1855 chords by Heather Maloney

CAPO 1

INTRO E,A,B


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

  F#m
ladadadada

CHORUS

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

VERSE 2

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

  F#m
ladadadada

CHORUS

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

VERSE 3

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

 A  E  B A
oh oh oh oh

CHORUS

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