Chords for Jamey Johnson – In Color (Live at Farm Aid 2016)

_ _ [Bb] I said, Grandpa, what's this picture here?
It's all black and [Fm] white.
It ain't real clear.
[Eb] Is that you there?
He said, yeah, [Bb] I was a lover.
_ _ Times were tough back in 35.
[Ab] That's me and Uncle Joe just trying
to survive [Eb] a cotton farm in a great [Bb] depression.
_ _ But it looks like we were scared to death,
[Ab] like a couple of kids just trying to [Eb] save each other.
You should have seen it [Bb] in color. _ _ _ _ _
_ This one here was taken overseas [Ab] in the middle of hell, 1943,
in the wintertime.
You can [Bb] almost see my [C] breath.
_ [Bb] That was my tail gunner, old Johnny McGee.
[Ab] He was a high school teacher from New Orleans.
[Eb] And he had my back [Eb] right through the day [Bb] we left.
_ If it looks like we were scared to death,
[Ab] like a couple of kids just trying to [Eb] save each other,
you should have seen it [Bb] in color.
A _ picture's worth a thousand [Ab] words,
but you can't see what those shades of gray [Eb] keep covered.
You should have seen it [Bb] in color. _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ This one is my favorite [Ab] one.
This is me and me and my senior [Cm] son all dressed up
the day we set [Bb] off. _
You can't tell it here, but it was hot that June.
[Ab] That rose was red and her eyes were blue.
[Eb] And just look at that smile.
I [Bb] was so proud.
_ _ [Gm] _ That's the story [Eb] of my life _ [Gm] _ right [F] there in black and [Eb]
white.
[Bb] If it looks like _ _ [Bbm] _ [Eb] _
_ _ [Bb] _ we're scared to death,
[Bb] _ _
_ _ a picture's worth [Ab] a thousand words,
but you can't see what those shades of gray keep [Eb] covered.
You should have seen [Bb] it in color.
_ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [Bb] A picture's worth a thousand words,
[Ab] but you can't see what those shades of gray [Eb] keep covered.
You [Bb] should have seen it in color. _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Bb] _