Chords for Jamey Johnson - "In Color"
Tempo:
128.2 bpm
Chords used:
Eb
Bb
Ab
F
Gm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Bb]
I said, Grandpa, what's this picture here?
It's all [Ab] black and white.
It ain't real [Eb] clear.
Is that you there?
He said, yeah, I [Bb] was 11.
Times were tough back in 35.
[Eb] [Ab] That was me and Uncle Joe just trying
to [Eb] survive a cotton farm and a [Bb] great depression.
[Eb] [Bb] If it looks like we were scared to death,
[Ab] like a couple kids just trying to save [Eb] each other,
you should have seen it [Bb] in color.
Oh, and this one here was taken overseas
in [Ab] the middle of hell in 1943 [Eb] in the wintertime.
You can almost see [Bb] my breath.
That was my tail gunner, old Johnny McGee.
He [Ab] was a high school teacher from New Orleans.
[Eb] And he had my back right through the day [Bb] we left.
If it looks like we were scared to death,
[Ab] like a couple kids just trying to [Eb] save each other,
you should have seen it in [Bb]
color.
A picture's worth a thousand [Ab] words,
but you can't see what those shades of gray [Eb] keep covered.
You should have seen it [Bb] in color.
[Ab]
[Eb]
[F] [Bb]
Any of y'all out there singing?
Are you ready?
He said, this one is [Ab]
[Eb]
[Bbm] [Bb]
black and white.
[Ab]
[Eb]
[Bb]
[F] Thank you.
[Gm]
[F] That's the story [Eb] of my
[Gm]
life.
[F] Right there in black [Eb] and white.
[F] [Bb] If it looks like we were scared to death,
[Ab] like a couple kids just trying to save [Eb] each other,
you should have seen it in [Bb] color.
A picture's worth a thousand words,
[Ab] but [Bm] you can't see what [Eb] those shades of gray keep covered.
You should have seen it [Bb] in color.
[Ab]
[Eb]
[Bb]
Yeah, a picture's worth a thousand words,
but [Ab] you can't see what those shades of gray [Eb] keep covered.
[Ab] [Bb]
[B] [N] Thank you.
I said, Grandpa, what's this picture here?
It's all [Ab] black and white.
It ain't real [Eb] clear.
Is that you there?
He said, yeah, I [Bb] was 11.
Times were tough back in 35.
[Eb] [Ab] That was me and Uncle Joe just trying
to [Eb] survive a cotton farm and a [Bb] great depression.
[Eb] [Bb] If it looks like we were scared to death,
[Ab] like a couple kids just trying to save [Eb] each other,
you should have seen it [Bb] in color.
Oh, and this one here was taken overseas
in [Ab] the middle of hell in 1943 [Eb] in the wintertime.
You can almost see [Bb] my breath.
That was my tail gunner, old Johnny McGee.
He [Ab] was a high school teacher from New Orleans.
[Eb] And he had my back right through the day [Bb] we left.
If it looks like we were scared to death,
[Ab] like a couple kids just trying to [Eb] save each other,
you should have seen it in [Bb]
color.
A picture's worth a thousand [Ab] words,
but you can't see what those shades of gray [Eb] keep covered.
You should have seen it [Bb] in color.
[Ab]
[Eb]
[F] [Bb]
Any of y'all out there singing?
Are you ready?
He said, this one is [Ab]
[Eb]
[Bbm] [Bb]
black and white.
[Ab]
[Eb]
[Bb]
[F] Thank you.
[Gm]
[F] That's the story [Eb] of my
[Gm]
life.
[F] Right there in black [Eb] and white.
[F] [Bb] If it looks like we were scared to death,
[Ab] like a couple kids just trying to save [Eb] each other,
you should have seen it in [Bb] color.
A picture's worth a thousand words,
[Ab] but [Bm] you can't see what [Eb] those shades of gray keep covered.
You should have seen it [Bb] in color.
[Ab]
[Eb]
[Bb]
Yeah, a picture's worth a thousand words,
but [Ab] you can't see what those shades of gray [Eb] keep covered.
[Ab] [Bb]
[B] [N] Thank you.
Key:
Eb
Bb
Ab
F
Gm
Eb
Bb
Ab
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
I said, Grandpa, _ what's this picture here?
It's all [Ab] black and white.
It ain't real [Eb] clear.
Is that you there?
He said, yeah, I [Bb] was 11. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Times were tough back in 35.
[Eb] [Ab] That was me and Uncle Joe just trying
to [Eb] survive a cotton farm and a [Bb] great depression. _ _ _
_ _ [Eb] [Bb] If it looks like we were scared to death,
[Ab] like a couple kids just trying to save [Eb] each other,
you should have seen it [Bb] in color. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Oh, and this one here was taken _ overseas
in [Ab] the middle of hell in _ 1943 [Eb] in the wintertime.
You can almost see [Bb] my breath.
_ _ _ That was my tail gunner, old Johnny McGee.
He [Ab] was a high school teacher from New Orleans.
[Eb] And he had my back right through the day [Bb] we left.
_ _ _ If it looks like we were scared to death,
[Ab] like a couple kids just trying to [Eb] save each other,
you should have seen it in [Bb] _
color.
_ _ _ _ A picture's worth a thousand [Ab] words,
but you can't see what those shades of gray [Eb] keep covered.
You should have seen it [Bb] in color.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Any of y'all out there singing?
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Are you ready? _ _
_ _ _ He said, this one is _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bbm] _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ black and white.
_ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] Thank you.
[Gm] _ _ _
[F] That's the story [Eb] of my _
_ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _
life.
[F] Right there in black [Eb] and white.
_ _ [F] _ _ [Bb] If it looks like we were scared to death,
[Ab] like a couple kids just trying to save [Eb] each other,
you should have seen it in [Bb] color.
_ _ _ _ _ A picture's worth a thousand words,
[Ab] but [Bm] you can't see what [Eb] those shades of gray keep covered.
You should have seen it [Bb] in color. _
_ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Yeah, a picture's worth a thousand words,
but [Ab] you can't see what those shades of gray [Eb] keep covered. _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ [N] _ _ Thank you.
I said, Grandpa, _ what's this picture here?
It's all [Ab] black and white.
It ain't real [Eb] clear.
Is that you there?
He said, yeah, I [Bb] was 11. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Times were tough back in 35.
[Eb] [Ab] That was me and Uncle Joe just trying
to [Eb] survive a cotton farm and a [Bb] great depression. _ _ _
_ _ [Eb] [Bb] If it looks like we were scared to death,
[Ab] like a couple kids just trying to save [Eb] each other,
you should have seen it [Bb] in color. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Oh, and this one here was taken _ overseas
in [Ab] the middle of hell in _ 1943 [Eb] in the wintertime.
You can almost see [Bb] my breath.
_ _ _ That was my tail gunner, old Johnny McGee.
He [Ab] was a high school teacher from New Orleans.
[Eb] And he had my back right through the day [Bb] we left.
_ _ _ If it looks like we were scared to death,
[Ab] like a couple kids just trying to [Eb] save each other,
you should have seen it in [Bb] _
color.
_ _ _ _ A picture's worth a thousand [Ab] words,
but you can't see what those shades of gray [Eb] keep covered.
You should have seen it [Bb] in color.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Any of y'all out there singing?
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Are you ready? _ _
_ _ _ He said, this one is _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bbm] _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ black and white.
_ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] Thank you.
[Gm] _ _ _
[F] That's the story [Eb] of my _
_ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _
life.
[F] Right there in black [Eb] and white.
_ _ [F] _ _ [Bb] If it looks like we were scared to death,
[Ab] like a couple kids just trying to save [Eb] each other,
you should have seen it in [Bb] color.
_ _ _ _ _ A picture's worth a thousand words,
[Ab] but [Bm] you can't see what [Eb] those shades of gray keep covered.
You should have seen it [Bb] in color. _
_ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Yeah, a picture's worth a thousand words,
but [Ab] you can't see what those shades of gray [Eb] keep covered. _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ [N] _ _ Thank you.