The Last Picturehouse chords by Sandi Thom

Chords with lyrics

• Difficulty: Intermediate

Key of C majorC

Verse 1:
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Born to entertain us back in 1925
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So beautiful and strong enough to bring their dreams alive
    C majorC
Always thought it would last forever


      A minorAm
And be the greatest thing they'd ever seen
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With a heart like Judy Garland
      G+G
And a the soul of Jimmy Dean

Pre-chorus:
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And while the world was growing
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He was so gone with the wind
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That the future they were building
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Didn't have a room for him
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And now the buildings scrape the skyline
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And the stars no longer shine
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Cause nothing lasts forever in the changing times

Chorus:
   C majorC       FF
Oh so long and fare thee well
   DmDm           C majorC
A augmentedA thousand stories he could tell
  A minorAm             DmDm
Brick by brick they pulled him down
 FF    F minorFm         C majorC
The last picture house in town

Verse 2:
    C majorC
The crowds grew smaller though the years
   A minorAm
While the candy girls left town
   FF
The projector slowly gathered dust
   G+G
While the house came tumbling down

Pre-chorus:
      DmDm
And at the final curtain calling
      G+G
He knew a golden age had passed
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Cause the lights had finally fallen
              A minorAm
And the dreams they didn't last
       DmDm
Cause now the buildings scrape the skyline
            G+G
And the stars no longer shine
     DdimDdim    FF       G+G
Cause nothing lasts forever in the changing times

Chorus:
   C majorC           DmDm
Oh so long and fare thee well
   FF           C majorC
A augmentedA thousand stories he could tell
  A minorAm             DmDm
Brick by brick they pulled him down
FF    F minorFm        C majorC
The last picture house in town

Bridge:
    FF            C majorC
Gene Kelly went singing for the last time in the rain
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And one more kiss with Betty Davies before the final frame
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And as the lights inside the ticket box go fading away
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It was the last movie the picture house would play

Chorus:
 C majorC          FF
Oh so long and fare thee well
  G+G           C majorC
A augmentedA thousand stories he could tell
  A minorAm              DmDm
But brick by brick they pulled him down
   FF     F minorFm     C majorC
The last picture house in town