Chords for A Picture of Three Children - Russell Moore
Tempo:
123.3 bpm
Chords used:
E
D
A
Bm
B
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[A]
[Bm]
[D] [E]
[A] [E]
[A] When that three-day battle ended, [B] one man [Bm] in blue was found,
[E] With no name to tell his story, as [D] they laid him in the [A] ground.
Just one more unknown soldier, but [B] held tightly to [Bm] his chest,
[E] Was a picture of three [B] children, [D] dressed [E] in their Sunday [A]
[E] best.
[A]
They pried it from his fingers, [Bm] clutched tightly in his grasp,
[E]
Knowing it was the last thing [D]
he'd seen [A] before he passed.
The story of that picture [Bm]
traveled farther north each day,
[E]
Where all the local papers [D]
described on [E] their front page.
[D] A picture of [E] three children, [A] in three [E] little wooden [F#m]
chairs,
[D] Two brothers and [E] one sister, [A] sweet faces and dark hair,
[D] Three angels to [E] one soldier, [A] whose [C#m] name remains [F#m]
unknown.
[E] [D] A picture of [E] three children, whose [D] father won't [Em] be coming [A]
home.
[E]
[A] In New York, a wife and mother [Bm] was waiting for some word,
From [E] the father [B] of [E] her children, [D] last seen in [A] Gettysburg.
When she read about that picture, [Bm] found on a union man,
[E] And knew her husband Amos, [D] had held tightly in [E] his hand.
[D] A picture of [E] three children, [A] in three [E] little wooden [F#m]
[B] chairs,
[D] Two brothers and [E] one sister, [A] sweet faces and dark hair,
[D] Three angels to [E] one soldier, [A] whose name was finally [F#m] known.
[D] A picture of [E] three children, whose [D] father [Em] won't be coming [A] home.
It [D] was a picture of three [E] children, [D] Amos won't [E] be coming [A] home.
[Bm]
[D] [E]
[A] [E]
[A] When that three-day battle ended, [B] one man [Bm] in blue was found,
[E] With no name to tell his story, as [D] they laid him in the [A] ground.
Just one more unknown soldier, but [B] held tightly to [Bm] his chest,
[E] Was a picture of three [B] children, [D] dressed [E] in their Sunday [A]
[E] best.
[A]
They pried it from his fingers, [Bm] clutched tightly in his grasp,
[E]
Knowing it was the last thing [D]
he'd seen [A] before he passed.
The story of that picture [Bm]
traveled farther north each day,
[E]
Where all the local papers [D]
described on [E] their front page.
[D] A picture of [E] three children, [A] in three [E] little wooden [F#m]
chairs,
[D] Two brothers and [E] one sister, [A] sweet faces and dark hair,
[D] Three angels to [E] one soldier, [A] whose [C#m] name remains [F#m]
unknown.
[E] [D] A picture of [E] three children, whose [D] father won't [Em] be coming [A]
home.
[E]
[A] In New York, a wife and mother [Bm] was waiting for some word,
From [E] the father [B] of [E] her children, [D] last seen in [A] Gettysburg.
When she read about that picture, [Bm] found on a union man,
[E] And knew her husband Amos, [D] had held tightly in [E] his hand.
[D] A picture of [E] three children, [A] in three [E] little wooden [F#m]
[B] chairs,
[D] Two brothers and [E] one sister, [A] sweet faces and dark hair,
[D] Three angels to [E] one soldier, [A] whose name was finally [F#m] known.
[D] A picture of [E] three children, whose [D] father [Em] won't be coming [A] home.
It [D] was a picture of three [E] children, [D] Amos won't [E] be coming [A] home.
Key:
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D
A
Bm
B
E
D
A
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ [A] When that three-day battle ended, _ [B] one man [Bm] in blue was found,
[E] With no name to tell his story, as [D] they laid him in the [A] ground.
_ _ Just one more unknown soldier, but [B] held tightly to [Bm] his chest,
_ [E] Was a picture of three [B] children, [D] dressed [E] in their Sunday [A] _
_ _ [E] best.
_ _ _ [A]
They pried it from his fingers, _ [Bm] clutched tightly in his grasp,
_ [E]
Knowing it was the last thing [D]
he'd seen [A] before he passed.
The story of that picture _ [Bm]
traveled farther north each day,
_ [E]
Where all the local _ papers [D]
described on [E] their front _ _ _ _ page.
_ [D] A picture of [E] three children, _ [A] in three [E] little wooden [F#m] _
chairs,
[D] Two brothers and [E] one sister, [A] sweet faces and dark _ hair,
[D] Three angels to [E] one soldier, _ [A] whose [C#m] name remains [F#m]
unknown.
[E] _ _ [D] A picture of [E] three children, whose [D] father won't [Em] be coming [A]
home.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] In New York, a wife and mother _ [Bm] was waiting for some word,
From [E] the father [B] of [E] her children, _ [D] last seen in [A] Gettysburg.
_ When she read about that picture, _ [Bm] found on a union man,
[E] And knew her husband Amos, [D] had held tightly in [E] his _ _ _ hand.
_ [D] A picture of [E] three children, _ [A] in three [E] little wooden [F#m] _
[B] chairs,
[D] Two brothers and [E] one sister, _ [A] sweet faces and dark hair,
_ [D] Three angels to [E] one soldier, _ [A] whose name was finally [F#m] known.
_ [D] A picture of [E] three children, whose [D] father [Em] won't be coming [A] _ home.
_ _ _ _ It [D] was a picture of three [E] children, _ [D] Amos won't [E] be coming [A] home. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ [A] When that three-day battle ended, _ [B] one man [Bm] in blue was found,
[E] With no name to tell his story, as [D] they laid him in the [A] ground.
_ _ Just one more unknown soldier, but [B] held tightly to [Bm] his chest,
_ [E] Was a picture of three [B] children, [D] dressed [E] in their Sunday [A] _
_ _ [E] best.
_ _ _ [A]
They pried it from his fingers, _ [Bm] clutched tightly in his grasp,
_ [E]
Knowing it was the last thing [D]
he'd seen [A] before he passed.
The story of that picture _ [Bm]
traveled farther north each day,
_ [E]
Where all the local _ papers [D]
described on [E] their front _ _ _ _ page.
_ [D] A picture of [E] three children, _ [A] in three [E] little wooden [F#m] _
chairs,
[D] Two brothers and [E] one sister, [A] sweet faces and dark _ hair,
[D] Three angels to [E] one soldier, _ [A] whose [C#m] name remains [F#m]
unknown.
[E] _ _ [D] A picture of [E] three children, whose [D] father won't [Em] be coming [A]
home.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] In New York, a wife and mother _ [Bm] was waiting for some word,
From [E] the father [B] of [E] her children, _ [D] last seen in [A] Gettysburg.
_ When she read about that picture, _ [Bm] found on a union man,
[E] And knew her husband Amos, [D] had held tightly in [E] his _ _ _ hand.
_ [D] A picture of [E] three children, _ [A] in three [E] little wooden [F#m] _
[B] chairs,
[D] Two brothers and [E] one sister, _ [A] sweet faces and dark hair,
_ [D] Three angels to [E] one soldier, _ [A] whose name was finally [F#m] known.
_ [D] A picture of [E] three children, whose [D] father [Em] won't be coming [A] _ home.
_ _ _ _ It [D] was a picture of three [E] children, _ [D] Amos won't [E] be coming [A] home. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _