Chords for Jamey Johnson 'In Color'

[Bb] What?
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_ _ He used to [Eb] sit me down on the sofa.
_ Show me old black and white [Bb] pictures.
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_ Tell me the story of where I came from. _
_ [Ab] _ _ Taught me a lot about life.
_ _ _ Girls.
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God. _ _ _ _ _
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[Bb] Taught me that one day I was going [Eb] to get to the point where I had to move on.
_ _ I didn't want to be a bit of a piece when I came to [Bb] that point. _ _ _
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[Eb] _ The Great [Bb] Depression. _
_ _ If it looks like we were scared to death.
[Ab] Like a couple of kids just trying to save [Eb] each other.
You should have seen it in color. _ _ _ _ _
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When this whole thing was taken overseas.
[Ab] And you have a little hell in 1943.
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In the winter time you could almost see [Bb] my breath. _ _
That was my tail gunner old Johnny McGee.
He [Ab] was a high school teacher from New [F]
Orleans.
[Eb] And he had my back right through the day.
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If it looks like we were scared to death.
[Ab] Like a couple of kids just trying to [Eb] save each other.
You should have seen it in color. _ _
_ A picture's worth a thousand [Ab] words.
But you can't see what those shades of [Eb] gray keep covered.
You should have seen it [Bb] in color. _
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You'd always get that part of [Cm] the conversation.
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You'd break out of this wall.
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He had this old picture that he had to fold it up.
[A] Been in there so [Bb] long it had a crease. _ _
_ [Cm] _ He said it was what kept him [Eb] going. _ _ _ _ _
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He said this one is my favorite [Eb] one.
This is me and grandma in the summer sun.
All dressed up the day we set [Bb] our vows. _ _
You can't tell it here but it was hot that [Ab] June.
And that rose was red and her eyes were blue.
[Eb] Look at that smile.
I [Bb] was so proud. _ _
_ [Gm] _ _ [F] That's the story [Gm] of my life. _ _
_ _ _ _ [F] Right there in [Eb] black and _ [C] white. _
[Bb] And if it looks like we were scared to death.
Like a couple of kids just trying to [Eb] save each other.
You should have seen it [Bb] in color.
A _ _ picture is worth a thousand [Ab] words.
But you can't see [D] what those shades of [Eb] gray keep covered.
You should have seen it [Bb] in color. _ _ _
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_ [Eb] _ _ You should have seen it [Bb] in color.
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[Bb] A picture is worth a thousand words.
[Ab] But you can't see what those shades of gray [Eb] keep covered.
You should have seen it [Bb] in color. _ _ _
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