A         D           A 
Oh, the streets of Rome are filled with rubble 
D          A      E         A 
Ancient footprints are everywhere 
D         A                        D      A 
You can almost think that you're seein' double 
D     A          E                     A 
On a cord, dark night on the Spanish Stairs 
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Got to hurry on back to my hotel room 
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Where I've got me a date with Botticelli's niece 
D       A                D               A 
She promised that she'd be right there with me  
D        A   E          A 
When I paint my masterpiece 
 
Oh, the hours I've spent inside the Coliseum 

Dodging lions and wastin' time 

Oh, those mighty kings of the jungle 

I could hardly stand to see 'em 

Yes, it sure has been a long, hard climb 

Train wheels runnin' through the back of my memory 

When I ran on the hilltop following a pack of wild geese  

Someday, everything is gonna be smooth like a rhapsody 

When I paint my masterpiece 
 
BRIDGE: 
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Sailin'round the world in a dirty gondola 
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Oh to be back in the land of Coca Cola! 
 
I left Rome and landed in Brussels 

On a plane ride so bumpy that I almost cried 

Clergymen in uniform and young girls pullin' muscles 

Everyone was there to greet me when I stepped inside 

Newspapermen eating candy had to be held down by big police Someday,  

everything is gonna be different 
D A       E           D    A Bm A 
When I paint my masterpiece