This is how it is actually played by Jamey Johnson without a piano. I am friends with a
friend of Jamey Johnson and he taught me how to play it.
Tab:
C Bb F C
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----5-5------5----5----3-3------3----3----------------------------5-5--------5---5--|
D|----5-5------5----5----3-3------3----3----3-3-------3----3------5-5--------5---5----|
A|----3-3-5/7---7--------1-1-3/5---5-------3-3-------3----3------3-3---5/7---7--------|
E|-----------------------------------------------1-1--3/5----5------------------------|
Lyrics:
Verse 1:
C
I said grandpa whats this picture here
Bb
Its all black and white it aint real clear
F
Is that you there?
C
He said yeah i was 11
C
Times were tough back in '35
Bb
Thats me and uncle Joe just tryin to survive
F C
A cotton farm in the great depression.
Chorus:
C
If it looks like we were scared to death
Bb F
Like a couple of kids just trying to save each other
C
You should've seen it in color.
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/j/jamey_johnson/in_color_crd_ver_6.html ]
Verse 2:
C
Oh and this one here was taken over seas
Bb
In the middle of hell in 1943
F
In the winter time you can almost see my breath
C
That was my tail gunner ole Johnny Magee
Bb
He was a high school teacher from new Orleans
F C
And he had my back right through the day we left.
Chorus:
C
If it looks like we were scared to death
Bb F
Like a couple of kids just trying to save each other
C
You should've seen it in color.
C
A picture's worth a thousand words
Bb
But you cant see what those
F
shades of gray keep covered
C
You should've seen it in color
Verse 3:
C
This one is my favorite one.
Bb
This is me and grandma in the summer sun
F C
All dressed up the day we said our vows.
C
You can't tell it here but it was hot that June
Bb
That rose was red and her eyes were blue
F C
And just look at that smile, I was so proud.
Bridge:
Am G D
Thats the story of my life
Am G D
Right there in black and white
Chorus:
C
If it looks like we were scared to death
Bb F
Like a couple of kids just trying to save each other
C
You should've seen it in color.
C
A picture's worth a thousand words
Bb
But you cant see what those
F
shades of gray keep covered
C
You should've seen it in color
