Every picture tells
a story
C - G -
D - C - G - D
D C - G
1. Spent some time feelin’ inferior,
D
standing
in front of my mirror.
D C - G
Combed my hair in a thousand
ways,
D
but I
came out looking just the same.
D C - G
Daddy said, son, you better
see the world,
D
I wouldn't blame you if you
wanted to leave,
D C - G
but
remember one thing : don’t lose your
head
D
to a
woman that'll spend your bread.
So I got out
! + G - D - G - D
(2x)
D C - G
2. Paris was a place you could hide away
D
if
you felt you didn't fit in.
D C -
G
French police wouldn’t give me
no peace,
D
they
claimed I was a nasty person.
D C - G
Down along the left bank
minding my own
D
was
knocked down by a human stampede.
D C - G
Got arrested for inciting a
peaceful riot,
D
when
all I wanted was a cup of tea.
I was accused. + G - D (3x) + I
moved on !
D C -
G
3. Down in Rome I wasn’t getting enough
D
of
the things that keeps a young man alive.
D C - G
My body stunk but I kept my funk
D
at a
time when I was right out of luck.
D C -
G
Getting desperate, indeed, I
was,
D
looking
like a tourist attraction.
D C
- G
Oh, my dear, I better get out
of here,
D
for
the Vatican don’t give no sanction.
G - D - G - D
I wasnt ready for that.
G
D
I moved right out east, yeah !
D C
- G
4. On the Peking ferry I was feeling merry,
D
sailing
on my way back here.
D C
- G
I fell in love with a slit
eyed lady
D
by
the light of an eastern moon.
D C - G
Shangai
Lil never used the pill,
D
she
claimed that it just ain’t natural.
D C - G
She took me up on deck and bit
my neck,
D
oh,
people, I was glad I found her.
G D
Oh, yeah, I was glad I found
her. + G - D - G - D
D C - G
5. I firmly believe that I
D
didn’t
need anyone but me,
D C
- G
I sincerely thought I was so
complete,
D
look
how wrong you can be !
D C - G
The women I’ve known I wouldn’t
let tie my shoe,
D
they
wouldn’t give you the time of day,
D C - G
but
the slit eyed lady knocked me off my feet,
D
God, I was glad I found her.
D C - G
And if they had the words I
could tell to you
D
to
help you on the way down the road,
D C
- G
I couldn’t quote you no Dickens, Shelley or Keats,
D
‘cause
it’s all been said before.
D C - G
Make the best out of the bad,
just laugh it off,
D
you
didn’t have to come here anyway.
G D
So remember, every picture
tells a story, don’t it ?
G D
+ Every picture tells a
story, don’t it ? (12x) ....
(Rod Stewart)