The Picture chords by Loudon Wainwright Iii

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 3rd

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

Difficulty: Novice

C majorC     C/BC/B      A minorAm
There are pictures on the piano
FF        G+G
Pictures of the family
C majorC C/BC/B   A minorAm
Mostly my kids but there's an old
FF     C majorC
Picture of you and me
E minorEm           FF  Fadd9Fadd9
You were five and I was six
E minorEm  G+G
In 1952
C majorC  C/BC/B    A minorAm
That was forty years ago
G+G        C majorC
How could it be true?

C majorC        C/BC/B   A minorAm
We were sitting outside drawing
FF          G+G
At a table meant for cards
C majorC        C/BC/B   A minorAm
And it must have been in autumn
FF              G+G
Falling leaves in the front yard
E minorEm           FF   Fadd9Fadd9
With a shoe box full of crayons
E minorEm          G+G
Full of colors oh so bright
C majorC         C/BC/B   A minorAm
In a picture in a plastic frame
G+G          C majorC
A augmentedA snapshot black and white

C majorC        C/BC/B  A minorAm
You were looking at my paper
FF        G+G
Watching what I drew
C majorC   C/BC/B       A minorAm
It was natural: I was older
FF             C majorC
Thirteen months more than you
E minorEm       FF   Fadd9Fadd9
A augmentedA brother and a sister
E minorEm        G+G
A augmentedA little boy and girl
C majorC      C/BC/B    A minorAm
And whoever took that picture
G+G        C majorC
Captured our own world

C majorC     C/BC/B   A minorAm
A augmentedA brother needs a sister
FF          G+G
To watch what he can do
C majorC     C/BC/B  A minorAm
To protect and to torture
FF          C majorC
To boss around it's true
E minorEm         FF     Fadd9Fadd9
But a brother will defend her
E minorEm           G+G
For a sister's love is pure
C majorC      C/BC/B     A minorAm
Because she thinks he's wonderful
G+G         C majorC
When he is not so sure

C majorC       C/BC/B    A minorAm
In the picture there's a fender
FF     G+G
Of our old Chevrolet
C majorC   C/BC/B    A minorAm
Or Pontiac, our dad would know
FF        G+G
Surely he could say
E minorEm         FF     Fadd9Fadd9
But dad is dead and we grow old
E minorEm            G+G
It's true that time flies by
C majorC      C/BC/B    A minorAm
And in forty years the world has changed
 G+G        C majorC
As well as you and I