A PICTURE I CAN'T THROW AWAY 082616 - PAPER BOATS

James Michael Taylor

A PICTURE I CAN’T THROW AWAY Key C
Capo @ 4
(Yes. It’s a true story. I changed it to 1st person. It was a friend of my brother, Joe’s.)

This audio is missing. I will have to find it in the archives or re-record it some day.

            C         G            C

I have a picture I can’t throw away
C C+ F
A pretty girl with a smile on her face
F C walk down to Am
On the back it just says 1978
C G C
I have a picture I can’t throw away

Em
I had a van. A brand new red tool box
Am
We had a date. We went out riding
Dm G
We hit the bridge. The tool box came sliding

I have a picture I can’t throw away
A pretty girl with a smile on her face
Gone. Gone. With hardly a trace
I have a picture I can’t throw away

Wheelchairs and hospitals
Too late and too little
Where is the girl
that sat in the middle
Her daddy’s best apple
Her mamma’s first fiddle

Am AmM7
When we were young what did we know
Am7 D G
There would be bruises we’d never outgrow

     C         G            C

I have a picture I can’t throw away

(C) 2016 Royal T Music

…after going thru some recovery but remaining paralyzed she went back to school and became a lawyer, but her health never was fully restored and she passed…