Take A Picture Of This Chords
by Don Henley
Take A Picture Of This by Don Henley is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, Am, Em, G, F, Caug, D, Fm, C7, Bb9, C6 and Csus4. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro
| C | Am | Em | G |
| C | Am | Em | F |
verse 1
C Am
A long, long time ago,
Em G
When we were young and pretty
C Am
We ruled the world, we stopped the time, we knew it all
Em G
We owned this city
C Caug Am D
Running with the crowd, carefree and proud, I heard somebody say
C
Take a picture of this
G F
Take a picture of this
verse 2
C Am
The years went rushing by
Em G
In the twinkling of an eye, we rolled with the changes
C Am
The life we knew was gone
Em G
Our friends had all moved on, time rearranges
C Caug
But on our wedding day
Am D
They all came back to say, “Congratulations"
C
Take a picture of this
G C
Take a picture of this
Bridge
F Fm C
Then, we raised a family of our own
C7
We were so happy, baby
F Bb9 Am D
But now those kids are grown and gone
Instrumental
| C | G | F | % |
Bridge 2
G Am C F
I gave it everything I had
G Am F C
Through the good times and the bad
G Am C F
But now, I'm down here on the floor
G Am F
'Cause I don't know you anymore
verse 3
C Am Em G
Yeah, that's a suitcase, yeah, that's a ticket for a plane
C Am Em G
There's no one here to talk to, no reason to remain
C Caug C6
When you spend all your time living in the past
C6 D
With all those pictures that you took
Am D
Here's one more for the book
C G
Take a picture of this, this is me leaving
F C
Take a picture of this, this is me walking away
Coda
| C | Csus4 |
C Csus4
Take a picture of this
C Csus4
Take a picture of this
C Csus4 C
Take a picture of this