In Color Chords

  			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