The Last Picturehouse chords by Sandi Thom

• Difficulty: Intermediate 💪

Key of C

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



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

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

Chorus:
      C             F
Oh so long and fare thee well
     Dm                     C
A thousand stories he could tell
    Am                         Dm
Brick by brick they pulled him down
  F       Fm                 C
The last picture house in town

Verse 2:
       C
The crowds grew smaller though the years
      Am
While the candy girls left town
      F
The projector slowly gathered dust
      G
While the house came tumbling down

Pre-chorus:
            Dm
And at the final curtain calling
           G
He knew a golden age had passed
            C
Cause the lights had finally fallen
                           Am
And the dreams they didn't last
              Dm
Cause now the buildings scrape the skyline
                        G
And the stars no longer shine
          Ddim       F              G
Cause nothing lasts forever in the changing times

Chorus:
     C                     Dm
Oh so long and fare thee well
     F                     C
A thousand stories he could tell
    Am                         Dm
Brick by brick they pulled him down
F        Fm                C
The last picture house in town

Bridge:
        F                        C
Gene Kelly went singing for the last time in the rain
       F                           C
And one more kiss with Betty Davies before the final frame
           Dm                                    Am
And as the lights inside the ticket box go fading away
              Dm                              G     G7
It was the last movie the picture house would play

Chorus:
  C                   F
Oh so long and fare thee well
    G                     C
A thousand stories he could tell
    Am                            Dm
But brick by brick they pulled him down
      F         Fm          C
The last picture house in town