse 4
Better yet a song that’s [C]crazy [D]
About goofing off or being [G]lazy [Em]
It doesn’t have to mean a [C]thing [D]
Just a song I like to [G]sing
Chorus
The [C]words flow like [D]paint
On the [G]canvas of the [Em]mind
The [C]music sets the [D]mood
Put to[G]gether we can [Em]find
[C]How the picture looks to [D]me
[C]Though you may see it different[D]ly [D7]
Verse 5
I think I’ll paint a meta[C]phor [D]
About something I a[G]dore [Em]
Like writing songs that catch your [C]ear [Am]
And paint a picture you can [D]hear
Verse 6
I hope I paint my lyrics [C]true [D]
So that a picture comes to [G]you [Em]
As you hear the words I [C]sing [D]
I'll Imagine what you’re pictu[G]ring
Chorus
The [C]words flow like [D]paint
On the [G]canvas of the [Em]mind
The [C]music sets the [D]mood
Put to[G]gether we can [Em]find
[C]How the picture looks you [D]see
I [C]hope you get to [D]see it just like [G]me
J E T S
...and yet a Washington Commanders fan (unless they change their name again) ...long story...HTT...C
...and yet a Washington Commanders fan (unless they change their name again) ...long story...HTT...C
