| Song Name: | A Picture from Life's Other Side | By: | Traditional--Woody Guthrie/Hank Williams |
| Posted By: | jc173799 | Difficulty: | Any |
| Key: | D | Genre: | General |
| Harp Type: | Diatonic | ||
| Created: | 2009-08-06 18:08:39 | Modified: | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 |
| Song: | A Picture from Life�s Other Side
Traditional�Woody Guthrie/Hank Williams D Diatonic Harmonica/Key of D 3/4 Time (bass note/chord/chord) Intro D Verse D 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 -4 4 5 5 In the world�s mighty gallery of pictures G D 4 4 4 -4 4 3 There�s scenes painted from life D 4 4 4 -4 4 5 5 Scenes of youth and of beauty E7 A7 -4 -4 -4 -4 5 -4 Scenes of hardship and strife D 4 4 4 -4 4 5 5 Scenes of wealth and of plenty G D 4 4 4 -4 4 4 3 3 Old age and a blushing young bride D 5 5 5 -4 4 All hang on the wall G 5 5 5 5 -4 4 But the saddest of all A7 D 5 5 5 5 -4 4 -4 4 4 Is a picture from life�s other side Chorus D 4 4 4 4 -4 4 -4 5 A picture from life�s other side G D 4 4 4 4 4 -4 3 3 Somebody has fell by the way D 4 4 4 4 4 -4 4 -4 5 And a light has gone out with the tide E7 A7 -4 -4 -4 -4 -4 5 -4 -4 That might have been happy someday D 4 4 4 4 -4 5 Some poor mother at home G D 4 4 4 4 -4 4 3 3 Is watching and waiting alone G D -5 -5 -5 4 4 -4 5 5 -4 4 Longing to hear, from her sweatheart so dear A7 D 5 5 5 5 5 4 -5 -4 4 That�s a picture from life�s other side Additional Verses (Guthrie version) Now the first scene is that of two brothers Their paths in life differently led One lived in luxury and riches And the other one begged for his bread One night they met on the highway Your money; your life; one cried Then with his knife, he took his own brother�s life That�s a picture from life�s other side Now the next scene is down by the river A heartbroken mother and babe In the harbor light there see them shiver Outcasts that no one will save Once she was a true woman Somebody�s darling and pride God help her she leaps There�s no one to weap That�s a picture from life�s other side |
