Charleys Picture chords by Porter Wagoner

Chords with lyrics

Charley's Picture
Porter Wagoner
Album:

Intro:
C#C#

C#C#         F#F#      C#C#
A augmentedA wino we called Charley had a picture
                   G#G#
That he wore around his neck upon a chain
     C#C#       F#F#         C#C#
But you couldn't see the face in Charley's picture
              G#G#     C#C#
Just long brown hair and a poem in the frame

C#C#          F#F#         C#C#
We tried and tried to see old Charley's picture
                     G#G#
But we couldn't even tempt him with the wine
   C#C#         F#F#        C#C#
His shaking hands would tightly grip the picture
           G#G#      C#C#
And he'd recite the poem one more time

C#C#             F#F#     C#C#
You grace this frame the picture of affection
                  G#G#
While I'm the perfect picture of disgrace
   C#C#         F#F#       C#C#
And upon your name I'll swear until I'm worthy
           G#G#       C majorC  A augmentedA
I forbid my eyes to look upon your face

Change Key to D, Step UP:
 D MajorD           G+G        D MajorD
Old Charley froze to death one Sunday morning
                    A augmentedA
We found him and I guess you know the rest
   D MajorD        G+G       D MajorD
Some-one removed the poem from his picture
               A augmentedA        D MajorD
And the chilling truth lay framed upon his chest

(Spoken ? Same Chord Progression as above)

As I knelt beside his body the picture

Lay there before my anxious eyes

And with trembling lips I whispered the words of Charley's poem

As I stared into the face of Jesus Christ

D MajorD             G+G     D MajorD
You grace this frame the picture of affection
                  A augmentedA
While I'm the perfect picture of disgrace
             G+G        D MajorD
And upon your name I'll swear until I'm worthy
           A augmentedA       D MajorD
I forbid my eyes to look upon your face