Chords for blackandwhitedec3.wmv
Tempo:
87.475 bpm
Chords used:
C
G
F
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[C]
[G]
[C] There's a photograph I think I've [G] seen a thousand [C] times or more
of a fishing boat with a house in tow [G] and three children [C] on the shore.
[G] You ask me why [C] I look so long at such a [G] sample scene.
[C] Why there's a tear that blinds my eye.
[G] What does this [C] picture mean?
That big two-story house belongs [G] on another [C] piece of ground.
On an island out beyond that fog [G] where now there's [C] not a sound.
[G] There's a graveyard [C] there and the old church smire still looks out [G] over the bay.
[C] But Mother Nature's busy there [G] since we all [C] moved away.
All of us were born upstairs [G] in that room just [C] down the hall.
We learned to count the thirteen stairs [G] when we were [C] only small.
[G] And Grandpa knew [C] each board by heart, its laughter, [G] sigh or moan.
[C] When Amber's son danced across the floor [G] and the creek of [C] frost and storm.
[F] It's only just a black and white of a mozzie [C] out for day.
[F] A gentle lop breaks on the beach [C] a foot or two [G] away.
[C] From three small children standing there and looking [G] out to sea.
[C] At Dad's old boat with our house in tow [G] and that little [C] boy, that's me.
[G]
[C] Seeing our old house float on the tide, [G] it seems so [C] out of place.
Perhaps you sense the way we feel, [G] though you can't [C] see our face.
[G] My sister [C] stands in silent thought and black-haired [G] Mary too.
[C] We wish we could go home again, [G] but we know it [C] is no use.
That room you see there on the right, [G] that's where I [C] used to sleep.
And listen to the gentle breeze [G] sigh in the [C] apple trees.
[G] I wonder [C] what I'll see when I look from my [G] room again.
[C] I know I'll see the hills of home [G] forever [C] in my dreams.
[F] It's only just a black and white of a mozzie out [C] for day.
[F] A gentle lop breaks on the beach [C] a foot or two [G] away.
[C] From three small children standing there and looking [G] out to sea.
[C] At Dad's old boat with our house in tow [G] and that little [C] boy, that's me.
[F] It's only just a black and white of a mozzie out [C] for day.
[F] Of any house in any cove [C] on any out [G] for day.
[C] Three little ones that can't make sense of why it [G] has to be.
[C] My father's boat with our house in tow [G] and that little boy, [C] that's me.
A fishing boat with a house in tow [G] and that little boy, [C] that's me.
[G]
[C] There's a photograph I think I've [G] seen a thousand [C] times or more
of a fishing boat with a house in tow [G] and three children [C] on the shore.
[G] You ask me why [C] I look so long at such a [G] sample scene.
[C] Why there's a tear that blinds my eye.
[G] What does this [C] picture mean?
That big two-story house belongs [G] on another [C] piece of ground.
On an island out beyond that fog [G] where now there's [C] not a sound.
[G] There's a graveyard [C] there and the old church smire still looks out [G] over the bay.
[C] But Mother Nature's busy there [G] since we all [C] moved away.
All of us were born upstairs [G] in that room just [C] down the hall.
We learned to count the thirteen stairs [G] when we were [C] only small.
[G] And Grandpa knew [C] each board by heart, its laughter, [G] sigh or moan.
[C] When Amber's son danced across the floor [G] and the creek of [C] frost and storm.
[F] It's only just a black and white of a mozzie [C] out for day.
[F] A gentle lop breaks on the beach [C] a foot or two [G] away.
[C] From three small children standing there and looking [G] out to sea.
[C] At Dad's old boat with our house in tow [G] and that little [C] boy, that's me.
[G]
[C] Seeing our old house float on the tide, [G] it seems so [C] out of place.
Perhaps you sense the way we feel, [G] though you can't [C] see our face.
[G] My sister [C] stands in silent thought and black-haired [G] Mary too.
[C] We wish we could go home again, [G] but we know it [C] is no use.
That room you see there on the right, [G] that's where I [C] used to sleep.
And listen to the gentle breeze [G] sigh in the [C] apple trees.
[G] I wonder [C] what I'll see when I look from my [G] room again.
[C] I know I'll see the hills of home [G] forever [C] in my dreams.
[F] It's only just a black and white of a mozzie out [C] for day.
[F] A gentle lop breaks on the beach [C] a foot or two [G] away.
[C] From three small children standing there and looking [G] out to sea.
[C] At Dad's old boat with our house in tow [G] and that little [C] boy, that's me.
[F] It's only just a black and white of a mozzie out [C] for day.
[F] Of any house in any cove [C] on any out [G] for day.
[C] Three little ones that can't make sense of why it [G] has to be.
[C] My father's boat with our house in tow [G] and that little boy, [C] that's me.
A fishing boat with a house in tow [G] and that little boy, [C] that's me.
Key:
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[C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[C] _ _ There's a photograph I think I've [G] seen a thousand [C] times or more
of a fishing boat with a house in tow [G] and three children [C] on the shore.
[G] You ask me why [C] I look so long at such a [G] sample scene.
[C] Why there's a tear that blinds my eye.
[G] What does this [C] picture mean?
That big two-story house belongs [G] on another [C] piece of ground.
On an island out beyond that fog [G] where now there's [C] not a sound.
[G] There's a graveyard [C] there and the old church smire still looks out [G] over the bay.
[C] But Mother Nature's busy there [G] since we all [C] moved away.
_ All of us were born upstairs [G] in that room just [C] down the hall.
We learned to count the thirteen stairs [G] when we were [C] only small.
[G] And Grandpa knew [C] each board by heart, its laughter, [G] sigh or moan.
[C] When Amber's son danced across the floor [G] and the creek of [C] frost and storm.
_ [F] It's only just a black and white of a mozzie [C] out for day.
[F] A gentle lop breaks on the beach [C] a foot or two [G] away.
[C] From three small children standing there and looking [G] out to sea.
[C] At Dad's old boat with our house in tow [G] and that little [C] boy, that's me. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[C] _ _ Seeing our old house float on the tide, [G] it seems so [C] out of place.
_ Perhaps you sense the way we feel, [G] though you can't [C] see our face.
[G] My sister [C] stands in silent thought and black-haired [G] Mary too.
[C] We wish we could go home again, [G] but we know it [C] is no use.
That room you see there on the right, [G] that's where I [C] used to sleep.
And listen to the gentle breeze [G] sigh in the [C] apple trees.
[G] I wonder [C] what I'll see when I look from my [G] room again.
[C] I know I'll see the hills of home [G] forever _ [C] in my dreams.
[F] It's only just a black and white of a mozzie out [C] for day.
[F] A gentle lop breaks on the beach [C] a foot or two [G] away.
[C] From three small children standing there and looking [G] out to sea.
[C] At Dad's old boat with our house in tow [G] and that little [C] boy, that's me.
[F] It's only just a black and white of a mozzie out [C] for day.
[F] Of any house in any cove [C] on any out [G] for day.
[C] Three little ones that can't make sense of why it [G] has to be.
[C] My father's boat with our house in tow [G] and that little boy, [C] that's me.
A fishing boat with a house in tow [G] and that little boy, [C] that's me. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[C] _ _ There's a photograph I think I've [G] seen a thousand [C] times or more
of a fishing boat with a house in tow [G] and three children [C] on the shore.
[G] You ask me why [C] I look so long at such a [G] sample scene.
[C] Why there's a tear that blinds my eye.
[G] What does this [C] picture mean?
That big two-story house belongs [G] on another [C] piece of ground.
On an island out beyond that fog [G] where now there's [C] not a sound.
[G] There's a graveyard [C] there and the old church smire still looks out [G] over the bay.
[C] But Mother Nature's busy there [G] since we all [C] moved away.
_ All of us were born upstairs [G] in that room just [C] down the hall.
We learned to count the thirteen stairs [G] when we were [C] only small.
[G] And Grandpa knew [C] each board by heart, its laughter, [G] sigh or moan.
[C] When Amber's son danced across the floor [G] and the creek of [C] frost and storm.
_ [F] It's only just a black and white of a mozzie [C] out for day.
[F] A gentle lop breaks on the beach [C] a foot or two [G] away.
[C] From three small children standing there and looking [G] out to sea.
[C] At Dad's old boat with our house in tow [G] and that little [C] boy, that's me. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[C] _ _ Seeing our old house float on the tide, [G] it seems so [C] out of place.
_ Perhaps you sense the way we feel, [G] though you can't [C] see our face.
[G] My sister [C] stands in silent thought and black-haired [G] Mary too.
[C] We wish we could go home again, [G] but we know it [C] is no use.
That room you see there on the right, [G] that's where I [C] used to sleep.
And listen to the gentle breeze [G] sigh in the [C] apple trees.
[G] I wonder [C] what I'll see when I look from my [G] room again.
[C] I know I'll see the hills of home [G] forever _ [C] in my dreams.
[F] It's only just a black and white of a mozzie out [C] for day.
[F] A gentle lop breaks on the beach [C] a foot or two [G] away.
[C] From three small children standing there and looking [G] out to sea.
[C] At Dad's old boat with our house in tow [G] and that little [C] boy, that's me.
[F] It's only just a black and white of a mozzie out [C] for day.
[F] Of any house in any cove [C] on any out [G] for day.
[C] Three little ones that can't make sense of why it [G] has to be.
[C] My father's boat with our house in tow [G] and that little boy, [C] that's me.
A fishing boat with a house in tow [G] and that little boy, [C] that's me. _ _ _ _
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