Crash Test Dummies - When I Go Out With Artists

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Artist: Crash Test Dummies
Title: When I Go Out With Artists
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[Intro - 4/4 time, each chord is 1/2 measure]
 
F F B B F B B F F B B
 
[Verses]
 
Cm B When I go out with artists,
If I were David Byrne,
 
G#m they talk about the language and the
I'd go to galleries and
 
F B cubists and the dadaists and I
not be too con cerned. Well, I would
 
Cm B try to catch their meanings
have a cup of coffee
 
F B B and keep up with all of their mar tinis.
and I'd find my sur roundings quite a musing. And
 
B B F G#m B I don't know which should be my favorite paintings.
people would ask me which were my favorite paintings.
 
 
[Chorus - Second time through, goto Bridge]
 
F If I could see, if I could see, if I could
B G#m see all the symbols, unlock what they mean,
F Maybe I could, maybe I could, maybe I
B could meet the artists and get to know them
G#m B B B B personal ly --
 
[Bridge - Play after second Chorus, and then goto Instrumental Bridge]
 
B#m B C What if the artists ran the TV?
B B C All the ads would be for fine scotch or whiskey
B#m C Glenfiddich, Glenlivet,
B B B the whole single malt family --
 
 
[Instrumental Bridge - 4/4 time, each chord equals 1/2 measure]
 
F F F F B B B G#m
F F F F B B (NB) (NB)
B B B B C C B
 
[Close - Play after Instrumental Bridge]
 
B#m Gm The artists of the future
F#m will make up new things and
B C different nomen clatures. And they'll
B#m Gm stand amongst their pictures
B and they'll sing and
Gm C laugh and quote from scriptures. And
Gm when they go home,
C B F#m Gm They'll dream of brilliant paintings.
 
B If I could see, if I could see, if I could
C F#m see all the symbols, unlock what they mean,
B maybe I could, maybe I could, maybe I
C F#m could meet the artists and get to know them personally.
B If I could see, if I could see, if I could
C F#m see all the symbols, unlock what they mean,
B maybe I could, maybe I could, maybe I
C could meet the artists and
F G#m C F#m F B C get to know them personal ly --
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