The Picture chords by Michael Kelly Blanchard

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Intro 1

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Verse 1
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I've been a
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problem since Mama died
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Angry and restless and sad
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She was instantly killed on
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the passenger side
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Hardly   a scrape for a dad
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We'd yell and yell till
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he'd hit me good
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And  the lights would go on
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in the neighborhood
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It got so bad that I wished I could
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But then Daddy did
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Grandma    was a lot like Mom
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Heart of gold in a tiny frame
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She took me in when there
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weren't no one
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When I got in trouble
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She shared the blame
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ain't never cared much for my looks
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The kind of girl for bum
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s and crooks
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I'd fish     around till I'd
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get hooked
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What a life to live
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There's a        picture of
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Jesus on my wall
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Been there since I   was very small
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And it looks like he just saw a
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little girl fall
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And you know he  don't look angry
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at all
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I work the swing shift in a bearing plant
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Got my friends and   I got my foes
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I'd like to leave but   I know I can't
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And that's just the way it goes
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Got pregnant by a married man
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Hope my heart
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trashed my plans
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But when I  hold that tiny  hand
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It  don't seem so bad
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Grandma watched him
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for   the first three years
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Till she got a killin' flu
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He got real close so that
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she could hear
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Grandma, I love you
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Maybe cause we missed her so
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Maybe cause,
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I don't know
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I'll let another baby grow,
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I never told his dad
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There's a  picture of Je
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sus on my wall
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Been there since I   was very small
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And he looks like he just saw
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a little girl fall
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And you know he  don't look angry at
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all
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There's this man I work  with every night
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He says God's gonna
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judge me for my sins
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And I believe he's probably right
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Yes, I know I've disappointed him
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But every now and then
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I  stare at that picture
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of Jesus hangin' there
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And        I kinda hope he
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fills up  the air
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like he loves me anyway
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When I was little,
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well I used to play down by Meadow Pond
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Big blue heron would fly away
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whenever       I would come
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Kind of thought that's
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like God and I
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Sure, he starts to fly
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But      now when I look
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in Jesus' eyes
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Almost think that he would stay
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Almost feel like I could
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pray
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There's a        picture of Je
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sus on my wall
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Been there since I   was very small
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And he looks like he just saw a
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little girl fall
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And you know he  don't
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look angry
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You know he don't look angry
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You   know he don't look angry
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at all
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