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A young man from a small town
          C                 G
With a ve ry large imaginat ion
       C                           G
Lay al one in his room with his ra dio on
                        D
Looking for another sta tion
            G
When the st atic from the mouthpiece
       C                  G
Gave w ay to the sound be low
        C                 G
James D ean went out to H ollywood
               D                     G
And put his pi cture in a Picture Sh ow.
         C                 G
James De an went out to Ho llywood
               D                     G
And put his pi cture in a Picture Sh ow.

[Chorus]
         G
And It's Oh Daddy get off of your knees
    C                      G
Mam ma why'd you have to g o
         C             G
Your dar ling Jim is o ut a limb
            D                    G
I put my pi cture in a Picture S how
                    D                    G
Whoa Ho! Put my pic ture in a Picture Sh ow

  G
H amburgers Cheesburgers
   C                    G
Wi lbur and Orville Wri ght
   C                      G
Jo hn Garfield in the aft ernoon
                       D
Montgomery Clift at ni ght
            G
When the st atic hit the mouthpiece
       C                  G
Gave w ay to the sound be low
         C                 G
James De an went out to Ho llywood
                D                    G
And put his pic ture in a Picture Sh ow.
(Repeat Chorus)

[Instrumental]
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A M occa man in a wigwam sit ting on a Reser vation.
              C                  G
With a big bl ack hole in the be lly of his soul
                     D
Waiting on an explan ation
             G
While the wh ite man sits on his fat can
              C               G
And takes pic tures of the Na vajo
         C                   G
Every ti me he clicks his Ko diac pics
      D                      G
He st eals a little bit of s oul.
         C                    G
Every ti me he clicks his Kod iac pics
       D                     G
He ste als a little bit of s oul
.
(Repeat Chorus)
                  D                    G
Yie Hi! Put my pi cture in a Picture S how
Let's go!

(Instrumental)
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     G
A yo ung man from a small town
          C                  G
With a ve ry large imaginati on