Key: C
Introduction:
C G C G C G C F G C
verse 1
G
I want to lay my brushes down
C G C
And put my pallet away
G
Take off my smock
C F G
And take off my beret
C
I want to call it a day
verse 2
G
For the sun?s gone down
C G C
It?s time to light a candle
G
Eight hours straight
C F G
Is just what I can handle
C
After that it doesn?t pay
verse 3
G
So, serve up the cheese
C
With the crackers and the wine
Am
I want to rid my mouth
Em G
Of the taste of turpentine
verse 4
Aº7 Ab
I want to get a little drunk
C D C
Fatten up my head
F
Find me a good book
C Am D7 G
And take that book to bed
C
And read until the break of day
Instrumental
C G C G C F G C
Bridge
Ab G C Cm
Painting ain?t the only thing I like to do
D
I like to dance
G
Even like to sing
C
Don?t you? Don?t you?
Verse 5
G
So, come up to my attic
C
If you?re happening by
Am
And when my work?s all done
Em G
I will show you why
Verse 6
Aº7 Ab
First, we?ll drink to your health
C D C
Then we?ll drink to mine
F
Who knows what'll happen
C Am D7 G
When we finish off that wine
C D7 G
That?s all I gotta say
C
Maybe we?ll make a little hay
Outro