G C G
OH THE STREETS OF ROME ARE FILLED WITH RUBBLE
D G
AND ANCIENT FOOTPRINTS ARE EVERYWHERE
C G C G
YOU COULD ALMOST THINK THAT YOU'D BEEN SEEIN' DOUBLE
D G
ON A COLD DARK NIGHT, ON THE SPANISH STAIRS
D G
GOT TO HURRY ON BACK TO MY HOTEL ROOM
D G C
WHERE I GOT ME A DATE WITH MONATELLI'S NIECE
G C G
SHE PROMISED SHE'D BE THERE WITH ME
D G
WHEN I PAINT MY MASTERPIECE
OH THE TIME I SPENT INSIDE THE COLLISEUM
DODGIN' LIONS AND WASTIN' TIME
OH THOSE MIGHTY KINGS OF THE JUNGLE
I COULD HARDLY STAND TO SEE 'EM
YES IT SURE HAS BEEN A LONG HARD CLIMB
TRAIN WHEEL RUNNIN THROUGH THE BACK OF MY MEM'RY
WHEN I RAN UP AH ILL TOP FOLLOWIN' A FLOCK OF WILD GEESE
SOMEDAY EVERYTHINGS GONNA SOUND LIKE A RHAPSODY
WHEN I PAINT THAT MASTERPIECE
INSTRUMENTAL: C G D G
D# G
SAILIN ROUND THE WORLD IN A DIRTY GHONDOLA
B C D D/F# G Dsus2 G7 D
OH TO BE BACK IN THE LAND OF (CORPA CO - LA?)
WELL I LEFT ROME AND I HEADED FOR BRUSSELS
ON THE PLANE RIDE SO BUMPY THAT I ALMOST CRIED
CLERGYMEN IN UNIFORM AND YOUNG GIRLS PULLIN' MUSCLES
EVERYONE WAS THERE TO GREET ME WHEN I STEPPED INSIDE
NEWSPAPER MEN EATIN' CANDY
HAD TO BE HELD DOWN BY THE BIG POLICE
SOMEDAY EVERYTHINGS GONNA BE DIFFERENT
WHEN I PAINT MY MASTERPIECE
G7 C G D G C-G
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