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"The Picture" by Son Volt from the 2007 album "The Search"
4/4 Time, standard tuning
Intro
 D   D/B   G   D  D/ B   G   Em   A   Em  D  
D/B is a single strum like this
E0 A2 D0 G0 B3 E2
Verse:
DHurricanes in December - Gearthquakes in the heartland
DBad air index on a Gflashing warning sign
DBound for trouble - Gthe picture is dirty
Chorus:
EmWe'll know when we Aget there
EmIf we'll find mDercy
Repeat intro
Verse 2/Chorus
Flotsam and Jetsam in charge of the agency
Where truth gets twisted in danger of dissolving
When war is profit and profit is war
We'll know when we get there
If we'll find mercy
Repeat intro
Verse 3/Chorus
Certified minds exacting a toll
Trying to fit a square peg in a round hole
A heart of darkness facing 1,000 bloodshot eyes
We'll know when we get there
If we'll find mercy
Repeat intro
We'll know when we get there
If we'll find mercy
Play intro 4x to end song

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Picture

by Son Volt

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D/B

"The Picture" by Son Volt from the 2007 album "The Search"

4/4 Time, standard tuning

Intro

D D/B G D D B G Em A Em D

D/B is a single strum like this

E A D G B E

0 2 0 0 3 2

Verse:

D G

Hurricanes in December - earthquakes in the heartland

D G

Bad air index on a flashing warning sign

D G

Bound for trouble - the picture is dirty

Chorus:

Em A

We'll know when we get there

Em D

If we'll find mercy

Repeat intro

Verse 2/Chorus

Flotsam and Jetsam in charge of the agency

Where truth gets twisted in danger of dissolving

When war is profit and profit is war

We'll know when we get there

If we'll find mercy

Repeat intro

Verse 3/Chorus

Certified minds exacting a toll

Trying to fit a square peg in a round hole

A heart of darkness facing 1,000 bloodshot eyes

We'll know when we get there

If we'll find mercy

Repeat intro

We'll know when we get there

If we'll find mercy

Play intro 4x to end song

About Picture Chords by Son Volt

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