A# D# A# Oh, the streets of Rome are filled with rubble D# A# F A# Ancient footprints are everywhere D# A# D# A# You can almost think that youʼre seeinʼ double D# A# F A# On a cord, dark night on the Spanish Stairs F7 A# D# Got to hurry on back to my hotel room F7 A# Where Iʼve got me a date with Botticelliʼs niece D# A# D# A# She promised that sheʼd be right there with me D# A# F A# When I paint my masterpiece Oh, the hours Iʼve spent inside the Coliseum Dodging lions and wastinʼ time Oh, those mighty kings of the jungle I could hardly stand to see ʼem Yes, it sure has been a long, hard climb Train wheels runninʼ 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: D#m A# Sailinʼround the world in a dirty gondola Dm D# F D# A# C7 F7 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 pullinʼ 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# F D# A# C7 A# When I paint my masterpiece