By John Prine
Song:The Picture Show
G
A young man from a small town
C G
With a very large imagination
C G
Lay alone in his room with his radio on
D
Looking for another station
G
When the static from the mouthpiece
C G
Gave way to the sound below
C G
James Dean went out to Hollywood
D G
And put his picture in a Picture Show.
C G
James Dean went out to Hollywood
D G
And put his picture in a Picture Show.
Chorus:
G
And It's Oh Daddy get off of your knees
C G
Mamma why'd you have to go
C G
Your darling Jim is out on a limb
D G
I put my picture in a Picture Show
D G
Whoa Ho! Put my picture in a Picture Show
G
Hamburgers Cheeseburgers
C G
Wilbur and Orville Wright
C G
John Garfield in the afternoon
D
Montgomery Clift at night
G
When the static hit the mouthpiece
C G
Gave way to the sound below
C G
James Dean went out to Hollywood
D G
And put his picture in a Picture Show.
Chorus:
G
And It's Oh Daddy get off of your knees
C G
Mamma why'd you have to go
C G
Your darling Jim is out on a limb
D G
I put my picture in a Picture Show
D G
Whoa Ho! Put my picture in a Picture Show
Instrumental:
G
C G
C G D
G
C G
C G D G
G C G
A Mocca man in a wigwam sitting on a Reservation.
C G
With a big black hole in the belly of his soul
D
Waiting on an explanation
G
While the white man sits on his fat can
C G
And takes pictures of the Navajo
C G
Every time he clicks his Kodak pics
D G
He steals a little bit of soul.
C G
Every time he clicks his Kodak pics
D G
He steals a little bit of soul.
Chorus:
G
And It's Oh Daddy get off of your knees
C G
Mamma why'd you have to go
C G
Your darling Jim is out on a limb
D G
I put my picture in a Picture Show
D G
Whoa Ho! Put my picture in a Picture Show
Outro:
D G
Yie Hi! Put my picture in a Picture Show
Let's go!
Instrumental:
G
C G
C G D
G
C G
C G D G
C G D G
C G D G
G
A young man from a small town
C G
With a very large imagination
