COWPIE Country Music Lyrics
Jamey Johnson
In Color (CRD)
Written By: James Otto, Lee Thomas Miller, Jamey Johnson
Capo Third Fret
(Use the F bar chord until the end of the first chorus, then F in the first position).
Intro: G, F, C, G Finger Picking
Verse 1:
I said, Grandpa what’s this picture here
F
It’s all black and white and ain’t real clear
C G
Is that you he said, yeah I was eleven
Times were tough back in thirty-five
F
That’s me and Uncle Joe just tryin’ to survive
C G
A cotton farm in the Great Depression
Chorus 1:
And if it looks like we were scared to death
F
Like a couple of kids just trying to save each
C
other
G (Begin Strumming)
You should have seen it in color
Verse 2:
This one here was taken overseas
In the middle of hell in nineteen forty-three
In the winter time you can almost see my breath
That was my tail gunner ol’ Johnny McGee
He was a high school teacher from New Orleans
And he had my back right through the day we left
Chorus 2:
And if it looks like we were scared to death
F
Like a couple of kids just trying to save each
C
other
G
You should have seen it in color
A picture’s worth a thousand words
F
But you can’t see what those shades of gray keep
C
covered
G
You should have seen it in color
Verse 3: (Soft Strumming)
This one is my favorite one
It’s me and grandma in the summer sun
All dressed up the day we said our vows
You can’t tell it here but it was hot that June
That rose was red and her eyes were blue
And just look at that smile I was so proud
Bridge:
Em D C
That’s the story of my life
Em D C (Hard Strumming)
Right there in black and white
Chorus G
And if it looks like we were scared to death...
