Kodachrome Chords

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Difficulty:	intermediate
Tuning:	E A D G B E
Capo:	no capo

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Chords

F#m

Emaj7

C#m

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[Verse 1]
 
E                                              A
When I think back on all the crap I learned in high school. 
F#m          B               E   F#m  B  E
Its a wonder I can think at all.      
     E                    E7            A
and though my lack of education hasn't hurt me none. 
F#m              B               E
I can read the writing on the wall
 
 
[Chorus]
 
     A    C# F#                 Bm            E
Kodachro  oh  ohm give us those nice bright colors 
              A          D
give us the greens of summers 
                 B      E              A  C# F#
makes you think all the worlds a sunny day oh  ya
          Bm       E
I got a  Nikon  camera 
                     A       D
I love to take the photographs
                 B     E            A C#  F#  B
so momma don't take my kodachrome away
 
 
[Verse 2]
 
             E            E7               A
If you took all the girls I new when I was single
F#m                 B               E    F#m  B
and brought em all together for one night
            E     Emaj7    E7          A
I know they never match my sweet imagination
F#m                  B                  E    E7
and everything looks worse in black and white
 
 
[Chorus]
 
      A   C# F#                 Bm            E
Kodachro  oh  ohm give us those nice bright colors 
              A          D
give us the greens of summers 
                B       E              A   C#  F#
makes you think all the worlds a sunny day oh  ya
         Bm      E
I got a  Nikon  camera 
                   A         D
I love to take the photographs
                 B     E            A    C#m   F#m
so momma don't take my kodachrome away
 
 
[Outro]
 
            A         C#m       F#m
momma don't take my kodachrome away     
 
play this the rest of the song
 
A    C#m   F#m
 
(and after 4 measures make it faster)
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14 comments

I agree with the missing A chords. In the beginning of the chorus the chords are A C#7 F#7. At the end of the chorus they are A C#m F#m. In the beginning of the verse the chords are E Emaj7 E7.

I think you might be missing some A chords in the 1st line of the 1st verse and the 1st and 3rd lines of the second verse. But otherwise, it sound right on.

Sounds good. 5 stars.