written by John Prine
NOTE: I'm sure about most of it, but there are a couple grey areas. Corrections welcome.
INTRO: G
A[G] young man from a small town with a [C]very large imagination[G]
Lay alone is his room with his radio on, l[G/B]ooking for another st[D]ation
When the [G]static from the mouthpiece gave[C] way to the soun[G]d below
James Dean went out to Hollywood and put his pi[D]cture in a picture s[G]how
James Dean went out to Hollywood and put his pi[D]cture in a picture sho[G]w
CHORUS:
And it's O[G]h Daddy get offa your knees
[C]Mama why'd you have to [G]go
Your [G/B]Darlin Jim is out on a limb
I put my [D]picture in a picture sh[G]ow whoa-oh
My p[D]icture in a picture sho[G]w
Hamburgers Cheeseburger, Wilbur and Orville Wright
John Garfield is the afternoon, Montgomery Cift at night
When the static hit the mouthpiece it gave way to the sound below
James Dean went out to Hollywood and put his picture in a picture show
CHORUS
SOLO (VERSE chords)
A Mocca Man in a wigwam sitting on a reservation
With a big black hole in the belly of his soul waiting on an explanation
While the white man sits on his fat can and takes pictures of the navajo
Everytime he clicks his Kodak pics he steals a little bit of soul
Everytime he clicks his Kodak pics he steals a little bit of soul
CHORUS
SOLO
A [G]young man from a small town with a[C] very large imagination[G]
NOTE: I'm sure about most of it, but there are a couple grey areas. Corrections welcome.
INTRO: G
A[G] young man from a small town with a [C]very large imagination[G]
Lay alone is his room with his radio on, l[G/B]ooking for another st[D]ation
When the [G]static from the mouthpiece gave[C] way to the soun[G]d below
James Dean went out to Hollywood and put his pi[D]cture in a picture s[G]how
James Dean went out to Hollywood and put his pi[D]cture in a picture sho[G]w
CHORUS:
And it's O[G]h Daddy get offa your knees
[C]Mama why'd you have to [G]go
Your [G/B]Darlin Jim is out on a limb
I put my [D]picture in a picture sh[G]ow whoa-oh
My p[D]icture in a picture sho[G]w
Hamburgers Cheeseburger, Wilbur and Orville Wright
John Garfield is the afternoon, Montgomery Cift at night
When the static hit the mouthpiece it gave way to the sound below
James Dean went out to Hollywood and put his picture in a picture show
CHORUS
SOLO (VERSE chords)
A Mocca Man in a wigwam sitting on a reservation
With a big black hole in the belly of his soul waiting on an explanation
While the white man sits on his fat can and takes pictures of the navajo
Everytime he clicks his Kodak pics he steals a little bit of soul
Everytime he clicks his Kodak pics he steals a little bit of soul
CHORUS
SOLO
A [G]young man from a small town with a[C] very large imagination[G]
