When I Paint My Masterpiece

(A) (D) (A) 
Oh, the streets of Rome are filled with rubble 
(D) (A) (E) (A) 
Ancient footprints are everywhere 
(D) (A) (D) (A) 
You can almost think that you‘re seein‘ double 
(D) (A) (E) (A) 
On a cord, dark night on the Spanish Stairs 
(E7) (A) (D) 
Got to hurry on back to my hotel room 
(E7) (A) 
Where I‘ve got me a date with Botticelli‘s niece 
(D) (A) (D) (A) 
She promised that she‘d be right there with me 
(D) (A) (E) (A) 
When I paint my masterpiece 
 
Oh, the hours I‘ve spent inside the Coliseum 
Dodging lions and wastin‘ time 
Oh, those mighty kings of the jungle 
I could hardly stand to see ‘em 
Yes, it sure has been a long, hard climb 
Train wheels runnin‘ through the back of my memory 
When I ran on the hilltop following a pack of wild geese 
Someday, everything is gonna be smooth like a rhapsody 
When I paint my masterpiece 
 
BRIDGE: 
(Dm) (A) 
Sailin‘round the world in a dirty gondola 
(C#m) (D) (E) (D) (A) (B7) (E7) 
Oh to be back in the land of Coca Cola! 
 
I left Rome and landed in Brussels 
On a plane ride so bumpy that I almost cried 
Clergymen in uniform and young girls pullin‘ muscles 
Everyone was there to greet me when I stepped inside 
Newspapermen eating candy had to be held down by big police Someday, 
everything is gonna be different 
(D) (A) (E) (D) (A) (Bm) (A) 
When I paint my masterpiece