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Picture Show by John Prine
Picture Show
Capo:no capo
G
A young man from a small town
C G
With a very large imagination
C G
Lay alone in his room with his radio on
D
Looking for another station
G
When the static from the mouthpiece
C G
Gave way to the sound below
C G
James Dean went out to Hollywood
D G
And put his picture in a Picture Show.
C G
James Dean went out to Hollywood
D G
And put his picture in a Picture Show.
Chorus:
G
And It's Oh Daddy get off of your knees
C G
Mamma why'd you have to go
C G
Your darling Jim is out on a limb
D G
I put my picture in a Picture Show
D G
Whoa Ho! Put my picture in a Picture Show
G
Hamburgers Cheeseburgers
C G
Wilbur and Orville Wright
C G
John Garfield in the afternoon
D
Montgomery Clift at night
G
When the static hit the mouthpiece
C G
Gave way to the sound below
C G
James Dean went out to Hollywood
D G
And put his picture in a Picture Show.
Chorus:
G
And It's Oh Daddy get off of your knees
C G
Mamma why'd you have to go
C G
Your darling Jim is out on a limb
D G
I put my picture in a Picture Show
D G
Whoa Ho! Put my picture in a Picture Show
Instrumental:
G
C G
C G D
G
C G
C G D G
G C G
A Mocca man in a wigwam sitting on a Reservation.
C G
With a big black hole in the belly of his soul
D
Waiting on an explanation
G
While the white man sits on his fat can
C G
And takes pictures of the Navajo
C G
Every time he clicks his Kodak pics
D G
He steals a little bit of soul.
C G
Every time he clicks his Kodak pics
D G
He steals a little bit of soul.
Chorus:
G
And It's Oh Daddy get off of your knees
C G
Mamma why'd you have to go
C G
Your darling Jim is out on a limb
D G
I put my picture in a Picture Show
D G
Whoa Ho! Put my picture in a Picture Show
Outro:
D G
Yie Hi! Put my picture in a Picture Show
Let's go!
Instrumental:
G
C G
C G D
G
C G
C G D G
C G D G
C G D G
G
A young man from a small town
C G
With a very large imagination
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version 2
Capo:no capo
[Intro]
G
A young man from a small town
C G
With a ve ry large imaginat ion
C G
Lay al one in his room with his ra dio on
D
Looking for another sta tion
G
When the st atic from the mouthpiece
C G
Gave w ay to the sound be low
C G
James D ean went out to H ollywood
D G
And put his pi cture in a Picture Sh ow.
C G
James De an went out to Ho llywood
D G
And put his pi cture in a Picture Sh ow.
[Chorus]
G
And It's Oh Daddy get off of your knees
C G
Mam ma why'd you have to g o
C G
Your dar ling Jim is o ut a limb
D G
I put my pi cture in a Picture S how
D G
Whoa Ho! Put my pic ture in a Picture Sh ow
G
H amburgers Cheesburgers
C G
Wi lbur and Orville Wri ght
C G
Jo hn Garfield in the aft ernoon
D
Montgomery Clift at ni ght
G
When the st atic hit the mouthpiece
C G
Gave w ay to the sound be low
C G
James De an went out to Ho llywood
D G
And put his pic ture in a Picture Sh ow.
(Repeat Chorus)
[Instrumental]
G
C G
C G D
G
C G
C G D G
G C G
A M occa man in a wigwam sit ting on a Reser vation.
C G
With a big bl ack hole in the be lly of his soul
D
Waiting on an explan ation
G
While the wh ite man sits on his fat can
C G
And takes pic tures of the Na vajo
C G
Every ti me he clicks his Ko diac pics
D G
He st eals a little bit of s oul.
C G
Every ti me he clicks his Kod iac pics
D G
He ste als a little bit of s oul
.
(Repeat Chorus)
D G
Yie Hi! Put my pi cture in a Picture S how
Let's go!
(Instrumental)
G
C G
C G D
G
C G
C G D G
C G D G
C G D G
G
A yo ung man from a small town
C G
With a ve ry large imaginati on
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