Michael Picasso

Words and Music by Ian Hunter

Transcribed by Greg Luker
Notation:
A letter indicates guitar chord;
A letter with a slash and another letter indicates a
guitar chord with a different bass note
eg Am/F# = Am chord with F# bass


                 C C/B Am7
 Once upon a time

 F              C C/B Am7
 Not so long ago

 F                             C
 People used to stand and stare

         C/B                         Am7
 At the spider with the platinum hair

      F                        C C/B Am7
 They thought you were immortal

    F                    C C/B Am7
 We had our ups and downs

      F                C C/B Am7
 Like brothers often do

     F                  C
 But I was there for him

 C/B                       Am7
 He was always there for me

     F                     C C/B Am7 F
 And we were there for you

 C         C/B                    Am7        F
 How can I put into words what my heart feels

         C                  C/B                   Am7 F
 Its the deepest thing when somebody you love dies

        C         C/B                     
 I just wanted to give something back to you

 Am7          F
 Gift to gift

 C        C/B
 Michael, Michael Picasso

 Am7       F C C/B Am7
 Goodnight

     F                 C   C/B Am7
 You used to love our house

     F                    C C/B Am7
 You said it was relaxing

       F                             C
 Now I walk in the places you walked

   C/B                          Am7
 I talk in all the spaces you talked

    F                    C C/B Am7 F
 It still hasn't sunk in

         C                    C/B               Am7         F
 Are the words real that come into my head on a morning walk

          C          C/B              Am7 F
 Do the shadows play tricks with my mind

        C          C/B              
 For it feels like nothing has changed

       Am7        F
 But I know it has

 C        C/B    
 Michael, Michael Picasso

 Am7      F
 Goodnight

G      C          G      C               
 Heal me, won't you heal me

Bb                  F
 Nothing lasts forever

Bb          C
 Set me free

G       C          G     C 
 Heal me, won't you heal me

Bb                 F
 I'm the one whose left here

Dm    C 
 Heal me

Dm    C 
 Heal me

Dm    C  Dm C F
 Heal me

     F                  C C/B Am7
 You turned into a ghost

    F                 C  C/B Am7
 Surrounded by your pain

         F                          C
 And the thing that I like the least

     C/B                        Am7
 Was sitting round Hasker Street

 F                      C C/B Am7 F
 Lying about the future

        C            C/B                     Am7       F
 And we all sit in a room full of tears on a windy day

       C             C/B                       Am7  F
 And I look down but none of these words seem right

        C         C/B      
 I just wanted to give something back to you

 Am7          F
 Gift to gift

 C        C/B
 Michael, Michael Picasso

 Am7        F C
 Goodnight.