Key: D
Introduction:
D
When I think back
D7 G
on all the crap I learned in high school
Em
It' s a wonder
A7 D Em A7
I can think at all
D D7
And though my lack of education
G
hasn' t hurt me none
Em A D D7
I can read the writing on the wall
G B7 E
Kodachrome
E7 Am D
You give us those nice bright colors
G C
You give us the greens of summers
A D G B7 E
Makes you think all the world' s a sunny day, oh yeah!
E7 Am D
I got a Nikon camera
G C
I love to take a photograph
A D G Bm Em A A7
So Mama, don' t take my Kodachrome away
D D7
If you took all the girls I knew
G
when I was single
Em A7 D Em A7
And brought them all together for one night
D
I know they' d never match
D7 G
my sweet imagination
Em A A7 D D7
And everything looks worse in black and white
G B7 E
Kodachrome
E7 Am D
You give us those nice bright colors
G C
You give us the greens of summers
A D G B7 E
Makes you think all the world' s a sunny day, oh yeah!
E7 Am D
I got a Nikon camera
G C
I love to take a photograph
A D G Bm Em
So Mama, don' t take my Kodachrome away
G Bm Em
Mama, don' t take my Kodachrome away
G Bm Em
Mama, don' t take my Kodachrome away
G Bm Em
Mama, don' t take my Kodachrome away
G
Mama, don' t take my Kodachrome
Bm
Mama, don' t take my Kodachrome
Em
Mama, don' t take my Kodachrome (away)
G
Mama, don' t take my Kodachrome
Bm
(Leave your boy so far from home)
Em
Mama, don' t take my Kodachrome (away)
G Bm
Mama, don' t take my Kodachrome whewwwwww
Em
Mama, don' t take my Kodachrome (away)
G Bm Em
* Alternate:
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Bm C#m
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