Tone: [Cm]
[Cm]All the rowboats [Gm]in the paintings
[Fm] They keep trying to row away
[Cm]And the captains ' [Gm]worried faces
[Fm] Stay contorted and staring at the waves
[Cm]They'll keep hanging [Gm]in their gold frames
[Fm] For forever, forever and a day
[Cm]All the rowboats [Gm]in the oil paintings
[Fm] They keep trying to row away, row away
[Cm]Hear them whispering [Gm]French and German
[Fm] Dutch, Italian, and Latin
[Cm]When no one's looking [Gm]I touch a sculpture
[Fm] Marble, cold, and soft as satin
[Cm]But the most special [Gm]are the most lonely
[Fm] God, i pity the violins
[Cm]In glass coffins [Gm]they keep coughing
[Fm] They've forgotten, forgotten how to sing
[Cm] [Gm] La La La La La [Fm]
La La La La La La[Fm]La
[Cm]First there's lights out, [Gm]then there's lock up
[Fm] Masterpieces serving maximum sentences
[Cm]It's their own fault [Gm]for being timeless
[Fm] There's a price you pay and a consequence
[Cm]All the galleries, [Gm]the museums
[Fm] Here's your ticket, welcome to the tombs
[Cm]They're just public [Gm]mausoleums
[Fm] The living dead fill every room
[Cm]But the most special [Gm]are the most lonely
[Fm] God, i pity the violins
[Cm]In glass coffins [Gm]they keep coughing
[Fm] They've forgotten, forgotten how to sing
[Cm]They will hang there [Gm]in their gold frames
[Fm] For forever, forever and a day
[Cm]All the rowboats [Gm]in the oil paintings
[Fm] They keep trying to row away, row away
[Cm]First there's lights out, [Gm]then there's lock up
[Fm] Masterpieces serving maximum sentences
[Cm]It's their own fault [Gm]for being timeless
[Fm] There's a price you pay and a consequence
[Cm]All the galleries, [Gm]the museums
[Fm] They will stay there forever and a day
[Cm]All the rowboats [Gm]in the oil paintings
[Fm] They keep trying to row away, row away...