Crash Test Dummies - When I Go Out With Artists

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