This is my very first tab. Please let me know if there are any mistakes.
I am sick and tired of people writing tabs that have the "F" chord in them
for this song. THIS TAB IS THE CLOSEST TO BEING CORRECT ON THE
INTERNET!! I even wrote up the intro. It's not 100% correct but it's
damn close for being transposed from multiple guitars.
Capo 3
EADGBe
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G 320033
Cadd9 x32033
C x32013 (hammer the 4th string during every verse, listen to the song)
C/G 332010
Em 022000
Cadd9(2) x32030
*Intro*
e|--3------------3-------|--------------3-|-----------2----------------|---------0-----|
B|--3----0----------3----|-----------3----|-------3-3----1----1--------|-------0-------|
G|--0-------0----------0-|-----0----------|-----1--------0-2--0------1-|-----0---------|
D|--0--0-----------------|--3-------------|-0-2-----------h------0-2---|---0-----------|
A|--2--------------------|----------------|--h--------------------h----|---------------|
E|--3--------------------|----------------|----------------------------|-3-------------|
*Verse*
G
I said Grandpa what's this picture here
Cadd9
It's all black and white and it ain't real clear
CG
Is that you there He said yeah, I was 11
G
And times were tough back in '35
Cadd9
That's me and Uncle Joe just tryin' to survive
CG
A cotton farm in the Great Depression
*Chorus*
G
If it looks like we were scared to death
CC/G
Like a couple of kids just tryin' to save each other
G
You should've seen it in color
*Verse*
G
Ooh and this one was taken overseas
Cadd9C
In the middle of hell in 1933 in the winter time
G
You can almost see my breath
That was my tailgunner ol' Johnny Mcgee
Cadd9C
He was a high school teacher from New Orleans and he had my back
G
Right through the day we left
*Chorus*
G
If it looks like we were scared to death
CC/G
Like a couple of kids just tryin' to save each other
G
You should've seen it in color
A picture's worth a thousand words
CC/G
But you can't see what those shades of gray keep covered
GG/G
You should've seen it in color
*Verse*
G
This one is my favorite one
Cadd9
This is me and Grandma in the summer sun
CG
All dressed up the day we said our vows
You can't tell it here but it was hot that June
Cadd9
That rose was red and her eyes were blue
CGEm
Just look at that smile, I was so proud
*Bridge*
EmCaddEm2)
That's the story of my life
EmCadd9
Right there in black and white
*Chorus*
G
And if it looks like we were scared to death
CC/G
Like a couple of kids just tryin' to save each other
G
You should've seen it in color
G
A picture's worth a thousand words
C--------------pause in strumming----------- C/G
But you can't see what those shades of gray keep covered
G
You should've seen it in color
(Guitar solo)
G
Yeah a picture's a worth a thousand words
CC/G
But you can't see what those shades of gray keep covered
G
You should've seen it in color
(Strum out to the chorus chord progression and strum a G chord to end)