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Sam Phillips - Taking Pictures
Album: Fan Dance
Verse:
AbWhen I take a Ab7sus4picture of the Ecity
it Ebdisappears.
It's Abonly a Ab7sus4photograph,
the Ecity is Ebgone.
Bridge:
Bbm7The places I Ebgo are never Fmthere,
Bbm7the places I Ebgo are never Ethere.
Chorus:
AbNostalgia Fmisn't what it Cmused to be.
I can only Abpicture the Fmdisappearing Cmworld
when you touAbch me.E  Eb  
Verse:
He brought me the air of Paris
in a bottle.
The record caught the air of London
1965.
Bridge
Chorus
Outro:
When you touAbch me.E..Eb  

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Taking Pictures

by Sam Phillips

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Ab7sus4

Bbm7

Sam Phillips - Taking Pictures

Album: Fan Dance

Verse:

Ab Ab7sus4 E

When I take a picture of the city

it disappears.

Ab Ab7sus4

It's only a photograph,

E Eb

the city is gone.

Bridge:

Bbm7 Eb Fm

The places I go are never there,

Bbm7 Eb E

the places I go are never there.

Chorus:

Ab Fm Cm

Nostalgia isn't what it used to be.

Ab Fm Cm

I can only picture the disappearing world

Ab E Eb

when you touch me.

Verse:

He brought me the air of Paris

in a bottle.

The record caught the air of London

1965.

Bridge

Chorus

Outro:

Ab E Eb

When you touch me...

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