Picture Of My Dress chords by The Mountain Goats

Chords with lyrics

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

Intro:
D MajorD  A augmentedA  G+G  x2


Verse 1:
G+G     D MajorD       Dmaj7Dmaj7   E minorEm      G+G
Here at a truck stop in New Mexico just before dawn
      D MajorD         Dmaj7Dmaj7
Somebody's grandma behind the wheel of a big rig
E minorEm         G+G
Pulling in with her headlights on
G+G              D MajorD
We smoke a cigarette as the sunrise runs riot
F#F#      G+G
Someone's got to break the quiet
    D MajorD
And she says, "What are you doing here anyway?"
   Asus4Asus4               A augmentedA
And I smile and say, "You'd never guess"
       E minorEm
She holds it up for me by its skinny white shoulder straps

Chorus:
   G+G A augmentedA          D MajorD    A augmentedA   G+G
While I, I take a picture of my dress
          D MajorD    A augmentedA   G+G
I take a picture of my dress


Verse 2:
      D MajorD   Dmaj7Dmaj7 E minorEm             G+G
I'm in the bathroom of a Dallas Texas Burger King
      D MajorD        Dmaj7Dmaj7       E minorEm
Mr. Steven Tyler is on the overhead speakers
                G+G
He doesn't want to miss a thing
            G+G
Out there at the counter
     D MajorD             F#F#
Blending in with the lunchtime crowd
       G+G
Trying not to laugh out loud
   D MajorD
I eat half my crispy chicken club
   Asus4Asus4            A augmentedA
I get extra mayonnaise, it's a mess
      E minorEm
I take the other half out to the parking lot with me

Chorus:
    G+G  A augmentedA           D MajorD    A augmentedA   G+G
Pop the trunk and take a picture of my dress
          D MajorD    A augmentedA   G+G
I take a picture of my dress


Bridge:
        F#F#            E minorEm
It still looks good, I only wore it once
E MajorE       G+G              A augmentedA
Nine years ago, nine years and seven months


Verse 3:
      D MajorD     Dmaj7Dmaj7
It may be a long while before the highway
E minorEm               G+G
Decides to finally set me free
           D MajorD       Dmaj7Dmaj7
I'm going to have to chase down the remnants
E minorEm                     G+G
Of something special that you stole from me
G+G                   D MajorD             F#F#
It may be hiding in the sunset, or in distant corners of the dawn
G+G         G minorGm
Or maybe it's gone
   D MajorD
But I say some prayers above the engine
    Asus4Asus4            A augmentedA
I bless everything there is to bless
      E minorEm
Run out of gas in the middle of nowhere anyway
          G+G    A augmentedA
Stand there by the roadside smiling


Chorus:
           D MajorD    A augmentedA   G+G
And take a picture of my dress
          D MajorD    A augmentedA   G+G
I take a picture of my dress
          D MajorD    A augmentedA   G+G
I take a picture of my dress
          D MajorD    A augmentedA   G+G
I take a picture of my dress