Chords for John Prine - Picture Show - The Missing Years
Tempo:
84.6 bpm
Chords used:
G
C
D
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
The young man from a small town [C] with a very large [G] imagination [C] lay alone in his [G] room with
his radio on looking for [D] another station.
[G] But when the static from the mouthpiece [C] gave way to the [G] sound below, [C] James Dean went [G] out
to Hollywood [D] and put his picture in a [G] picture show.
[C] James Dean went [G] out to Hollywood [D] and put his picture in a [G] picture show.
And he told Daddy, get off on your [C] knees, Mama, why'd you [G] have to go?
[C] Your Don [G] Jim is out on a limb.
[D] I put my picture in a [G] picture show.
Whoa [D]-oh, my picture in a [G] picture show.
Hamburger, [C] cheeseburger, Wilbur and [G] Orville Wright, [C] John [G] Garfield in the afternoon, Montgomery
Cliff [D] at night.
[G] But when the static that hit the mouthpiece [C] gave way to the [G] sound below, [C] James Dean went
[G] out to Hollywood [D] and put his picture in a picture [G] show.
And he told Daddy, get off on your [C] knees, Mama, why'd you have [G] to go?
[C] Your Don Jim [G] is out on a limb.
[D] I put my picture in a picture [G] show.
Whoa-oh, [D] my picture in a picture [G] show.
[C] [G]
[C] [G] [D]
[G] [C] [G]
[C] [G] [D] [G]
A muggle man in a wigwam [C] sitting on a [G] reservation [C] with a big black [G] hole in the belly of his
soul, waiting on an [D] explanation [G] while the white man sits on his fat can [C] and takes pictures
of the [G] Navajo.
[C] Every time he clicks [G] his Kodak fix, [D] he steals a little bit of [G] soul.
[C] Every time he clicks [G] his Kodak fix, [D] he steals a little bit of [G] soul.
And he told Daddy, get off on your [C] knees, Mama, why'd you have to [G] go?
[C] Your Don Jim [G] is out on a limb.
[D] I put my picture in a picture [G] show.
Whoa-oh, [D] my picture in a picture [G] show.
A-ha, [D] my picture in a picture [G] show.
Let go.
[C] [G]
[C] [G] [D]
[G] [C] [G]
[C] [G] [D] [G]
[C] [G] [D] [G]
[C] [G] [D] [G]
A young man from a small town with [G] a very large imagination.
his radio on looking for [D] another station.
[G] But when the static from the mouthpiece [C] gave way to the [G] sound below, [C] James Dean went [G] out
to Hollywood [D] and put his picture in a [G] picture show.
[C] James Dean went [G] out to Hollywood [D] and put his picture in a [G] picture show.
And he told Daddy, get off on your [C] knees, Mama, why'd you [G] have to go?
[C] Your Don [G] Jim is out on a limb.
[D] I put my picture in a [G] picture show.
Whoa [D]-oh, my picture in a [G] picture show.
Hamburger, [C] cheeseburger, Wilbur and [G] Orville Wright, [C] John [G] Garfield in the afternoon, Montgomery
Cliff [D] at night.
[G] But when the static that hit the mouthpiece [C] gave way to the [G] sound below, [C] James Dean went
[G] out to Hollywood [D] and put his picture in a picture [G] show.
And he told Daddy, get off on your [C] knees, Mama, why'd you have [G] to go?
[C] Your Don Jim [G] is out on a limb.
[D] I put my picture in a picture [G] show.
Whoa-oh, [D] my picture in a picture [G] show.
[C] [G]
[C] [G] [D]
[G] [C] [G]
[C] [G] [D] [G]
A muggle man in a wigwam [C] sitting on a [G] reservation [C] with a big black [G] hole in the belly of his
soul, waiting on an [D] explanation [G] while the white man sits on his fat can [C] and takes pictures
of the [G] Navajo.
[C] Every time he clicks [G] his Kodak fix, [D] he steals a little bit of [G] soul.
[C] Every time he clicks [G] his Kodak fix, [D] he steals a little bit of [G] soul.
And he told Daddy, get off on your [C] knees, Mama, why'd you have to [G] go?
[C] Your Don Jim [G] is out on a limb.
[D] I put my picture in a picture [G] show.
Whoa-oh, [D] my picture in a picture [G] show.
A-ha, [D] my picture in a picture [G] show.
Let go.
[C] [G]
[C] [G] [D]
[G] [C] [G]
[C] [G] [D] [G]
[C] [G] [D] [G]
[C] [G] [D] [G]
A young man from a small town with [G] a very large imagination.
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The young man from a small town [C] with a very large [G] imagination [C] lay alone in his [G] room with
his radio on looking for [D] another station.
[G] But when the static from the mouthpiece [C] gave way to the [G] sound below, [C] James Dean went [G] out
to Hollywood [D] and put his picture in a [G] picture show.
[C] James Dean went [G] out to Hollywood [D] and put his picture in a [G] picture show.
And he told Daddy, get off on your [C] knees, Mama, why'd you [G] have to go?
[C] Your Don [G] Jim is out on a limb.
[D] I put my picture in a [G] picture show.
Whoa [D]-oh, my picture in a [G] picture show.
_ _ _ Hamburger, [C] cheeseburger, Wilbur and [G] Orville Wright, _ [C] John [G] Garfield in the afternoon, Montgomery
Cliff [D] at night.
[G] But when the static that hit the mouthpiece [C] gave way to the [G] sound below, [C] James Dean went
[G] out to Hollywood [D] and put his picture in a picture [G] show.
And he told Daddy, get off on your [C] knees, Mama, why'd you have [G] to go?
[C] Your Don Jim [G] is out on a limb.
[D] I put my picture in a picture [G] show.
Whoa-oh, [D] my picture in a picture [G] show. _
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[C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _
[C] _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _
A muggle man in a wigwam [C] sitting on a [G] reservation [C] with a big black [G] hole in the belly of his
soul, waiting on an [D] explanation [G] while the white man sits on his fat can [C] and takes pictures
of the [G] Navajo.
[C] Every time he clicks [G] his Kodak fix, [D] he steals a little bit of [G] soul.
[C] Every time he clicks [G] his Kodak fix, [D] he steals a little bit of [G] soul.
And he told Daddy, get off on your [C] knees, Mama, why'd you have to [G] go?
[C] Your Don Jim [G] is out on a limb.
[D] I put my picture in a picture [G] show.
Whoa-oh, [D] my picture in a picture [G] show.
A-ha, [D] my picture in a picture [G] show.
Let go.
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[C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _
[C] _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _
[C] _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _
[C] _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ A young man from a small town with [G] a very large imagination. _ _ _ _ _
The young man from a small town [C] with a very large [G] imagination [C] lay alone in his [G] room with
his radio on looking for [D] another station.
[G] But when the static from the mouthpiece [C] gave way to the [G] sound below, [C] James Dean went [G] out
to Hollywood [D] and put his picture in a [G] picture show.
[C] James Dean went [G] out to Hollywood [D] and put his picture in a [G] picture show.
And he told Daddy, get off on your [C] knees, Mama, why'd you [G] have to go?
[C] Your Don [G] Jim is out on a limb.
[D] I put my picture in a [G] picture show.
Whoa [D]-oh, my picture in a [G] picture show.
_ _ _ Hamburger, [C] cheeseburger, Wilbur and [G] Orville Wright, _ [C] John [G] Garfield in the afternoon, Montgomery
Cliff [D] at night.
[G] But when the static that hit the mouthpiece [C] gave way to the [G] sound below, [C] James Dean went
[G] out to Hollywood [D] and put his picture in a picture [G] show.
And he told Daddy, get off on your [C] knees, Mama, why'd you have [G] to go?
[C] Your Don Jim [G] is out on a limb.
[D] I put my picture in a picture [G] show.
Whoa-oh, [D] my picture in a picture [G] show. _
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[C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _
[C] _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _
A muggle man in a wigwam [C] sitting on a [G] reservation [C] with a big black [G] hole in the belly of his
soul, waiting on an [D] explanation [G] while the white man sits on his fat can [C] and takes pictures
of the [G] Navajo.
[C] Every time he clicks [G] his Kodak fix, [D] he steals a little bit of [G] soul.
[C] Every time he clicks [G] his Kodak fix, [D] he steals a little bit of [G] soul.
And he told Daddy, get off on your [C] knees, Mama, why'd you have to [G] go?
[C] Your Don Jim [G] is out on a limb.
[D] I put my picture in a picture [G] show.
Whoa-oh, [D] my picture in a picture [G] show.
A-ha, [D] my picture in a picture [G] show.
Let go.
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _
[C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _
[C] _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _
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_ _ A young man from a small town with [G] a very large imagination. _ _ _ _ _
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