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Kodachrome chords
Paul Simon 1973
Capo II *
D G Em D Em/A7
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 G Bm Em A A7
So Mama, don't take my Kodachrome away
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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 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:
Open
D = E
D7 = E7
G = A
Em = F#m
A = B (or B7)
Am = Bm
E7 = F7
Bm = C#m
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