Take a picture
of this
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G - C - Am - Em
- F
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1. A long, long time ago, when we were young and pretty
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we
ruled the world, we stopped the time, we knew it all,
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we
owned this city.
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Running with the crowd,
carefree and proud, I heard somebody say :
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F
Take a picture of this, ooh, take a picture of this.
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2. The years went rushing by
in the twinkling of an eye,
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we
rolled with the changes.
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The life we knew was gone, our
friends had all moved on,
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time
rearranges.
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But on our wedding day, they
all came back to say, “Congratulations" :
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- G C
Take a picture of this, ooh, take a picture of this.
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+ Then, we raised a family of our own, we were so happy, baby,
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but
now those kids are grown and gone.
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+ I gave it everything
I had,
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through the good times and the bad
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But now, I'm down here on the floor,
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'cause I don't know you
anymore.
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3. Yeah, that's a suitcase, yeah, that's a ticket for a plane,
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- G
there's
no one here to talk to, no reason
to remain.
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When you spend all your time
living in the past,
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with
all those pictures that you took, here's one more for the book :
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Take a picture of this, this is me leaving,
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take
a picture of this, this is me
walking away.
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+ Take a picture of this
! (3x) + C
(orig. = capo 1) (Don Henley)