• Song:

    Polaroid Picture

  • Artist:

    Frank Turner

VERSE 1 (chords at the start are palm muted until chorus)
                   E5
Man, we used to be brothers
D5                G5
 Superheroes and warriors
E5                    D5
Cowboys and Indians, train drivers
G5
Everything rolling through the endless summers
               E5
But everything changes
D5                             G5
 You got married, had children
      E5
And I don't have your number
    D5                          G5
The one I can remember is that place you used to live with your parents


CHORUS (open strumming)
           C5                D5         E5          G5        D5
But in the stillness of the moment it takes for a Polaroid picture

To capture our faces forever and
    C5                  D5            E5
The world has turned a touch on its axis
        G5          D5
And the only thing certain is

That everything changes


VERSE 2 (PM)
                    E5
And they closed the Astoria
D5                   G5
 At the end of last summer
    E5
The place we earned our pedigrees
D5
Scene of our victories
G5
Sanctuary in the centre of London
                       E5
Now they're building a railway
D5                           G5
 To track the vanquished to Versailles
        E5
And the singalongs go on
            D5
But they're singing different songs
   G5
In rooms that we don't know on the other side of the city


CHORUS (open)
           C5                D5         E5          G5        D5
But in the stillness of the moment it takes for a Polaroid picture

To capture our faces forever and
    C5                  D5            E5
The world has turned a touch on its axis
        G5          D5
And the only thing certain is

That everything changes


BRIDGE
                C5
So honey I just need a little time
   E5                   D5
To take a little time today
   C5                           E5
To savour all the triumphs and tragedies
                  D5
Before they slip away
                  G (PM this section)
Before they slip away

    G5
Let go of the little distractions
     D5
Hold close to the ones that you love
           C5
Because we won't all be here this time next year
             E5                    D5
So while you can take a picture of us
    G5
Let go of the little distractions
     D5
Hold close to the ones that you love
           C5
Because we won't all be here this time next year
             E5                    D5
So while you can take a picture of us

(open)
                G5
Take a Polaroid picture
                D5
Take a Polaroid picture
                C5
Take a Polaroid picture
                E5      D5
Take a Polaroid picture
                           G5
Oh, please take a Polaroid picture
                D5
Take a Polaroid picture
                  C5
Take a picture of us to show
                   E5            D5
We all want you to see where the time goes

CHORUS (open picking)
          C5                D5
So in the stillness of the moment
     E5
Make sure you take a Polaroid picture

And keep it with you forever to
C5                    D5
Remind yourself that everything changes
                  
But there was this one time

Man there was this one time
                  A5 (strummed, let ring)
When things were okay...

And that's it. Sorry for any mistakes but it sounds ok to me! :)
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