Ive Never Been Happier Than I Was In That Picture chords by Kevin Devine

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Verse:
BbmBbm    DmDm
Desert in August
G minorGm         Bb majorBb
Easel and a bowl of oranges
G minorGm            FF
Head cocked in your ivory bralette
C7C7
I felt alive


Verse:
BbmBbm    DmDm
Endless & bottomless
G minorGm        Bb majorBb
Everything I ever wanted
   G minorGm             FF
Could almost touch it through the turbulence
C7C7
Hand in the hive

Chorus:
DmDm    A minorAm
War correspondence
G+G     G7G7
Strawberry scripture
   Bb majorBb      FF
I’ve never been happier
    C7C7     G7G7
Than I was in that picture


Verse:
BbmBbm     DmDm
Heat wave in Brooklyn
G minorGm               Bb majorBb
Shoeless, waltzing through the fountain
G minorGm           FF
Kissing for the camera, melting
C7C7
Stuck side to side


Verse:
BbmBbm      DmDm
Floored by my fortune
G minorGm           Bb majorBb
I had finally found the person
 G minorGm            FF
I never cared what we were doing
   C7C7
I was full, I was fine

Chorus:
DmDm   A minorAm
My Alexandra
G+G        G7G7
Your lion’s been injured
   Bb majorBb      FF
I’ve never been happier
    C7C7
Than I was


Bridge:
Fmaj7Fmaj7
Carousel memory cruelly defined
Fmaj7Fmaj7
Coconut, sandalwood, swimming at night
G7G7      Bb majorBb
Curls & your flower dress
G7G7    Bb majorBb
Smiled & cried
 G7G7    Bb majorBb
“I got my birthday wish:
G+G     Bb majorBb
You, every time.”


Chorus:
DmDm     A minorAm
One way to freedom:
G+G      G7G7
Thank and forgive her
     Bb majorBb     FF
Cuz you’d never been happier
     C7C7      FF
Than you were in that picture
  G minorGm       A minorAm
It happened, it’s over
 G+G     G7G7
I love ya, I miss ya
     Bb majorBb    FF       C7C7     G7G7
And I’ll never be happier than I was in that picture
     Bb majorBb    FF       C7C7
And I’ll never be happier than I was