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  [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 --