Picture Show
John Prine
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Key:
G A young man from a small townC G With a very large imaginationC G Lay alone in his room with his radio onD Looking for another stationG When the static from the mouthpieceC G Gave way to the sound belowC G James Dean went out to HollywoodD And put his picture in a PictureG Show.C G James Dean went out to HollywoodD And put his picture in a PictureG Show. Chorus:G And It's Oh Daddy get off of your kneesC G Mamma why'd you have to goC G Your darling Jim is out on a limbD G I put my picture in a Picture ShowD Whoa Ho! Put my picture in aG Picture ShowG Hamburgers CheeseburgersC G Wilbur and Orville WrightC G John Garfield in the afternoonD Montgomery Clift at nightG When the static hit the mouthpieceContinues after the adC G Gave way to the sound belowC G James Dean went out to HollywoodD And put his picture in a PictureG Show. Chorus:G And It's Oh Daddy get off of your kneesC G Mamma why'd you have to goC G Your darling Jim is out on a limbD G I put my picture in a Picture ShowD Whoa Ho! Put my picture in aG Picture Show Instrumental:GC GC G DGC GC G D GG C A Mocca man in a wigwam sitting onG a Reservation.C G With a big black hole in the belly of his soulD Waiting on an explanationG While the white man sits on his fat canC G And takes pictures of the NavajoC G Every time he clicks his Kodak picsD G He steals a little bit of soul.C G Every time he clicks his Kodak picsD G He steals a little bit of soul. Chorus:G And It's Oh Daddy get off of your kneesC G Mamma why'd you have to goC G Your darling Jim is out on a limbD G I put my picture in a Picture ShowD Whoa Ho! Put my picture in aG Picture Show Outro:D Yie Hi! Put my picture in a PictureG Show Let's go! Instrumental:GC GC G DGC GC G D GC G D GC G D GG A young man from a small townC G With a very large imagination