1855 chords by Heather Maloney

Chords with lyrics

CAPO 1

INTRO E,A,B


VERSE 1
    E MajorE        A augmentedA
He left seaside daisies on her porch
 BB              E MajorE
everyday for weeks until she showed.
 E MajorE            A augmentedA
There he was waiting with horse and carriage
   BB               E MajorE
would marriage be further down the road?
  E MajorE              A augmentedA
He took her hand, he took the reigns without a plan,
    BB                     E MajorE
they found out that they were moving toward the sea,
   E MajorE            A augmentedA
the smell of the ocean was liquor, was potion,
   BB              E MajorE
it filled them as they fell so carelessly.

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ladadadada

CHORUS

  E MajorE        D MajorD     A augmentedA   E MajorE
Oh, thats my ma and pa on the wall smiling.
  E MajorE        D MajorD      A augmentedA    E MajorE
And that's the only photo ever taken of them.
 E MajorE      D MajorD     A augmentedA        E MajorE
There they are old, and though they are gray,
  E MajorE     D MajorD      A augmentedA     E MajorE
that's only a moment in a lifetime of days.

VERSE 2

   E MajorE         A augmentedA
And nobody brought a camera
 BB         E MajorE
on their wedding day
   E MajorE          A augmentedA
and nobody captured the range of emotion
   BB       A augmentedA
and colors as the sun set on the bay.
      E MajorE     A augmentedA
And they don't have proof or they're anxious youth,
      BB        E MajorE
how they threw themselves together in giddy haste.
     E MajorE         A augmentedA
They can only remember that day in September the
 BB             E MajorE
jitters in the daisies and lace.

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ladadadada

CHORUS

   E MajorE        D MajorD     A augmentedA   E MajorE
Oh, thats my ma and pa on the wall smiling.
  E MajorE        D MajorD      A augmentedA    E MajorE
And that's the only photo ever taken of them.
 E MajorE      D MajorD     A augmentedA        E MajorE
There they are old, and though they are gray,
  E MajorE     D MajorD      A augmentedA     E MajorE
that's only a moment in a lifetime of days.

VERSE 3

  E MajorE      A augmentedA
In 1855 I was born into their lives,
 BB              E MajorE
eyes as wide and blue as the Atlantic.
      E MajorE             A augmentedA
I have a picture in my mind; a tiny dress out on the line,
        BB             E MajorE
he called her momma and thought it was Romantic.
    E MajorE            A augmentedA
storm came upon our silk I was crying inside the milk.
   BB                  E MajorE
She ran to me while he pulled down the laundry.
    E MajorE                A augmentedA
And for all the rain and tears we would face and family years,
      BB
I've got a thousand happy pictures
     A augmentedA     E MajorE   BB     A augmentedA
I've got a thousand happy pictures with me
     A augmentedA     E MajorE   BB     A augmentedA
I've got a thousand happy pictures with me

 A augmentedA E MajorE BB A augmentedA
oh oh oh oh

CHORUS

 E MajorE        D MajorD     A augmentedA   E MajorE
thats my ma and pa on the wall smiling.
  E MajorE        D MajorD      A augmentedA    E MajorE
And that's the only photo ever taken of them.
 E MajorE      D MajorD     A augmentedA        E MajorE
There they are old, and though they are gray,
  E MajorE     D MajorD      A augmentedA     E MajorE
that's only a moment in a lifetime of days.
  E MajorE     D MajorD      A augmentedA     E MajorE
that's only a moment in a lifetime of days.