Jamey Johnson – In Color (Guitar)

Capo 3
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Chords

[Intro] G F C G [Verse 1]
         G
I said, "Grandpa what's this picture here?

         F
It's all black and white and it ain't real clear

     C                                  G
Is that you there? He said yeah, I was 11

G
Times were tough back in '35

       F
That's me and Uncle Joe just tryin' to survive

  C
A cotton farm

              G
And a great depression
[Chorus]
      G
If it looks like we were scared to death

       F                                       C
Like a couple of kids just tryin' to save each other

                          G
You should've seen it in color
[Verse 2]
        G
Aw, and this one here's taken overseas

       F
In the middle of Hell in 1943

       C                                  G
In the winter time, you can almost see my breath

         G
That was my tail gunner: Ole Johnny McGee

         F
He was a High School teacher from New Orleans

       C                                     G
And he had my back, right through the day we left
[Chorus]
      G
If it looks like we were scared to death

       F                                       C
Like a couple of kids just tryin' to save each other

                          G
You should've seen it in color

  G
A picture's worth a thousand words

        F                                         C
But you can't see what those shades of gray keep covered

                          G
You should've seen it in color
[Solo] (G) F C G G [Verse 3]
G
This one is my favorite one

        F
This is me and grandma in the summer sun

 C                                 G 
All dressed up the day we said our vows

          G
You can't tell it here but it was hot that June

     F
That rose was red and her eyes were blue

         C                            G
And just look at that smile, I was so proud
[Bridge]
Em              D/F#        C
     That's the story of my life

Em         D/F#                C  D
     Right there in black and white
[Chorus]
          G
And if it looks like we were scared to death

       F                                       C
Like a couple of kids just tryin' to save each other

                          G
You should've seen it in color

  G
A picture's worth a thousand words

        F     N.C.                                C
But you can't see what those shades of gray keep covered

                          G
You should've seen it in color
[Outro] (G) F C G
 G   F   C   G
(2nd time quietly)