Alt-J - Portrait
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HmTell me how you wanna be Hmportrayed, now
You can have it Hmall, you know that Hmyou can have it all
That I Alove you, yeah, I Glove you D D
HmDonatello, Frida Kahlo, HmHolbein
You can have it Hmall, you know that Hmyou can have it all
That I Alove you, yeah I Glove you D D
Now Hmpaint me a picture
And Hmdraw yourself drawing a piece of Dpaper with pencil
‘CausDe you can’t afford to misrepresEment me
I want an imitation of reGality
HmGather all your kings and otheHmr things
That you know my good
DYou might tell me what, ‘cause
Do Dyou think that these are my good Emnature
You establish this good Gnature
HmBuy me aristocracy
Now Hmlisten to me, yeah,
Your Dwhores come and go to sit with me
I wanna be Emseen in a hundred years
As you see me now, so don’Gt hesitate
A (...and stop)
Make my portrait made
(no chord)
So paint me now
HmYou didn’t want tDo know, you didn’t wEmant to see
You threw it in the Gfire, you threw it in the Hmfire
And then you took my Deyes, so I could never Embe
The painter of your Gboy
And then I go:
GKing, for king, oh, Aking, bring the guillotine
(Hm)
(riff)
HmYou didn’t want tDo know, you didn’t wEmant to see
You threw it in the Gfire, you threw it in the Hmfire
And then you took my Deyes, so I could never Embe
The painter of your Gboy
And then I go:
GKing, for king, oh, Aking, bring the guillotine
(Hm)
(riff)
Hey
(Hm)
(riff)
Bring the guillotine
Outro: Hm D A Hm