Song: A picture of you
Artist: Joe Brown and The Bruvvers
Composers: John Beveridge and Peter Oakman
Tabbed by: DJ
22th Oct 2014
Based on a live performance video of Joe Brown at this link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqrCGsDFmcM
The song starts at[3:02]
(N.B. The original 1962 record is a bit flat of concert pitch.
To match that version use a chromatic tuner, and detune all
the strings down by approx. Minus 30)
[Intro chords]
G = xxx787 G# = xxx898
F# = xxx676 A/E = 002220
A * = x-x-x-9-10-9
[Verse chords]
A = x02220 D = xx0232 Asus2 = x02200
G = 320033 C#m = x46654 C = x13331
E = 022100 Bm = x24432 Csus2 = x13311
E7 = 022130 F#m = 244222
^ = Emphasise the beat
In the coda riff in the live version there is an E to A,
(or possibly just an A/E to A) to finish with.
On the original record Joe just stays on the A chord.
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[Intro]
Wah------oo-----------!
G F# G G# A *
e |--/7--7--7-7--6--7--8---|---9---9---9---9---|
B |--/8--8--8-8--7--8--9---|--10--10--10--10---|
G |--/7--7--7-7--6--7--8---|---9---9---9---9---|
D |------------------------|-------------------|
A |------------------------|-------------------|
E |------------------------|-------------------|
A A/E A A/E
e |-----0-0-----0-0--|-----0-0-----0-0--|
B |-----2-2-----2-2--|-----2-2-----2-2--|
G |-----2-2-----2-2--|-----2-2-----2-2--|
D |-----2-2-----2-2--|-----2-2-----2-2--|
A |--0---------------|--0---------------|
E |----------0-------|----------0-------|
[Verse 1]
A G E
In the night there are sights to be seen,
A G E
Stars like jewels on the crown of a queen,
D E E7
But the only sight I want to view... (Wah - oo!)
A D A E E7
...Is that wonderful picture of you!
[Verse 2]
A G E
On a streetcar, or in the ca - fe,
A G E
All of the evening, and most ...of the day,
D E E7
My mind is in a maze, what can I do? (Wah - oo!)
A D A
...I still see ...that picture of you!
[Verse 3]
C#m Bm C#m Bm
It was last summer, I fell in love,
C#m Bm C#m E E7
My heart told me what to do,
A F#m
I saw you there on the crest of a hill,
D E
...And I took ...a little picture ...of you!
e |-----------|
B |-----------|
G |-----------|
D |-----------|
A |-----------|
E |--0--2--4--|
[Verse 4]
A G E
Then you were gone, like a dream in the night,
A G E
With you went my heart, ...my love, ...and my life,
D E E7
I didn't know your name, what could I do? (Wah - oo!)
A D A E
...I only had a picture of you!
[Break]
A Asus2 A A Asus2 A C Csus2 C E
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[Verse 5]
A G E
Then you were gone, like a dream in the night,
A G E
With you went my heart, my love, ...and my life,
D E E7
I didn't know your name, what could I do? (Wah - oo!)
A D A D
I only had a picture of you, oh, yeah,
A D A
That wonderful picture of you!
[Muffle strings and scrub rhythm for a bar]
| / / / / |
[Coda]
A D A D
I'm left with a picture of you, oh, yeah,
A D A (E) A
That wonderful picture of you!
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