If I Were A Painting

G                 D
If i were a painting
C                        B
Captured on canvas
C                      D               Em
Alone in the portrait I would stand
Em                            D
And brush strokes bold
C                            B
Yet soft as a whisper
C                       D           Em
The work of a feminine hand


C                      D
Caught in a still life
G                        C
Surrounded by shadows
F                                        B
Or lost in a background of blue


G                            D
If I were a painting
C                            B
My price would be pain
              C                         D              Em
And the artist would have to be you


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G                               D
I imagine the colors
C                                B
Would all run together
C                          D                 Em
If you ever allowed me to cry
C                               D
So don't paint the tears
C                                   B
Just let me remember me
C                     D          Em
Without you in my life

C                          D
It's only the frame
C                           B
That holds me together
  C                        D                   Em
Or else I would be falling apart

G                           D
If I were a painting
C                     B
I wouldn't fear
             C                                 D               Em
And you wouldn't be breaking my heart