Picture Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[D]The[Bm]re[G][A][D]
are pictures on the pi[Bm]ano,
[G]Pictures of [D]the family,
Mostly my kids [Bm]but there's a[G]n old
Picture [D]of you and me.
[F#m]You were five and I was [G]six
[D]In [A]195[D]2
That was forty [Bm]years ago
[G]How could [A]it be [D]true?

[Verse 2]
We were sitting outside [Bm]drawing
At a [G]table meant [D]for cards,
And it must have been [Bm]in autumn,
Falling [G]leaves in the [Bm]front [D]yard,
[F#m]With a shoe box full o[G]f crayons,
Full of [D]colors oh so [F#m]bright,[A]
In [D]a picture in a [Bm]plastic frame,
[G]A snaps[A]hot black and w[D]hite.

[Verse 3]
You were looking at my [Bm]paper,
[G]Watching [D]what I drew
It was natural: I was [Bm]older,
Thir[G]teen months [D]more
[F#m]than you.
A brother and [G]a sister,
A [D]little boy and [A]girl,
And who[D]ever took that [Bm]picture
[G]Captured [A]our own [D]world.

[Interlude 1]
[Bm][G][Bm][D]
[Bm][D][F#m][G][D][A]
[D][Bm][A][D]

[Verse 4]
A brother needs a sis[Bm]ter
To [G]watch what he [D]can do,
To protect and [Bm]to torture,
To [G]boss [Bm]arou[A]nd—i[D]t's true
But [F#m]a brother will [G]defend her
For a sis[D]ter's love is [A]pure,
[D]Because she think[Bm]s he's wonderful
When he is not [A]so [F#m]sure.[D]

[Verse 5]
In the picture there's a [Bm]fender
[G]Of our [Bm]old C[D]hevrolet
[Bm]Or Pontiac—our dad would know,
[G]Surely he could say[D]
[F#m]But dad is dead an[G]d we grow old
[D]It's true that time [A]flies by
And [D]in forty years [Bm]the world has changed
As [G]well [A]as you [D]and I.