When I Go Out With Artists Tabs & Lyrics by Crash Test Dummies
When I Go Out With Artists
guitar tabs lyrics
Artist: Crash Test Dummies
Title: When I Go Out With Artists
Tabbed by: Unknown
[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,
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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
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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
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when they go home,
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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 --
