Picture Book
Words & Music:
The Kinks
 
           
E        A        
D         G
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[2x - 2nd time don't play last note]
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E           A        
D             
G   E  A 
D  G
Picture yourself when you're
getting old.
E          A       
D         G   E  A  D  G
Sat by the fireside pondering
on.
 
CHORUS:
C            
F               
C     F            
C      F          C
Picture book; pictures of your
mama, taken by your papa a long time ago.
C
Picture book
   F               
C        
F                    
C       
F          C
Of people with each other, to
prove they loved each other, a long time ago.
F            
C     
F            
C
La-la, la-la, la-la, la-la,
la-la, la-la.
C          A  D  G  C          A  D 
G  C
Picture Book-----,  Picture Book---------.
 
A picture of you in your
birthday suit,
Sat in the sun on a hot
afternoon.
 
CHORUS:
Picture Book.
Your mama & papa & fat
old uncle Charlie, a-boozing with their friends.
Picture Book.
A holiday in August, outside a
bed and breakfast, in sunny South End.
Picture Book,
When you were just a baby,
those days when you were happy, a long time ago.
La-la, la-la, la-la, la-la,
la-la, la-la.
Picture Book-----,  Picture Book---------.
 
C             F      C      F      C      F           
C
Picture Book; La-la, la-la,
la-la, la-la; scooby-dooby-doo.  [2x]
 
Picture Book; pictures of your
mama, taken by your papa, a long time ago.
F    C                              
A  D  G 
C
Long time ago.  [3x]  Yeah!  Yeah!  Yeah!