R.E.M.

^{C#m B C#m
C#m} I found this ^B photograph,
^A underneath the broken picture glass.
^C#m Tender face of ^A black and white,
^C#m Beautiful, a ^A haunting sight.
^C#m Looked into an ^B angel's smile,
^A captivated all the while.
^C#m From the hair and ^A clothes she wore,
^C#m I'd place her i ^A n between the wars.
^E Was she willing ^B when she sat
and ^A posed the pretty ^D photograph?
^E Save her flowering ^B and fair,
the ^A days to come, the ^D days to share.
^E A big ^B smile ^D for ^Dsus2 the camera,
^A how did she ^D know?
the ^E moment could ^B be lost ^D fore ^Dsus2 ver
^A for ^C#m ever more
^C#m I found this ^B photograph,
^A stashed between the old joist walls,
^C#m in a place where ^A time is lost,
^C#m lost behind, where ^A all things fall.
^C#m Broken books and ^B calendars,
^A letters script in careful hand,
^C#m music too, a ^A standard tune by
^C#m some forgotten ^A big brass band.
^E From the threshhold ^B what's to see
^A of our brave new century?
^E The television's ^B just a dream,
^A the radio, the silver screen.
^E A big ^B smile ^D for ^Dsus2 the camera,
^A how did she ^D know?
the ^E moment could ^B be lost ^D fore ^Dsus2 ver
^A for ^C#m ever more
E B D Dsus2 A D (repeats) last repeat replace last D with C#m
^E Was her childhood ^B filled with rhymes,
^A stolen hooks, ^D impassioned crimes?
^E Was she inno ^B cent or blind
^A to the cruelty ^D of her time?
^E Was she fearful ^B in her day,
^A was she hopeful, ^D did she pray?
^E Were there skele ^B tons inside,
^A family secrets, ^D sworn to hide?
^E Did she feel the ^B heat that stirs,
^A the fall from grace of ^D wayward girls?
^E Was she tempted ^B to pretend,
^A the love and laughter, ^D 'til the end?