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Verse 1
A picture from life's other side.
(D major) I was riding with Woody in his car one day
along on the Belt Parkway
there in that old Plymouth,
a (D major) black four -door Plymouth.
Woody was just driving along
with his kind of head throwed back in a reflective tilt,
squinting down his nose
that the whatever traffic
might have been ahead of us there on the
road
and kind of keeping her on the road
and he, had come (E major) to visit us
and I was so ex (D major) cited to finally meet
the great Cisco Houston.
I'd heard a lot of stories about
him
from Woody and Marjorie.
Cisco was riding in the backseat
I was riding shotgun
and Woody's telling a story
and then they (D major) decided to (E major) sing this song
that I'd never heard (D major) be fore,
a picture from life's other
side.
And Cisco leaned forward from
the back seat
so he could get closer to Woody
and sing right in his ear
and I was there just inches away hearing them
harmon (E major) izing on this wonderful song.
(D major) And it's the only time I ever heard
that song sung
and I remembered it for years later
as a memory of this wonderful
tune and melody,
(E major) only I never (D major) learned it
and I never got all word
s until (E major) just (D major) now.
So here we go. (D major) (E major) (A major) (D major) (G major)
(D major) In the world's gal (G major) lery of (D major) pictures
There (G major) are scenes that are
painted from life (D major)
Scenes of (G major) youth and of (D major) beauty
Scenes (E major) of hardship and (A major) strife
Scenes (D major) of (G major) wealth and of plenty, (D major)
old (G major) age and a blushing young bride (D major)
Hang (G major) on the wall, but the (D major) saddest of all
is a (E major) picture from (A major) life's other side (D major)
A picture from (G major) life's other side, (D major)
some (G major) body has fell by the (D major) way
And a life that's gone (G major) out with the tide (D major)
That (E major) might have been happy some (A major) day
(D major) Some poor (G major) mother at (D major) home
Watching (G major) and waiting alone (D major)
Longing (G major) to hear from her
(D major) loved one so dear
That's a (E major) picture from (A major) life's other side (D major)
Now the first scene is (G major) one
of two broth (D major) ers
Their paths (G major) of life differently led (D major)
One lives in luxury and riches
And the (E major) other one begs for his (A major) bread
One (D major) night they (G major) met on the (D major) highway
Your (G major) money, your life, sir, one (D major) cry
Then (G major) with his knife,
took his (D major) own brother's life,
that's a (E major) picture from (A major) life's other side. (D major) (G major) (D major) (G major)
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Now the next scene is (G major) down by the (D major) river,
A (G major) heartbroken mother and (D major) babe.
In the harbor lights (G major) glare,
see them (D major) shiver,
Out (E major) casts that no one will (A major) save.
Well, (D major) once she was (G major) a true (D major) woman
Some (G major) body's darlin' in (D major) pride
God (G major) help her,
she leaps as (D major) no one can reach
That's (E major) a picture from (A major) life's other side (D major)
A picture from (G major) life's other side
(D major) Somebody (G major) has fell by the (D major) way
And life has gone (G major) out with the tide, (D major)
that (E major) might have been
a happy Sunday (A major)
Some (D major) poor (G major) mother at (D major) home
is (G major) watching and waiting alone (D major)
(G major) Longing to hear from her
(D major) loved one so dear,
that's a (E major) picture from (A major) life's
other side (D major) (E major) (A major) (D major)
(G major) you
A Picture From Life's Other Side
Ramblin' Jack Elliott
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