No One Was Like Vermeer

Studio CD: Because Her Beauty Is Raw And Wild
Compilation: No Me Quejo De Mi Estrella
Live Bootleg: Bowery Ballroom 2009, The Deaf Institute, Williamsburg Music Hall, Jack Rabbits, Chapel Hill 2011, Unitarian Church Basement, The Bishop, Cat's Cradle, Lancaster
Because Her Beauty Is Raw And Wild

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Song title:       No One Was Like Vermeer
Original Album:	  Because Her Beauty Is Raw And Wild

Words and Music by Jonathan Richman
Copyright © 2007 Rockin' Leprechaun Music
Published by Rockin' Leprechaun Music

Transcribed by Gavin Chart (contactus@gartfrets.net)


Intro:

[Play:  Dm - Am - Am7 | Gm7 - Gm - Am7 - Am]  [x2]


Verse:
Dm             Am7     Dm        Am7
   Back in the days of Rembrandt
Dm             Am7         Dm  Am7
   Back in the time of old Jan Steen
Dm          Am7       Gm         Am7
All of them giants of shadow and light
    Gm         Am7     Dm
But no one was like Vermeer


[Play:  Dm - Am7 - Gm7 - Am7]


Verse:
Dm                Am7      Dm      Am7
   Some paintings smell of joy and sweat
Dm                Am7           Dm   Am7
   Some paintings plain look so fine
Dm                Am7         Gm
   Some paintings are sad and passionate
                                  Am7
But Vermeer sends a chill up your spine
         Gm                         Dm   Am7   Dm   Am7
Yeah, Vermeer sends a chill up your spine


Chorus:
   Dm
Vermeer was eerie, Vermeer was strange
He had a warm modern colour range
      Am7      Dm     Am7
As if born in another age
             Gm                   Dm
Like maybe a hundred or so years ago


[Play:  Dm - Bb  Gm - Am ]   [x4]


Verse:
Dm                Am7          Dm       Am7
   What's this, a ghost in the gallery?
Dm                  Am7          Dm     Am7
   Great Scott! The martians are here!
      Dm             Am7       Gm          Am7
These strange little paintings next to the others
Gm         Am7     Dm
No one was like Vermeer


Chorus:
   Dm
Vermeer was eerie, Vermeer was weird
He had his own way of doin' things
         Gm7             Am7                 Dm
With the paintings from another era, another era


[Play out over Dm - Am7]



Chords:
Dm    557765
Am    577555
Am7   575555
Gm7   353333
Gm    355333

Lyrics

Back in the days of Rembrandt
Back in the time of old Jan Steen
All of them giants of shadow and light
But no one was like Vermeer

Some paintings smell of joy and sweat
Some paintings plain look so fine
Some paintings are sad and passionate
But Vermeer sends a chill up your spine
Yeah, Vermeer sends a chill up your spine

Vermeer was eerie, Vermeer was strange
He had a warm modern colour range
As if born in another age
Like maybe a hundred or so years ago

What's this, a ghost in the gallery?
Great Scott! The martians are here!
These strange little paintings next to the others
No one was like Vermeer

Vermeer was eerie, Vermeer was weird
He had his own way of doin' things
With the paintings from another era, another era

Bowery Ballroom 2009

Lyrics

Back in the days of old Rembrandt
Back in the time of Jan Steen
All of them masters of shadow and light
But no one was like Vermeer

Some painters smell of joy and sweat
Some painters just look so fine
And some are sad and passionate
But Vermeer sends a chill up your spine
Vermeer sends a chill up your spine

Vermeer was eiree
Vermeer was strange
??? More than colouring
As if born in a more modern age
Saying maybe oh a hundred or so years ago

Some painters smell of the convent floor
Some painters smell of red wine
Some painters just like this, and bar the door
But Vermeer took a step out of line
Vermeer took a step out of line

Vermeer was eiree
Vermeer was wierd

What's this?
A ghost in the gallery
Great scot, the Martians are here
Why don't his paintings resemble the others
Oh the other ones near
No one was quite like Vermeer

Some paintings
Some paintings

Some paintings smell of turpentine
Some paintings smell of ???
Some paintings just pull the party line
But Vermeer finds a crack in the world
Yeah, Vermeer finds a crack in the world

[Let's go]
[That's right, don't be shy about it, keeping the beat for us
Keep it warmed up, the atmosphere
???]

The Deaf Institute

Lyrics

Back in the time of old Rembrandt
Back in the days of old Jan Steen
All them just masters of shadow and light
But no one was like Vermeer

Some painters smell of joy and sweat
Some painters plain look so fine
And some are sad and passionate
Ah but Vermeer sends a chill up your spine
Vermeer sends a chill up your spine

Some painters smell of the convent floor
Some painters smell of red wine
Some stand just like this, and bar the door
But Vermeer takes a step out of line
Yeah, Vermeer takes a step out of line

Some painters smell of turpentine
Some smell of linseed oil
Some just pull the party line
But Vermeer finds a crack in the world
Oh, Vermeer finds a crack in the world

Vermeer was eerie
Vermeer was strange
He had a more modern of color range
As if born in a more modern age
Say maybe only a hundred or so years ago

Back in the time of Rembrandt
Back in the time of Jan Steen
All of the masters of shadow and light
But no one was like Vermeer
Vermeer

Some painters smell of the convent floor
Some painters smell of red wine
Some stand like this, and bar the door
But Vermeer takes a step out of line
Oh, Vermeer takes a step out of line

[Remember it's 10 degrees hotter up here than it is down there]

Williamsburg Music Hall

Lyrics

Back in the days of Rembrandt
Back in the time of old Jan Steen
All them Dutch masters of shadow and light
But no one was like Vermeer

[There are art students in the audience
Don't worry, I was one, I ain't making fun of you, I was worse
I still am]

Some paintings smell of joy and sweat
Some paintings just look so fine
And some are sad and passionate
Yeah but Vermeer sends a chill up your spine
Yeah, Vermeer sends a chill up your spine
Vermeer was eerie, eerie and strange

Some paintings smell of the convent floor
Some paintings smell of red wine
Some stand just like this and bar the door
But Vermeer takes a step out of line
Yeah Vermeer sends a chill up your spine
Vermeer was eerie, Vermeer was eerie and strange

[Tommy]

Some paintings smell of turpentine
Some paintings smell of linseed oil
Some paintings just toll the party line
But Vermeer finds a crack in the world
Yeah Vermeer finds a crack in the world
Vermeer was eerie, Vermeer was eerie and strange

Paintings didn't seem like they were from the 1600s
Seemed like they were more from 1890 or 1910

They say he used one of those perspective machines
With ??? magnifying glass or something
Doesn't matter they're still eerie and strange

???
???
There's the Rembrandt
There's the Jan Steen
But next to them is the Vermeer
And the Vermeer sticks out and looks weird
Like it's got little alien flying saucer that landed there
??? Somehow sends a chill up your spine
Oh it's scary a little
What's going on there?
What's this? A ghost in the gallery?
Great Scott, the Martians are here
Why don't these paintings resemble the others?
The other one's near
It's cause no one was like Vermeer

Jack Rabbits

Lyrics

Back in the days of Rembrandt
Back in the time of old Jan Steen
All of them masters of shadow and light
But no one was like ??? Vermeer

[But don't just stand there
If you're not going to dance
At least keep us the beat if you don't mind
I realize it's early in the night to ask requests of you
But I can't stand you just standing there
What are you going to do there?
You see it warms up the atmosphere with that beat

Ah yeah, it's better
Otherwise I would think you came for a concert
And truth ???
I hate the word 'concert'
I can't stand it
People just ???
Like they got the ??? or something]

Some paintings smell of the convent floor
Some paintings smell of red wine
Some stand like this and bar the door
But Vermeer takes a step out of line
Yeah Vermeer takes a step out of line

Vermeer was eerie, Vermeer was strange

[Tommy
That's Tommy of course by the drums]

Some paintings smell of joy and sweat
Some paintings plain look so fine
And some are sad and passionate
But Vermeer sends a chill up your spine
Yeah, Vermeer sends a chill up your spine

Vermeer was eerie, Vermeer was eerie and strange

No one was like Vermeer

Chapel Hill 2011

Lyrics

[??? Beat
???
???]

Back in the days of Rembrandt
Back in the time of Jan Steen
All of them masters of shadow and light
But no one was like Vermeer

??? Paintings
???
???
???

Some paintings smell of joy and sweat
Some paintings just look so fine
And some are sad and passionate
But Vermeer sends a chill up your spine
A chill up your spine

Vermeer was eerie
Vermeer was strange

Some paintings smell of the convent floor
Some paintings smell of red wine
Some stand like this, and bar the door
But Vermeer takes a step out of line
Takes a step out of line

Vermeer ???
Eerie and strange

Some paintings smell of turpentine
Some paintings smell of linseed oil
And some just pull the party line
But Vermeer finds a crack in the world
Finds a crack in the world

Vermeer

Unitarian Church Basement

Lyrics

Back in the time of Rembrandt
Back in the days of old Jan Steen
All of them masters of shadow and light
But no one was like Vermeer

Some paintings smell of the convent floor
Some paintings smell of wine
Some paintings stand like this and bar the door
But Vermeer takes a step out of line
Takes a step out of line
Vermeer's paintings were just plain strange
Merely strange

The Bishop

Lyrics

[Hello everybody
Tommy Larkins on drums ???]

Back in the days of Rembrandt
Back in the time of old Jan Steen
All of them masters of shadow and light
But no one was like Vermeer

[???]

Some men smell of joy and sweat
Some can't explain what's so fine
And some are sad and vanishing
Ah but Vermeer sends a chill up your spine
A chill up your spine

Vermeer was nearly
Nearly insane

Some even smell of the convent floor
Some even smell of red wine
Some stand just like this, and bar the door
But Vermeer takes a step out of line
A step out of line

Vermeer was nearly
Nearly insane

[Tommy]

Some even smell of turpentine
Some even smell of cigars
Some just pull the party line
But Vermeer finds a crack in the world
A crack in the world

Vermeer was nearly
Nearly insane

Some even smell of joy
Some even smell of sweat
Some even smell of cigars
But Vermeer finds a crack in the world
A crack in the world

Vermeer was nearly
Nearly insane

Cat's Cradle

Lyrics

Back in the days of Rembrandt
Back in the time of old Jan Steen
All of them masters of shadow and light
[Dutch you know]
But no one was like Vermeer

Some painters smell of joy and sweat
Some painters plain look fine
And some are sad and passionate
But Vermeer sends a chill up your spine
Yeah Vermeer sends a chill up your spine
Yeah Vermeer sends a chill up your spine

He's just eerie
Perspective was strange
He had a more modern color range
As if born in the more modern age
Say maybe like 150 years ago

What's this ghost in the art gallery?
Great scot, what is the ??? in here?
Why don't these little paintings resemble the others?
All the other ones near, oh no one
[Look back then you'd take a Van ??? there
It would be about
A ???
It would be about the same size
Rembrant's Night Watchmen
Would have been, look at that, with the four laid out pictures there
It would have been about as tall as where the black comes up
It would have been about a whole panel almost
About two thirds of a panel
That's how big the Night Watchmen is
And then you see a man standing
He's about a little 16 by 12 inch
It's got like a checkerboard floor
And it's got a little fruit bowl
And with the orange there's a little green
A little dark
A little paintbrush or a pink dot
Like ones like one of those little ones
Skinny ones
Hair paintbrush like dot go point
Oooh Vermeer]

Some painters smell of the convent floor
Some painters smell of wine
Some stand like this, and bar the door
But Vermeer takes a step out of line
Vermeer takes a step out of line

Vermeer was eerie
Vermeer was strange
He had a more modern color range
As if born in a more modern age

Some painters smell of turpentine
Some painters smell of lazy earl [[seriously that's what it sounds like]]
Some painters just pull the party line
But Vermeer finds a crack in the world
Yeah Vermeer finds a crack in the world
Vermeer, a crack in the world, in the world

[[The song basically stops here but he continues talking - mostly off mic]]

[Ladies and gentlemen, tell us about Jan Vermeer
???
If anyone out there ???
Same noise, see that?
Better do a sound check
???
???
???
Jan Vermeer
Jan Vermeer was a teenager
???
He studies well enough
???
???
Hat squashed cylindrical hat
That was not only ???
Portrait
When you see
A woman who looks like that
That I don't know much
No, I don't think so
But yeah so
???]

[So almost no one would like Vermeer]

Lancaster

Lyrics

Summer feeling in the summertime
Summer feeling, the feeling of the summer's gone
The end of the summer

[That's Tommy Larkins on the drums
And on Rhythm guitar, that's me, Jonathan Richman]

Back in the days of Rembrandt
Back in the time of old Jan Steen
All of them masters of shadow and light
But no one was like Vermeer

Some paintings smell of the convent floor
Some paintings smell of red wine
Some stand like this
And bar the door
But Vermeer takes a step out of line
Takes a step out of line
Takes a step out of line

Vermeer was eerie
Was strange

Some paintings smell of turpentine
Some paintings smell of linseed oil
Some painting just toll the party line
But Vermeer finds a crack in the world
Vermeer finds a crack in the world

Vermeer was eerie
Vermeer was strange
He had more modern colour range
As if born in a more modern age

No one was like Vermeer

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