• Song:

    Polaroid Picture

  • Artist:

    Frank Turner

This is just what I can gather from the live videos shown so far, Frank hasn't 
actually released the song yet. :)



VERSE 1 (chords at the start are palm muted until chorus)
                   EmMan, (022000@1)we used to be brothers
D (xx0232@1)              G (320003@1)Superheroes and warriors
E (022100@1)                  DCowboys (xx0232@1)and Indians, train drivers
GEverything (320003@1)rolling through the endless summers
               EmBut (022000@1)everything changes
D (xx0232@1)                           G (320003@1)You got married, had children
      EmAnd (022000@1)I don't have your number
    D (xx0232@1)                        GThe (320003@1)one I can remember is that place you used to live with your parents

CHORUS (open strumming)
           C (x32010@1)              D (xx0232@1)       Em (022000@1)        G (320003@1)      DBut (xx0232@1)in the stillness of the moment it takes for a Polaroid picture

To capture our faces forever and
    C (x32010@1)                D (xx0232@1)          EmThe (022000@1)world has turned a touch on its axis
        G (320003@1)        DAnd (xx0232@1)the only thing certain is

That everything changes

VERSE 2 (PM)
                    EmAnd (022000@1)they closed the Astoria
D (xx0232@1)                 G (320003@1)At the end of last summer
    EmThe (022000@1)place we earned our pedigrees
DScene (xx0232@1)of our victories
GSanctuary (320003@1)in the centre of London
                       EmNow (022000@1)they're building a railway
D (xx0232@1)                         G (320003@1)To track the vanquished to Versailles
        EmAnd (022000@1)the singalongs go on
            DBut (xx0232@1)they're singing different songs
   GIn (320003@1)rooms that we don't know on the other side of the city

CHORUS (open)
           C (x32010@1)              D (xx0232@1)       Em (022000@1)        G (320003@1)      DBut (xx0232@1)in the stillness of the moment it takes for a Polaroid picture

To capture our faces forever and
    C (x32010@1)                D (xx0232@1)          EmThe (022000@1)world has turned a touch on its axis
        G (320003@1)        DAnd (xx0232@1)the only thing certain is

That everything changes

BRIDGE
                CSo (x32010@1)honey I just need a little time
   Em (022000@1)                 DTo (xx0232@1)take a little time today
   C (x32010@1)                         EmTo (022000@1)savour all the triumphs and tragedies
                  DBefore (xx0232@1)they slip away
                  G(PM (320003@1)this section)
Before they slip away

GLet (320003@1)go of the little distractions
     DHold (xx0232@1)close to the ones that you love
           CBecause (x32010@1)we won't all be here this time next year
             Em (022000@1)                  DSo (xx0232@1)while you can take a picture of us
    GLet (320003@1)go of the little distractions
     DHold (xx0232@1)close to the ones that you love
           CBecause (x32010@1)we won't all be here this time next year
             Em (022000@1)                  DSo (xx0232@1)while you can take a picture of us

(open)
                GTake (320003@1)a Polaroid picture
                DTake (xx0232@1)a Polaroid picture
                CTake (x32010@1)a Polaroid picture
                Em (022000@1)    DTake (xx0232@1)a Polaroid picture
                           GOh, (320003@1)please take a Polaroid picture
                DTake (xx0232@1)a Polaroid picture
                  CTake (x32010@1)a picture of us to show
                   Em (022000@1)          DWe (xx0232@1)all want you to see where the time goes

CHORUS (open picking)
          C (x32010@1)              DSo (xx0232@1)in the stillness of the moment
     EmMake (022000@1)sure you take a Polaroid picture

And keep it with you forever to
C (x32010@1)                  DRemind (xx0232@1)yourself that everything changes
                  
But there was this one time

Man there was this one time
                  A7(strummed, (x02020@1)let ring)
When things were okay...

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