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When I'd asked why the painting was deadly no - body...
C F
When I'd ask why the painting was deadly
C
Nobody could pick up my sign
F C
'Cept for the cook, she was always friendly
F C
But she'd only ask, "What's on your mind?"
F C
She'd say that especially when it was raining
C G7 F C
I'd say "Oh, I don't know"
F C
But then she'd press and I'd say, "You see that painting?
F C
Do you think it's been done by Van Gogh?"
C G7 F C
The cook she said call her Maria
F C
She'd always point for the same boy to come forth
F C
Saying, "He trades cattle, it's his own idea
F C
And he also makes trips to the North
Am Em
Have you ever seen his naked calf bleed?"
C Am
I'd say, "Oh no, why does it show?"
C Csus4 C
Then she'd whisper in my ear that he's a half-breed
F G7 C
And I'd say, "Fine, but can he paint like Van Gogh?"
C F G7
I can't remember his name he never gave it
F G7 C
But I always figured he could go home
F G7 C
Til when he'd gave me his card and said, "Save it"
Am F C
I could see by his eyes he was alone
Am Em
But it was sad how his four leaf clover
C Am
Drawn on his calling card showed
C Csus4 C
That it was given back to him a-many times over
Am C
And it most definitely was not done by Van Gogh.
C F C
It was either she or the maid just to please me
F C
Though I sensed she could not understand
F C
And she made a thing out of it by saying, "Go easy
Am C
He's a straight, but he's a very crooked straight man."
F C
And I'd say, "Does the girl in the calendar doubt it?
Am Em
And by the way is it Marilyn Monroe?"
C Csus4 C
But she'd just get salty and say, "Why you wanna know about it?"
Am C
And I'd say, "I was just wondering if she ever sat for Van Gogh."
C F C
It was either her or the straight man who introduced me...
That's the wrong beat I'm playing all the way
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C Csus4 C
It was either her or the straight man who introduced me
F C
To Jeanette, Camilla's friend
F C
Who later on falsely accused me
F C
Of stealing her locket and pen
Am Em
When I said "I don't have the locket"
C Csus4 C
She said "You steal pictures of everybody's mother I know"
Am
And I said "There's no locket
C
No picture of any mother I would pocket
F C
Unless it's been done by Van Gogh."
C Csus4 C
Camilla's house stood on the outskirts
F C
How strange to see the chandeliers destroyed...
