Paint It Black - The Rolling Stones

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[Intro]
  


[Verse 1]
            
  I see a red 

           
door and I wan

t it painted b

lack.
            
  No colours a

          
nymore, I want

 them to turn 

black.
          
  I see the gi

             
rls walk by dr

      
essed in their

 summer clothe

s.
          
  I have to tu

             
rn my head unt

             
il my darkness

  
 goes.

[Verse 2]
            
  I see a line

             
 of cars and t

hey're all pai

nted black.
            
  With flowers

              
 and my love b

    
oth never to c

ome back.
           
  I see people

            
 turn their he

        
ads and quickl

y look away.
           
  Like a newbo

            
rn baby it jus

             
t happens ever

  
y day.

[Verse 3]
            
  I look insid

             
e myself and s

ee my heart is

 black.
            
  I see my red

              
 door, I must 


have it painte

d black
           
  Maybe then I

            
'll fade away 

    
and not have t

o face the fac

ts.
           
  It's not eas

            
y facing up wh

             
en your whole 

         
world is black

.

[Verse 4]
            
  No more will

              
 my green sea 

   
go turn a deep

er blue.
            
  I could not 

              
forsee this th

    
ing happening 

to you.
          
  If I look ha

           
rd enough into

 the setting s

un
           
  My love will

            
 laugh with me

             
 before the mo

       
rning comes.

[Verse 5]
            
  I see a red 

           
door and I wan

t it painted b

lack.
            
  No colours a

          
nymore, I want

 them to turn 

black.
          
  I see the gi

             
rls walk by dr

      
essed in their

 summer clothe

s.
          
  I have to tu

             
rn my head unt

             
il my darkness

  
 goes.

[Outro]
  
  
  
  

              
I wanna see it

            
 painted, pain

           
ted black, bla

ck as night, b

lack as coal
            
I wanna see th

              
e sun blotted 


out from the s

ky
              
I wanna see it

            
 painted, pain

              
ted, painted, 

        
painted black,

 yeah