Arranged by hank williams, sr.
Capo: 2nd fret/key: e/play: d
[d] in the worlds mighty gallery of pictures
Hang the [g] scenes that are painted from life [d]
There's pictures of love and of passion
Then there's [e7] pictures of peace and of [a7] strife
There hang [d] pictures of youth and of beauty
Of old [g] age and the blushing young [d] bride
They all [g] hang on the wall - but the [d] saddest of all
Are the [a7] pictures from lifes other [d] side.
[d] just a picture from lifes other side
Some-[g] one has fell by the way [d]
A life has gone out with the tide
That [e7] might have been happy some [a7] day
There's a [d] poor old mother at home
Shes [g] watching and waiting a-[d] lone
Just [g] longing to hear - from a [d] loved one so dear
Its just a [a7] picture from lifes other [d] side.
The first scene is that of a gambler
Who had lost all his money at play
An he draws his dead mothers ring from his finger
That she wore long ago on her wedding day
Its his last earthly treasure, but he stakes it
Then he bows his head that his shame he may hide
But, when they lifted his head - they found he was dead
That's just a picture from lifes other side.
Now the last scene is that by the river
Of a heart-broken mother and babe
As the harbor lights shine and they shiver
On an outcast whom no one will save
And yet, she was once a true woman
She was somebodys darlin and pride
God help her, she leaps - for there's no one to weep
Its just a picture from lifes other side.
Extra verse:
The next was a scene of two brothers
Whose pathways so diffrent had led
One lived the life of a rich man
The other one begged for his bread
Then one night they met on the highway
Your money or life, the thief cried
And then with his knife - took his own brothers life
Its just a picture from lifes other side.
Recorded by hank williams, sr. Arranged by hank williams, sr. Capo: 2nd fret/key: e/play: d [d] in the worlds mighty gallery of pictures Hang the [g] scenes that are painted from life [d] There's pictures of love and of passion Then there's [e7] pictures of peace and of [a7] strife There hang [d] pictures of youth and of beauty Of old [g] age and the blushing young [d] bride They all [g] hang on the wall - but the [d] saddest of all Are the [a7] pictures from lifes other [d] side. [d] just a picture from lifes other side Some-[g] one has fell by the way [d] A life has gone out with the tide That [e7] might have been happy some [a7] day There's a [d] poor old mother at home Shes [g] watching and waiting a-[d] lone Just [g] longing to hear - from a [d] loved one so dear Its just a [a7] picture from lifes other [d] side. The first scene is that of a gambler Who had lost all his money at play An he draws his dead mothers ring from his finger That she wore long ago on her wedding day Its his last earthly treasure, but he stakes it Then he bows his head that his shame he may hide But, when they lifted his head - they found he was dead That's just a picture from lifes other side. Now the last scene is that by the river Of a heart-broken mother and babe As the harbor lights shine and they shiver On an outcast whom no one will save And yet, she was once a true woman She was somebodys darlin and pride God help her, she leaps - for there's no one to weep Its just a picture from lifes other side. Extra verse: The next was a scene of two brothers Whose pathways so diffrent had led One lived the life of a rich man The other one begged for his bread Then one night they met on the highway Your money or life, the thief cried And then with his knife - took his own brothers life Its just a picture from lifes other side. Explain Request ×
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