CHORDSUPIn Color - Jamey Johnson chords
Key:
G
Singer/Band:
Jamey Johnson
Intro
[G] [F] [C] [G]
Verse 1
[G]I said,"Grandpa what's this picture here?
[F]It's all black and white and it ain't real clear
[C]Is that you there? He said yeah, I was [G]11.
[G]Times were tough back in '35
[F]That's me and Uncle Joe just tryin' to survive
[C]A cotton farm
[G]And a great depression
Chorus
[G]If it looks like we were scared to death
[F]Like a couple of kids just tryin' to save each [C]other
[C]You should've seen it in [G]color
Verse 2
[G]Awe and this one here's taken overseas
[F]In the middle of Hell in 1943
[C]In the winter time, you can almost see my [G]breath
[G]That was my tail gunner: Ole Johnny McGee
He was a [F]High School teacher from New Orleans
And he [C]had my back, right through the day we [G]left
Chorus
[G]If it looks like we were scared to death
[F]Like a couple of kids just tryin' to save each [C]other
[C]You should've seen it in [G]color
[G]A picture's worth a thousand words
[F]But you can't see what those shades of gray keep [C]covered.
[C]You should've seen it in [G]color.
Solo
[G] [F] [C] [G] [G]
Verse 3
[G]This one is my favorite one.
[F]This is me and grandma in the summer sun
[C]All dressed up the day we said our [G]vows.
[G]You can't tell it here but it was hot that June
That [F]rose was red and her eyes were blue
And just [C]look at that smile I was so [G]proud.
Bridge
[Em] That's [D/F#]the story of my [C]life
[Em] Right [D/F#]there in black and [C]white [D]
Chorus
[G]If it looks like we were scared to death
[F]Like a couple of kids just tryin' to save each [C]other
[C]You should've seen it in [G]color
[G]A picture's worth a thousand words
But you [F]can't see what those shades of gray [C]keep covered.
[C]You should've seen it in [G]color.
Outro
[G] [F] [C] [G] [G] [F] [C] [G]
(2nd time quietly)
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