Photograph Chords
by Blue Rodeo
Photograph by Blue Rodeo is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G with a capo on the 2st fret. It uses the chords G, D, Em, C and Am. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
***. key of G
Intro: G
G D
Started out so simple
Em C G
Everything so innocent and plain
G D
She was in a doorway
Em C G
And I was walking nowhere down the main
D
She whispered something softly
C G
And stepped into the light
D
Can you help me out she said
C G
I'm a little lost tonight
G D C G
One day love just hits you with a flash
G D C G
Lights go off around you like some photograph
G D
She said her bags were stolen
Em C G
All they left her was the camera on her arm
G D
She told me she was new in town
Em C G
Only two weeks off the farm
D
Why did I believe her
C G
Heaven only knows
D
She looked into my eyes
C G
And my resolution goes
G D C G
One day love just hits you with a flash
G D C G
Leaves you staring blindly like some photograph
***Bridge:
Em D
Pictures of two fools laughing at the world
C G
Smiling as only good luck does
Em D
Truth is you're not even looking at me girl
Am
All the time I was falling
C
You kept on stalling
Am D
Sizing up how big a fool I was
***
G D
Woke up in the morning
Em C G
I don't think that I had been asleep too long
G D
The room was dark and empty
Em C G
I could see that all my clothes and money were gone
D
I've run out of excuses
C G
And people I can blame
D
If she ever asked me too
C G
I'd do it all again
G D C G
One day love just hits you with a flash
G D C G
Leaves you staring blindly like some photograph