In Color Chords by Jamey Johnson
Tempo:
63.7 bpm
Chords used:
Bb
Eb
Ab
Cm
F
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Bb] [Ab] [Eb]
[Bb] I said, Grandpa, what's this picture here?
[Ab] It's all black and white, and it ain't [Eb] real clear.
Is that you there?
He said, yeah, [Bb] I was a-lovin'.
[C]
[Bb] And times were tough back in 35.
That's me and Uncle [Eb] Joe just trying
to survive a cotton farm in a [Bb] Great Depression.
And 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 [Bb] in color.
Oh, and this one here was taken overseas
[Ab] in the middle of [Eb] hell in 1943, wintertime.
You can almost [Bb] see my eyebrow.
That was my tail gunner, old Johnny [Ab] McGee.
He was a high school teacher from [Eb] New Orleans,
and he had my back right through the [Bb] day we left.
If it looks like we were scared to [Ab] death,
like a couple of kids just trying to [Eb] save each other,
you should have seen it [Bb] 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.
[Ab]
[Eb] [Bb]
This one is my favorite [Ab] one.
This is me and Grandma in [Eb] the summer sun,
all dressed up the day we [Bb] set our fire.
[Cm] [Bb] You can't tell it here, but it was hot that June.
[Ab] That rose was [Cm] red, and her eyes were [Eb] blue,
and just look at that smile.
I [Bb] was so proud.
[Gm] [F] That's the story [Eb] of my life, [Gm] [F] right there in [Eb] black and white.
[F] [Bb] And if it looks like we were scared to [Ab] death,
like a couple of kids just trying to [Eb] save each other,
you should have seen it [Bb] in color.
A picture's worth a thousand words,
[Ab] but you [Eb] can't see what those shades of gray keep covered.
You should have seen it in [Bb] color.
[Ab] [Eb]
Should have seen [Bb] 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.
[Ab] [Eb] [Bb]
[Ab]
[Eb] [Cm]
[Bb]
[Bb] [Ab] [C] [G]
[Eb] [G] [Bb] [D]
[Bb] I said, Grandpa, what's this picture here?
[Ab] It's all black and white, and it ain't [Eb] real clear.
Is that you there?
He said, yeah, [Bb] I was a-lovin'.
[C]
[Bb] And times were tough back in 35.
That's me and Uncle [Eb] Joe just trying
to survive a cotton farm in a [Bb] Great Depression.
And 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 [Bb] in color.
Oh, and this one here was taken overseas
[Ab] in the middle of [Eb] hell in 1943, wintertime.
You can almost [Bb] see my eyebrow.
That was my tail gunner, old Johnny [Ab] McGee.
He was a high school teacher from [Eb] New Orleans,
and he had my back right through the [Bb] day we left.
If it looks like we were scared to [Ab] death,
like a couple of kids just trying to [Eb] save each other,
you should have seen it [Bb] 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.
[Ab]
[Eb] [Bb]
This one is my favorite [Ab] one.
This is me and Grandma in [Eb] the summer sun,
all dressed up the day we [Bb] set our fire.
[Cm] [Bb] You can't tell it here, but it was hot that June.
[Ab] That rose was [Cm] red, and her eyes were [Eb] blue,
and just look at that smile.
I [Bb] was so proud.
[Gm] [F] That's the story [Eb] of my life, [Gm] [F] right there in [Eb] black and white.
[F] [Bb] And if it looks like we were scared to [Ab] death,
like a couple of kids just trying to [Eb] save each other,
you should have seen it [Bb] in color.
A picture's worth a thousand words,
[Ab] but you [Eb] can't see what those shades of gray keep covered.
You should have seen it in [Bb] color.
[Ab] [Eb]
Should have seen [Bb] 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.
[Ab] [Eb] [Bb]
[Ab]
[Eb] [Cm]
[Bb]
[Bb] [Ab] [C] [G]
[Eb] [G] [Bb] [D]
Key:
Bb
Eb
Ab
Cm
F
Bb
Eb
Ab
[Bb] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ I said, Grandpa, what's this picture here?
[Ab] It's all black and white, and it ain't [Eb] real clear.
Is that you there?
He said, yeah, [Bb] I was a-lovin'.
[C]
[Bb] And times were tough back in 35.
That's me and Uncle [Eb] Joe just trying
to survive a cotton farm in a [Bb] Great Depression. _ _
And 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 [Bb] in color. _ _
_ _ _ Oh, and this one here was taken overseas
[Ab] in the middle of [Eb] hell in 1943, wintertime.
You can almost [Bb] see my eyebrow.
_ That was my tail gunner, old Johnny [Ab] McGee.
He was a high school teacher from [Eb] New Orleans,
and he had my back right through the [Bb] day we left.
_ If it looks like we were scared to [Ab] death,
like a couple of kids just trying to [Eb] save each other,
you should have seen it [Bb] 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.
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ This one is my favorite [Ab] one.
This is me and Grandma in [Eb] the summer sun,
all dressed up the day we [Bb] set our fire.
_ [Cm] [Bb] You can't tell it here, but it was hot that June.
[Ab] That rose was [Cm] red, and her eyes were [Eb] blue,
and just look at that smile.
I [Bb] was so proud.
_ _ [Gm] _ [F] That's the story [Eb] of my life, _ [Gm] _ _ [F] right there in [Eb] black and white.
[F] _ [Bb] And if it looks like we were scared to [Ab] death,
like a couple of kids just trying to [Eb] save each other,
you should have seen it [Bb] in color.
A picture's worth a thousand words,
[Ab] but you [Eb] can't see what those shades of gray keep covered.
You should have seen it in [Bb] color.
_ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ [Eb] _
Should have seen [Bb] 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.
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ [C] _ [G] _
[Eb] _ [G] _ [Bb] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ I said, Grandpa, what's this picture here?
[Ab] It's all black and white, and it ain't [Eb] real clear.
Is that you there?
He said, yeah, [Bb] I was a-lovin'.
[C]
[Bb] And times were tough back in 35.
That's me and Uncle [Eb] Joe just trying
to survive a cotton farm in a [Bb] Great Depression. _ _
And 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 [Bb] in color. _ _
_ _ _ Oh, and this one here was taken overseas
[Ab] in the middle of [Eb] hell in 1943, wintertime.
You can almost [Bb] see my eyebrow.
_ That was my tail gunner, old Johnny [Ab] McGee.
He was a high school teacher from [Eb] New Orleans,
and he had my back right through the [Bb] day we left.
_ If it looks like we were scared to [Ab] death,
like a couple of kids just trying to [Eb] save each other,
you should have seen it [Bb] 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.
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ This one is my favorite [Ab] one.
This is me and Grandma in [Eb] the summer sun,
all dressed up the day we [Bb] set our fire.
_ [Cm] [Bb] You can't tell it here, but it was hot that June.
[Ab] That rose was [Cm] red, and her eyes were [Eb] blue,
and just look at that smile.
I [Bb] was so proud.
_ _ [Gm] _ [F] That's the story [Eb] of my life, _ [Gm] _ _ [F] right there in [Eb] black and white.
[F] _ [Bb] And if it looks like we were scared to [Ab] death,
like a couple of kids just trying to [Eb] save each other,
you should have seen it [Bb] in color.
A picture's worth a thousand words,
[Ab] but you [Eb] can't see what those shades of gray keep covered.
You should have seen it in [Bb] color.
_ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ [Eb] _
Should have seen [Bb] 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.
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ [C] _ [G] _
[Eb] _ [G] _ [Bb] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _