Name: A Self-Portrait
Duration: P00H02M50S
Description: 50 Songs in 90 Days challenge to write a song in an hour to the prompt 'Self Portrait'.

A Self-Portrait

from Doing My Best (2020 100 Songs In 180 Days) by Andy Getch

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50 Songs in 90 Days challenge to write a song in an hour to the prompt 'Self Portrait'.

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A Self-Portrait

[A] All I need is a mirror to paint
[E] a self-portrait
[A] The subject doesn’t get mad when I mess up
[E] a self-portrait
[B] I don’t have to pay a model $75/hour pose for
[A] a self-portrait
[A] No expectations of a sale or commission when I paint
[E] a self-portrait

Chorus 1
[Bm7] When I do a self-portrait
[A] I learn how to draw
[Bm7] I learn how to paint
[A] I learn a little more about myself
[C#m7] Replicating the lines [A] on my face

[A] Vincent Van Gogh did about three dozen of
[E] a self-portrait
[A] Pablo Picasso 14 Salvador Dali
[E] about a dozen
[B] Wassily Kandinsky [A] only did one
All my artist friends sooner or later do
[E] a self-portrait

Repeat chorus

[A] I feel like every song I write is
[E] a self-portrait
[A] The subject doesn’t get mad when I mess up
[E] a self-portrait
[B] I don’t have to pay a recording engineer $75/hour for
[A] this self-portrait
[A] No expectations of making sales or commissions when I write
[E] a self-portrait

Chorus 2
[Bm7] When I do a self-portrait
[A] I learn how to play
[Bm7] I learn how to sing
[A] I learn a little more about myself
[C#m7] Replicating the lines [A] on my face

[A] Every day is
[E] a self-portrait

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from Doing My Best (2020 100 Songs In 180 Days), released October 1, 2020

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