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Key: C
Tuning: E A D G B E
🎸 Intro:
C F G C F G
🎸 Verse 1:
C F G
I was all out of money and down on my luck
C F G
Stole me a ride in back of a truck
C F G Em
Times like these when I’m lonesome and blue
F G C F G
I pull out my picture of you
🎸 Verse 2:
C F G
I know I'm a drifter with time on my hands
C F G
Maybe I never fit into your plans
C F G Em
But when I need you, you always come through
F G C
I pull out my picture of you
🎸 Chorus:
G
Well, it’s faded and torn, been through the war
F G
We've gone and got ourselves in
G
I can’t give up, and you won't surrender
F G
So it’s back to the trenches again
[Instrumental]
C F G C F G
C F G Em F G C
🎸 Chorus:
G
Well, it’s faded and torn, been through the war
F G
We've gone and got ourselves in
G
I can’t give up, and you won't surrender
F G
So it’s back to the trenches again
🎸 Verse 3:
C F G
If a soldier of love is what I must be
C F G
I carry some comfort around with me
C F G Em
Times like these when I’m lonesome and blue
F G F G C
I reach in my pocket and pull out my picture of you
F G F G C F G
Yeah, I reach in my pocket and pull out my picture of you
C F G
My picture of you
Am F G Em F G C G C
My picture of you
Song History
Published: April 4, 2026
Last Updated: April 4, 2026