C​​​​​ – – – – – Kodachrome, Paul Simon

When I think [C] back on all the CRAP I learned in [F] high school
[Dm] It’s a wonder [G] I can think at [C] all
Though my [C] lack of education hasn’t [F] hurt me none
[Dm] I can read the [G] writing on the [C] wall

[F,A7,D] Kodachrome, they give us those [Bb] nice bright [C] colors
They give us the [F] greens of [Dm] summers
Makes you think [Bb] all the [C] world’s a sunny [F] day, [A7] oh [D] yeah
I got a [Gm] Nikon [C] camera, I love to take a [F] photograph[Dm]
So [Bb] mama don’t take my [C] Kodachrome [F] away

If you took [C] all the girls I knew when I was [F] single
[Dm] Brought ’em all [G] together for one [C] night
I know they’d [C] never match my sweet [F] imagination
[Dm] Everything looks [G] better in black and [C] white

[CHORUS]

Mama don’t take my Kodachrome away, mama don’t take my Kodachrome away
Mama don’t take my Kodachrome away

Mama don’t take my Kodachrome and leave your boy so far from home
Mama don’t take my Kodachrome away
Mama don’t take my Kodachrome, whew whew, mama don’t take my Kodachrome away

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