Having my picture taken
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)