In Color by Jamey Johnson
NOTE: Play these open chords with the Capo on the third fret:
G
I said, Grandpa what’s this picture here
F
It’s all black and white and ain’t real clear
C G
Is that you there, he said, yeah I was eleven
G
Times were tough back in thirty-five
F
That’s me and Uncle Joe just tryin’ to survive
C G
A cotton farm in the Great Depression
G
And if it looks like we were scared to death
F C
Like a couple of kids just trying to save each other
G
You should have seen it in color
G
This one here was taken overseas
F
In the middle of hell in nineteen forty-three
C
In the winter time you can almost see my breath
G
That was my tail gunner ole’ Johnny McGee
F
He was a high school teacher from New Orleans
C G
And he had my back right through the day we left
G
And if it looks like we were scared to death
F C
Like a couple of kids just trying to save each other
G
You should have seen it in color
G
A picture’s worth a thousand words
F C
But you can’t see what those shades of gray keep covered
G
You should have seen it in color
G
This one is my favorite one
F
This is me and grandma in the summer sun
C G
All dressed up the day we said our vows
G
You can’t tell it here but it was hot that June
F
That rose was red and her eyes were blue
C G
And just look at that smile I was so proud
Em D C
That’s the story of my life
Em D C D
Right there in black and white
G
And if it looks like we were scared to death
F C
Like a couple of kids just trying to save each other
G
You should have seen it in color
G
A picture’s worth a thousand words
F C
But you can’t see what those shades of gray keep covered
G FC
You should have seen it in color
G
You should have seen it in color