🎶 Portrait Of A Blank Slate

Capo 4


[D#]He told me that much and now he’s [A#]dead
Taught me to kill my indulgen[Bb]ces With a sharp blow to the temple
[D#]Pick up the phone call and [B7]do everything he says
[D#]I could take a plastic camera [A#]We could make such a pretty picture
[Bb]Oh so happy. Oh, oh so happy [D#]I’m pretty cool once you [B7]get to know me
[D#]I feel at some point I broke my [A#]mind
I’m always searching the silent [Bb]type How do you all make it look so easy?
[D#]You open your hearts up so [B7]quickly it scares me

[D#]She’s an artist, paints across my chest [A#]Goes to parties, act like hotel guests
[Bb]Wake up Monday, now it’s over [D#]Don’t you know no-one [B7]gets what they came here for?
[D#]I could paint her, wrapped around her [A#]We could make such a pretty picture
[Bb]Oh so happy. Oh, oh so happy [D#]I’m pretty cool once you [B7]get to know me

[A#]But I’m just the [Bb]same I’ve got a boring [D#]name
Ac[Db]ross the world from what you want and what you [A#]came here for
So I’ll wait here [Bb]for you Said, please just let me [D#]stay Oh, just let me [Db]stay

[D#]I guess you know now what to ex[A#]pect He lives your own life in retro[Bb]spect
You know it bores me? These insecurities. [D#]reaks you down just to [B7]act as the architect
[D#]I could wait here, by the west pier [A#]Watched the flotsam float, slowly disappear
[Bb]Oh so happy, oh oh, so happy If [D#]only you knew just how much[B7] better things could be

[D#]...Another week of [A#]action Another [D#]hypoglycaemic reaction

[A#]But I’m just the [Bb]same I’ve got a boring [D#]name
Ac[Db]ross the world from what you want and what you [A#]came here for
So I’ll wait here [Bb]for you Said, please just let me [D#]stay Oh, just let me [Db]stay
I’m [Db]sorry it’s all so predictable [A#] [Bb] [D#]
I’m [Db]sorry it’s all so predictable [A#] [Bb] [D#]⠀