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If I Had A Talking Picture Of You

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                           If I had a talking picture of you   BG de Sylva / Lew Brown
---------------------------------------------------------------- 1939 ---------------
Tabbed by: Mike Lydiat
E-mail: [email protected]
Tuning:EADGBE
To play along to Bing Crosby's version you need the Capo on fret 3:
Also Capo 3 for this version by Johnny Marvin:
VERSE CHORD SHAPES
e|-Dm90---G60---C0--A73--F93--Fm1--Cmaj70-----Am0--D2--G3--G+3--|
B|-3---3---1--2--1--1--0-----1--3--0--0--|
G|-2---0---0--0--2--1--0-----2--2--0--0--|
D|-3---0---2--2--3--3--2-----2--0--0--1--|
A|-0---2---3--0--0--3--3-----0--0--2--2--|
E|-x---3---x--x--1--1--x-----0--x--3--3--|
CHORUS CHORD SHAPES
e|-C0--G3--G71--A70--Dm1--D72--G+3--E0--Am0--|
B|-1--0--0--2--3--1--0--0--1--|
G|-0--0--0--0--2--2--0--1--2--|
D|-2--0--0--2--3--0--1--2--3--|
A|-3--2--2--0--0--0--2--2--0--|
E|-x--3--3--x--x--x--3--0--x--|
There's a nice little 2 bar Am run-down I use on the penultimate line of each chorus:
|0-0-|0-0-|   You keep an ordinary Am chord in place
|1-1-|1-1-|
|2-2-|2-2-|   and you change the bass note from A to G to F# to F
|2-2-|2-2-|
|0-x-|x---|   I use my little finger for the G note and my thumb for the F# and F
|x-3-|2-1-|
[VERSE 1]
Dm9I talk to your G6photograph each Cday
Dm9You should hear the G6lovely things I A7say
F9But I thought how Fmhappy I would Cmaj7be
AmIf your photoDgraph could talk to Gme.G+  
[CHORUS]
If I Chad a talking picture of Gyou,
I would G7run it every time I felt Cblue.
I would A7sit there in the gloom of my Dmlonely little room
And appD9laud each time you whispered, "I Glove you; G+love you."
On the Cscreen the moment you came in Gview
We would G7talk the whole thing over, we Etwo.
I would Amgive ten shows a day, and a midnight matinée,
If I Dmhad a talking G7picture of Cyou.
[VERSE 2]
Dm9All I have to G6keep me compaCny
Dm9Is the photoG6graph you gave to A7me
F9I propose a Fmthousand plans but Cmaj7oh
AmIt don't answer 'DYes' or even 'GNo'

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If I Had A Talking Picture Of You

by Bing Crosby

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 3 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

Dm9

Cmaj7

G+

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If I had a talking picture of you BG de Sylva / Lew Brown

---------------------------------------------------------------- 1939 ---------------

Tabbed by: Mike Lydiat

E-mail: [email protected]

Tuning:EADGBE

To play along to Bing Crosby's version you need the Capo on fret 3:

Also Capo 3 for this version by Johnny Marvin:

VERSE CHORD SHAPES

Dm9 G6 C A7 F9 Fm Cmaj7 Am D G G+

e|-0---0---0--3--3--1--0-----0--2--3--3--|

B|-3---3---1--2--1--1--0-----1--3--0--0--|

G|-2---0---0--0--2--1--0-----2--2--0--0--|

D|-3---0---2--2--3--3--2-----2--0--0--1--|

A|-0---2---3--0--0--3--3-----0--0--2--2--|

E|-x---3---x--x--1--1--x-----0--x--3--3--|

CHORUS CHORD SHAPES

C G G7 A7 Dm D7 G+ E Am

e|-0--3--1--0--1--2--3--0--0--|

B|-1--0--0--2--3--1--0--0--1--|

G|-0--0--0--0--2--2--0--1--2--|

D|-2--0--0--2--3--0--1--2--3--|

A|-3--2--2--0--0--0--2--2--0--|

E|-x--3--3--x--x--x--3--0--x--|

There's a nice little 2 bar Am run-down I use on the penultimate line of each chorus:

|0-0-|0-0-| You keep an ordinary Am chord in place

|1-1-|1-1-|

|2-2-|2-2-| and you change the bass note from A to G to F# to F

|2-2-|2-2-|

|0-x-|x---| I use my little finger for the G note and my thumb for the F# and F

|x-3-|2-1-|

[VERSE 1]

Dm9 G6 C

I talk to your photograph each day

Dm9 G6 A7

You should hear the lovely things I say

F9 Fm Cmaj7

But I thought how happy I would be

Am D G G+

If your photograph could talk to me.

[CHORUS]

C G

If I had a talking picture of you,

G7 C

I would run it every time I felt blue.

A7 Dm

I would sit there in the gloom of my lonely little room

D9 G G+

And applaud each time you whispered, "I love you; love you."

C G

On the screen the moment you came in view

G7 E

We would talk the whole thing over, we two.

I would give ten shows a day, and a midnight matinée,

Dm G7 C

If I had a talking picture of you.

[VERSE 2]

Dm9 G6 C

All I have to keep me company

Dm9 G6 A7

Is the photograph you gave to me

F9 Fm Cmaj7

I propose a thousand plans but oh

Am D G

It don't answer 'Yes' or even 'No'

About If I Had A Talking Picture Of You Chords by Bing Crosby

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