G C G
Oh, the streets of Rome
G C G
Are filled with rubble
D G C G
Ancient footprints are everywhere
C G
You can almost think that you're seeing double
D C G
On a cold dark night on the Spanish stairs
D G C G
Got to hurry on back to my hotel room
D G C G
Where I got me a date with Botticelli's niece
C G
Yeah, she promised that she'd be there with me
D G C G
When I paint my masterpiece
All the hours I spent inside the coliseum
Dodging lions and wasting time
Oh these mighty kings of the jungle I can hardly stand to see'em
Yes, it sure has been a long hard climb
Train wheels rolling through the back of my memory
When I stood on a hilltop following a pack of wild geese
Someday life will be sweet like a rhapsody
When I paint my masterpiece
A D A A D A
I left Rome and landed in Brussels
E A D A
On flight so bumpy that I almost cried
A D A
preacher men in uniform and young girls pulling mussels
E A
Well it sure has been a long hard ride
E A D A
Newspaper man eating candy
E A
Had to be held down by big police
A D A
Someday everything's gonna be different
E A
When I paint my masterpiece