Intro G  Am  G  Am  G  D/F#  G 
 

[Verso 1]

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A visionary painter with techniques so fine 
  G             C        G   C     G   D/F# Em 
Viewed the world through two empirical eyes 
Am    G  D 
A polymath 
Am    G   D  Em   G/B  D/F#  C 
That did not find the paradigm 
D        C    D    C 
Thus he chose to redefine 
      Am    G   D 
With a curious mind 
            G Am  G  Am  G  D/F#  G 
The Florentine 

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[Verso 2]

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Detailed delineations, observations precise 
 G          C     G   C    G  D/F#     Em 
Studies and sketches, freehand fine lines 
Am   G    D 
Silverpoint 
Am   G    D  Em  G/B    D/F#  C 
War machines and grands designs 
D        C    D         C 
Intelligence taking flight 
       Am    G    D           F 
In the beautiful mind of The Florentine 
 

[Ponte]

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High winds, hard rain, a deluge comes 
        Em 
In a monstrous diluvian waves 
     F 
With black chalk marks, destruction pours 
                             A4   A A4 A Am 
In torrents where nothing is saved 

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[Verso 3]

 Am 
You showed us 
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New ways to know our world 
   Em                      D      F 
Of what we see and all we could be - ah 
  Am         F 
Inspire to reach and spur us on 
 Em                        D    F 
Daring us to dream - see further 
Am                F 
Your notes, fine drawings and designs 
     Em         D   F 
Are bound in codices 
      C 
Voyaging through time 
    F 
You are a guiding light 
  Em 
A star 
   D    F 
Burning brightly 
                C 
Voyaging through time 
       F 
To know where the shadows are 
   Em 
And light is not 
          D   F 
Burn brightly 
       Am 
You star 

Final 

Diving deep for pearls 
A gift to the world