Having my picture taken    (intro)    (sample)

 

    C - Em - - -       C - Em - - -

 

     C                                             Em

1.      My camera sees things my eyes can't see,

C                                                  Em

    I have it focused from here to eternity.

G

    Catch the moment, catch your breath, catch the light,

                         C

    and let me freeze your frame.

G

    Synchronize machine and brain,

             Am                         F                          G

    hey, don't mind me, I'm having my picture taken.

 

    C                                                Em

2.     I can choose each day who I want to be,

C                                                          Em

    you can choose each day who you want to see.

G                           

    We'll pan the rounds and we’ll scan the crowds

                        C

    of all those distant scenes,

G

    Immortalize a slice of time,

            Am                          F                          G

    hey, don't mind me, I'm having my picture taken.

 

     Am

    Flash: another instant in an instamatic.

       G

    Click: another reflex set on automatic.

     Am

    Snap: another moment of the life dramatic.

             F                                                        G                

    You really should have been there, it was so fantastic,

                        G7

    so fantastic, so fantastic.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 F                                           G

Ohoo, I'm having my picture taken.

 F                                           D

Ohoo, I'm having my picture taken.

 F                                           G

Ohoo, I'm having my picture taken.

 F                                           G

Ohoo, I'm having my picture taken.

 

+ instrumental = verse 1 : C - Em - C - Em   - G - C - G - Am - F - G

 

     Am

    Flash: another instant in an instamatic.

       G

    Click: another reflex set on automatic.

     Am

    Snap: another moment of the life dramatic.

             F                                                        G                

    You really should have been there, it was so fantastic,

                        G7

    so fantastic, so fantastic.

 

 F                                           G

Ohoo, I'm having my picture taken.

 F                                           G

Ohoo, I'm having my picture taken.

 F                                           G

Ohoo, I'm having my picture taken.

 F                                           G            - C

Ohoo, I'm having my picture taken.

 

    (spoken : ) Oh, magic job, best I've ever done !

 

 

(orig. = capo 4th)    (Boomtown Rats)