John Prine – Picture Show (Guitar)

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By John Prine Song:The Picture Show
G
A young man from a small town

         C                G
With a very large imagination

      C                          G
Lay alone in his room with his radio on

                       D
Looking for another station

            G
When the static from the mouthpiece

     C                  G
Gave way to the sound below

      C                G
James Dean went out to Hollywood

               D                 G
And put his picture in a Picture Show.

      C                G
James Dean went out to Hollywood

               D                 G
And put his picture in a Picture Show.
Chorus:
         G
And It's Oh Daddy get off of your knees

  C                     G
Mamma why'd you have to go

         C          G
Your darling Jim is out on a limb

            D                 G
I put my picture in a Picture Show

                   D                 G
Whoa Ho! Put my picture in a Picture Show

   G
Hamburgers Cheeseburgers

  C                G
Wilbur and Orville Wright

C                         G
John Garfield in the afternoon

                    D
Montgomery Clift at night

         G
When the static hit the mouthpiece

     C                  G
Gave way to the sound below

      C                G
James Dean went out to Hollywood

               D                 G
And put his picture in a Picture Show.
Chorus:
         G
And It's Oh Daddy get off of your knees

  C                     G
Mamma why'd you have to go

         C          G
Your darling Jim is out on a limb

            D                 G
I put my picture in a Picture Show

                   D                 G
Whoa Ho! Put my picture in a Picture Show
Instrumental: G C G C G D G C G C G D G
  G                        C              G
A Mocca man in a wigwam sitting on a Reservation.

           C                 G
With a big black hole in the belly of his soul

                    D
Waiting on an explanation

          G
While the white man sits on his fat can

             C              G
And takes pictures of the Navajo

      C                    G
Every time he clicks his Kodak pics

   D                       G
He steals a little bit of soul.

      C                    G
Every time he clicks his Kodak pics

   D                      G
He steals a little bit of soul.
Chorus:
         G
And It's Oh Daddy get off of your knees

  C                     G
Mamma why'd you have to go

         C          G
Your darling Jim is out on a limb

            D                 G
I put my picture in a Picture Show

                   D                 G
Whoa Ho! Put my picture in a Picture Show
Outro:
                  D                 G
Yie Hi! Put my picture in a Picture Show
Let's go! Instrumental: G C G C G D G C G C G D G C G D G C G D G
  G
A young man from a small town

         C                G
With a very large imagination