Kodachrome Chords by Paul Simon
Tempo:
137 bpm
Chords used:
A
E
F#m
B
C#m
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[D#] [N]
[E]
[A]
[F#m]
[B] [E]
[B] [E] When I think back on all the crap I learned [A] in high school,
[F#] it's a wonder [B] I can [E] think at all.
[F#m]
[B] And [E] my lack of education [A] hasn't hurt me none.
[F#] I can read [B] the writing on [E] the wall.
[A] Roller pro, [C#] [F#] it gives [Bm] us those nice [E] bright colors.
It gives [A] us the greens [D] of summers.
Makes you [B] think of [E] all the words of a sunny [A]
day.
[C#] [F#] Oh yeah.
I've [B] got an eye on the [E] camera.
I love to take [A]
photographs.
[D] Oh mama [B] don't take [E] my photo [A] away.
[C#m] [F#m]
[B] If you [E] took all the girls I knew when I [A] was single, [F#m]
brought them [B] all together for [E] one night,
[F#m] [B] I [E] know they'd [G#m] never match [E] my sweet [A]
imagination.
[F#m] And everything looks [B] worse in [E] black and white.
[A] Roller pro, [C#] [F#]
it gives us [Bm] those nice [E] bright colors.
It [A] gives us the greens of [D]
summers.
Makes you [B] think of [E] all the words of a sunny [A] [C#] day.
[F#] Oh yeah.
[Bm] I've got [E] an eye on the camera.
I love to [A] take photographs.
[D]
Oh mama [B] don't take [E] my photo [A] away.
[C#m]
[F#m]
Mama [A] don't take [C#m]
my photo [F#m] away.
Mama [A] don't take [C#m]
my photo [F#m] away.
Mama don't take my [C#m] photo [F#m] away.
Mama [A] don't take my photo.
[C#m] Mama don't take my [C#] photo.
[F#m] Mama don't take my photo away.
[A] Mama don't take my photo.
[C#m] If your voice was far from [F#m] home, mama don't take my photo away.
[A] Mama don't take my photo.
[C#m]
[F#m] Mama don't take my photo away.
[A] I'll see ya.
[C#m]
[F#m]
[A] [C#m]
[F#m]
[A] [C#m]
[F#m]
[A] [C#m]
[F#m]
[A]
I'll see ya.
Okay.
[N]
[E]
[A]
[F#m]
[B] [E]
[B] [E] When I think back on all the crap I learned [A] in high school,
[F#] it's a wonder [B] I can [E] think at all.
[F#m]
[B] And [E] my lack of education [A] hasn't hurt me none.
[F#] I can read [B] the writing on [E] the wall.
[A] Roller pro, [C#] [F#] it gives [Bm] us those nice [E] bright colors.
It gives [A] us the greens [D] of summers.
Makes you [B] think of [E] all the words of a sunny [A]
day.
[C#] [F#] Oh yeah.
I've [B] got an eye on the [E] camera.
I love to take [A]
photographs.
[D] Oh mama [B] don't take [E] my photo [A] away.
[C#m] [F#m]
[B] If you [E] took all the girls I knew when I [A] was single, [F#m]
brought them [B] all together for [E] one night,
[F#m] [B] I [E] know they'd [G#m] never match [E] my sweet [A]
imagination.
[F#m] And everything looks [B] worse in [E] black and white.
[A] Roller pro, [C#] [F#]
it gives us [Bm] those nice [E] bright colors.
It [A] gives us the greens of [D]
summers.
Makes you [B] think of [E] all the words of a sunny [A] [C#] day.
[F#] Oh yeah.
[Bm] I've got [E] an eye on the camera.
I love to [A] take photographs.
[D]
Oh mama [B] don't take [E] my photo [A] away.
[C#m]
[F#m]
Mama [A] don't take [C#m]
my photo [F#m] away.
Mama [A] don't take [C#m]
my photo [F#m] away.
Mama don't take my [C#m] photo [F#m] away.
Mama [A] don't take my photo.
[C#m] Mama don't take my [C#] photo.
[F#m] Mama don't take my photo away.
[A] Mama don't take my photo.
[C#m] If your voice was far from [F#m] home, mama don't take my photo away.
[A] Mama don't take my photo.
[C#m]
[F#m] Mama don't take my photo away.
[A] I'll see ya.
[C#m]
[F#m]
[A] [C#m]
[F#m]
[A] [C#m]
[F#m]
[A] [C#m]
[F#m]
[A]
I'll see ya.
Okay.
[N]
Key:
A
E
F#m
B
C#m
A
E
F#m
[D#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ [E] When I think back on all the crap I learned [A] in high school, _ _
_ _ _ _ [F#] _ it's a wonder [B] I can [E] think at all.
_ [F#m] _
_ [B] And [E] my lack of _ education _ [A] hasn't hurt me none. _
_ _ _ [F#] _ I can read [B] the writing on [E] the wall.
[A] Roller pro, [C#] _ _ [F#] _ _ it gives [Bm] us those _ nice [E] bright colors.
It gives [A] us the _ greens [D] of summers.
Makes you [B] think of [E] all the words of a sunny [A]
day.
[C#] [F#] Oh yeah.
I've [B] got an eye on the [E] camera.
I love to take [A] _
_ photographs.
[D] Oh mama [B] don't _ take [E] my photo _ [A] away.
_ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _ [F#m] _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ If you [E] took all the girls I knew when I [A] was single, _ _ _ _ _ _ [F#m] _
brought them [B] all together for [E] one night,
_ _ _ [F#m] _ [B] I [E] know they'd [G#m] never match [E] my sweet _ [A]
imagination. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F#m] And everything looks [B] worse in [E] black and _ white.
[A] Roller pro, [C#] _ _ [F#] _
it gives us [Bm] those _ nice [E] bright colors.
It [A] gives us the _ greens of [D]
summers.
Makes you [B] think of _ [E] all the words of a sunny [A] _ [C#] day.
[F#] Oh yeah.
_ [Bm] _ _ _ I've got [E] an eye on the camera.
I love to [A] take _ photographs.
[D] _
Oh mama [B] don't _ take [E] my photo _ [A] away.
_ _ _ [C#m] _
_ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _
_ Mama [A] don't _ take [C#m]
my photo [F#m] away. _ _ _ _
_ Mama [A] don't take [C#m]
my photo _ [F#m] away. _ _ _
_ _ _ Mama don't take _ my [C#m] photo _ [F#m] away. _ _ _
Mama _ _ [A] don't take my photo.
[C#m] Mama don't take my [C#] photo.
[F#m] Mama don't take my photo away.
_ [A] Mama don't take my photo.
[C#m] If your voice was far from [F#m] home, mama don't take my photo away.
_ _ [A] Mama don't take my photo.
[C#m] _
_ _ _ [F#m] Mama don't take my photo away.
_ _ [A] I'll see ya.
[C#m] _
_ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [C#m] _
_ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [C#m] _
_ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [C#m] _
_ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ I'll see ya.
_ Okay.
[N] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ [E] When I think back on all the crap I learned [A] in high school, _ _
_ _ _ _ [F#] _ it's a wonder [B] I can [E] think at all.
_ [F#m] _
_ [B] And [E] my lack of _ education _ [A] hasn't hurt me none. _
_ _ _ [F#] _ I can read [B] the writing on [E] the wall.
[A] Roller pro, [C#] _ _ [F#] _ _ it gives [Bm] us those _ nice [E] bright colors.
It gives [A] us the _ greens [D] of summers.
Makes you [B] think of [E] all the words of a sunny [A]
day.
[C#] [F#] Oh yeah.
I've [B] got an eye on the [E] camera.
I love to take [A] _
_ photographs.
[D] Oh mama [B] don't _ take [E] my photo _ [A] away.
_ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _ [F#m] _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ If you [E] took all the girls I knew when I [A] was single, _ _ _ _ _ _ [F#m] _
brought them [B] all together for [E] one night,
_ _ _ [F#m] _ [B] I [E] know they'd [G#m] never match [E] my sweet _ [A]
imagination. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F#m] And everything looks [B] worse in [E] black and _ white.
[A] Roller pro, [C#] _ _ [F#] _
it gives us [Bm] those _ nice [E] bright colors.
It [A] gives us the _ greens of [D]
summers.
Makes you [B] think of _ [E] all the words of a sunny [A] _ [C#] day.
[F#] Oh yeah.
_ [Bm] _ _ _ I've got [E] an eye on the camera.
I love to [A] take _ photographs.
[D] _
Oh mama [B] don't _ take [E] my photo _ [A] away.
_ _ _ [C#m] _
_ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _
_ Mama [A] don't _ take [C#m]
my photo [F#m] away. _ _ _ _
_ Mama [A] don't take [C#m]
my photo _ [F#m] away. _ _ _
_ _ _ Mama don't take _ my [C#m] photo _ [F#m] away. _ _ _
Mama _ _ [A] don't take my photo.
[C#m] Mama don't take my [C#] photo.
[F#m] Mama don't take my photo away.
_ [A] Mama don't take my photo.
[C#m] If your voice was far from [F#m] home, mama don't take my photo away.
_ _ [A] Mama don't take my photo.
[C#m] _
_ _ _ [F#m] Mama don't take my photo away.
_ _ [A] I'll see ya.
[C#m] _
_ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [C#m] _
_ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [C#m] _
_ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [C#m] _
_ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ I'll see ya.
_ Okay.
[N] _ _