Cm                    Gm
All the rowboats in the paintings
Abm Fm
  They keep trying to row away


Cm                       Gm
And the captains ' worried faces
Abm Fm
 Stay contorted and staring at the waves


Cm                            Gm
They'll keep hanging in their gold frames
Abm Fm
  For forever, forever and a day


Cm                    Gm
All the rowboats in the oil paintings
Abm Fm
  They keep trying to row away, row away


Cm                              Gm
Hear them whispering French and German
Abm Fm
  Dutch, Italian, and Latin


Cm                               Gm
When no one's looking I touch a sculpture
Abm     Fm
 Marble, cold, and soft as satin


Cm                                 Gm
But the most special are the most lonely
Abm  Fm
  God, i pity the violins


Cm                   Gm
In glass coffins they keep coughing
Abm Fm
  They've forgotten, forgotten how to sing



Cm Gm Abm         Fm
      La La La La La
Abm            Fm
La La La La La La



Cm                              Gm
First there's lights out, then there's lock up
Abm Fm
  Masterpieces serving maximum sentences


Cm                       Gm
It's their own fault for being timeless
Abm Fm
 There's a price you pay and a consequence


Cm                    Gm
All the galleries, the museums
Abm Fm
 Here's your ticket, welcome to the tombs


Cm                        Gm
They're just public mausoleums
Abm Fm
  The living dead fill every room


Cm                           Gm
But the most special are the most lonely
Abm Fm
  God, i pity the violins


Cm                   Gm
In glass coffins they keep coughing
Abm Fm
  They've forgotten, forgotten how to sing


Cm                            Gm
They will hang there in their gold frames
Abm Fm 
  For forever, forever and a day


Cm                     Gm
All the rowboats in the oil paintings
Abm Fm
  They keep trying to row away, row away


Cm                              Gm
First there's lights out, then there's lock up
Abm Fm
  Masterpieces serving maximum sentences


Cm                       Gm
It's their own fault for being timeless
Abm Fm
  There's a price you pay and a consequence


Cm                    Gm
All the galleries, the museums
Abm Fm
  They will stay there forever and a day


Cm                    Gm
All the rowboats in the oil paintings
Abm Fm
  They keep trying to row away, row away...