{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":2444073,"song":"The Picture","artist":"Loudon Wainwright III","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11500499-the-picture-chords-by-loudon-wainwright-iii/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2444073?type=chord","rating":4.45372,"votes":10,"content":"[tab][ch]C[/ch]         [ch]C/B[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThere are pictures on the piano[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nPictures of the family[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]C/B[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nMostly my kids but there's an old[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nPicture of you and me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                      [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]Fadd9[/ch]\r\nYou were five and I was six[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIn 1952[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]    [ch]C/B[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThat was forty years ago[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHow could it be true?[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]               [ch]C/B[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWe were sitting outside drawing[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAt a table meant for cards[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                [ch]C/B[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd it must have been in autumn[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFalling leaves in the front yard[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                      [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]Fadd9[/ch]\r\nWith a shoe box full of crayons[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFull of colors oh so bright[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]C/B[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIn a picture in a plastic frame[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nA snapshot black and white[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                [ch]C/B[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nYou were looking at my paper[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWatching what I drew[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]     [ch]C/B[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIt was natural: I was older[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThirteen months more than you[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]Fadd9[/ch]\r\nA brother and a sister[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nA little boy and girl[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]           [ch]C/B[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd whoever took that picture[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nCaptured our own world[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]         [ch]C/B[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nA brother needs a sister[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTo watch what he can do[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]          [ch]C/B[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nTo protect and to torture[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTo boss around it's true[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                 [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]Fadd9[/ch]\r\nBut a brother will defend her[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFor a sister's love is pure[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]           [ch]C/B[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBecause she thinks he's wonderful[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhen he is not so sure[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]              [ch]C/B[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIn the picture there's a fender[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOf our old Chevrolet[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]     [ch]C/B[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nOr Pontiac, our dad would know[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSurely he could say[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]Fadd9[/ch]\r\nBut dad is dead and we grow old[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIt's true that time flies by[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]            [ch]C/B[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd in forty years the world has changed[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAs well as you and I[/tab]","plain_text":"","chords":["C","C/B","Am","F","G","Em","Fadd9","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}