B E B Oh, the streets of Rome are filled with rubble E B F#7 B Ancient footprints are everywhere E B E B You can almost think that youʼre seeinʼ double E B F#7 B On a cord, dark night on the Spanish Stairs F#7 B E Got to hurry on back to my hotel room F#7 B Where Iʼve got me a date with Botticelliʼs niece E B E B She promised that sheʼd be right there with me E B F#7 B 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: Em B Sailinʼround the world in a dirty gondola D#m E F#7 E B C#7 F#7 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 E B F#7 E B C#7 B When I paint my masterpiece