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Nina and I wrote this together while living in Redwood City, or perhaps Nina was my muse and I mostly wrote it, depending on how you look at it.

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Painted Soul
by Bo & Nina

INTRO: (bo diddley drone on E) x8

VERSE 1:
E E A E E E A E
there’s a story that I was told as a child as if, by wind through rain
E E A E E E A E
do you cry asked the wind of the rain? what painted soul could such one own?
E E A E E E A E
there’s a story that I was told as a child as if, by wind through rain
E E A E E E A E
do you cry asked the wind of the rain? what painted soul could such one own?
E E A E
there’s a story that I was told…

CHORUS:
G C G D
heat of the sun, moving in the ocean heat of the sun, moving in the ocean
heat of the sun, moving in the ocean heat of the sun, moving in the ocean
heat of the sun, moving in the ocean heat of the sun, moving in the ocean
heat of the sun, moving in the ocean heat of the sun, moving in the ocean

VERSE 2:
E E A E E E A E
rain-fall caught by wind carrying to ocean
E E A E E E A E
one alto-gether knowing the way one alto-gether knowing the way
E E A E E E A E
rain-fall caught by wind carrying to ocean
E E A E E E A E
one alto-gether knowing the way one alto-gether knowing the way

CHORUS

VERSE 3:
E E A E E E A E
beautiful blue sky, cool breeze way hot sun, moving in ocean way
beautiful blue sky, cool breeze way hot sun, moving in ocean way
beautiful blue sky, cool breeze way hot sun, moving in ocean way
beautiful blue sky, cool breeze way hot sun, moving in ocean way
beautiful blue sky, cool breeze way…

BRIDGE: E/A alternating lines
the boy sat imagined wondered and thought… x8

TRANSITION TO SOLO:
Em7 Am7
let me see what I can remember… let me see what I can remember…
let me see what I can remember… let me see what I can remember…
let me see what I can remember… let me see what I can remember…
let me see what I can remember… let me see what I can remember…

GUITAR SOLO: Em7/Am7 x?

BRIDGE