Every Picture Tells A Story Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[C][G][F][D]
[C][G][F][D]

[Verse 1]
[D]Spent some time feelin' in[C]ferior[G]
[D]standing' in front of my mirror
Combed my hair
in a thousand [C]ways,[G]
but I [D]came out lookin' just the same
Daddy said, son,
you better see the [C]world[G]
I wouldn't [D]blame you if you wanted to leave
But remember one thing,
don't lose your [C]head[G]
to a [D]woman that'll spend your bread
So I got
[D]out[G][D]
[D][G][D]
[D][G][D]
[D][G][D][D]

[Verse 2]
[D]Paris was a place
you could hide [C]away,[G]
[D]If you felt you didn't fit in
French police
wouldn't give me no [C]peace,[G]
they [D]claimed I was a nasty person
Down along the left bank,
minding my [C]own[G]
Was knocked [D]down by a human stampede
Got arrested for inciting
a peaceful [C]riot,[G]
when all I [D]wanted was a cup of tea
I was [G]accused[D]
[D][G][D]
[D]I m[G]ove[D]d on

[Verse 3]
[D]Down in rome
I wasn't getting [C]enough[G]
Of the [D]things that keep a young man alive
My body stunk,
but I kept my [C]funk[G]
at a [D]time when I was right out of luck
Getting desperate, indeed I [C]was[G]
[D]looking like a tourist attraction
Oh, my dear,
I better get out of [C]here[G]
for the [D]vatican don't give no sanction
I wasn't [G]ready for that, no, [D]no,
[G][D]
I moved [G]right out [D]east, yeah

[Verse 4]
Listen, on the [D]peking ferry
I was feeling [C]merry,[G]
[D]sailing on my way back here
I fell in love with a slant-eyed [C]lady[G]
by the [D]light of an eastern moon
Shanghai lil never used the [C]pill,[G]
she claimed that it [C]just ain't [D]natural
She took me up on deck
and bit my [C]neck[G]
Oh, [D]people, I was glad I found her
Oh, just I was [G]glad I [D]found her
[D][G][D]
[D]Wai[G]t a[D] minute

[Verse 5]
[D]I firmly believed that I[C][G]
didn't [D]need anyone but me
I sincerely thought
I was so comp[C]lete[G]
[D]Look how wrong you can be
The women I've known
I wouldn't let tie [C]my [G]shoe
They wouldn't [D]give you the time of day
But the slant-eyed lady
knocked me off my [C]feet[G]
[D]God, I was glad I found her

[Verse 6]
And [D]if they had the words
I could tell to [C]you[G]
To [D]help you on your way down the road
I couldn't quote you no dickens,
shelley or [C]keats[G]
'Cause it's [D]all been said before
Make the best out of the bad,
just [C]laugh it [G]off[D]
You didn't have to come here anyway,
so remember

[Outro 1]
Every [D]picture tells a story don't it?
Every picture tells a story don't it?
Every picture tells a story don't it?
Every picture tells a story don't it?
(Repeat and fade]