Loudon Wainwright III – The Picture (Guitar)
Capo 3
Key
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Chords
C C/B Am There are pictures on the piano F G Pictures of the family C C/B Am Mostly my kids but there's an old F C Picture of you and me Em F Fadd9 You were five and I was six Em G In 1952 C C/B Am That was forty years ago G C How could it be true? C C/B Am We were sitting outside drawing F G At a table meant for cards C C/B Am And it must have been in autumn F G Falling leaves in the front yard Em F Fadd9 With a shoe box full of crayons Em G Full of colors oh so bright C C/B Am In a picture in a plastic frame G C A snapshot black and white C C/B Am You were looking at my paper F G Watching what I drew C C/B Am It was natural: I was older F C Thirteen months more than you Em F Fadd9 A brother and a sister Em G A little boy and girl C C/B Am And whoever took that picture G C Captured our own world C C/B Am A brother needs a sister F G To watch what he can do C C/B Am To protect and to torture F C To boss around it's true Em F Fadd9 But a brother will defend her Em G For a sister's love is pure C C/B Am Because she thinks he's wonderful G C When he is not so sure C C/B Am In the picture there's a fender F G Of our old Chevrolet C C/B Am Or Pontiac, our dad would know F G Surely he could say Em F Fadd9 But dad is dead and we grow old Em G It's true that time flies by C C/B Am And in forty years the world has changed G C As well as you and I