Painting By Numbers chords by James Mcmurtry

Verse:
E        B
The gates of the schoolyard
  B       E
Are padlocked and chained
E        B      F#     E
To keep all the children in out of the rain
E         B
The art teacher's preaching
B           E
The virtues of pastel shades
E     B        F#       E
You pay no attention but it won't hurt your grades

Chorus:
 E            B
'cause you're painting by numbers
B       E
Connecting the dots
E         B
They don't have to tell you
  F#       E
You don't call the shots
  E         B
You jump when they say jump
B           E
And you don't ask how high
 E         B      F#       E
'cause painting by numbers they know you'll get by
E      B      F#       E
Painting by numbers they know you'll get by

Verse:
E     B
You take a position
B        E
In the old man's firm
E        B
He signs all the papers
  F#      E
You agree to the terms
E        B
They let you run errands
B           E
And you don't get days off
  E      B      F#      E
You take off the garbage and hope it pays off

Chorus:
 E            B
'cause you're painting by numbers
B       E
Connecting the dots
  E     B
You work from neck down
  F#       E
You don't call the shots
  E         B
You jump when they say jump
B           E
And you don't ask how high
 E         B      F#       E
'cause painting by numbers they know you'll get by
E      B      F#       E
Painting by numbers they know you'll get by

Verse:
E        B
You might be in grad school
B     E
Up at M.I.T
E            B
You might be down in the canal zone
   F#        E
Being all that you can be
E        B
You might get to thinking
B          E
You're ahead of the game
E             B
But when you break it all down
    F#      E
It all comes out the same

Chorus:
 E            B
'cause you're painting by numbers
B       E
Connecting the dots
  E     B
You work from neck down
  F#       E
More often than not
  E         B
You jump when they say jump
B           E
And you don't ask how high
 E         B      F#       E
'cause painting by numbers they know you'll get by

Chorus:
 E            B
'cause you're painting by numbers
B       E
Connecting the dots
  E     B
You work from neck down
  F#       E
You don't call the shots
  E         B
You jump when they say jump
B           E
And you don't ask how high
E      B      F#       E
Painting by numbers they know you'll get by
E      B      F#       E
Painting by numbers they know you'll get by
E      B      F#       E