
Smile Pictures Or It Didnt Happen
Amanda Palmer
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Tom : G
G
Smile
C
You can forget about your life
G
Smile
C
You can forget about your life
F C
The truth will follow you
F C
The truth will follow you
F C
The proof will swallow you up
F
Holy shit, you got some action
(stop strumming)
Pictures or it didn't happen
[Trecho 2x]
G
Smile, smile
C
Your teeth are broke and it's all right
F C
They'll break the best of you
F C
They'll break the best of you
F C
It makes you beautiful
F
So fists into the lips of fashion
(stop strumming)
Pictures or it didn't happen
C D
I had such an awful dream last night
C D
Everybody's faces were too tight
C D
Please don't leave me in this nightless light
C D
God, I'm gonna miss you when you
G
Smile
C
The end is near and it's high time
G
Smile, smile, smile
C
The end is near and it's high time
F C
The light's amazing, man
F C
So time your Instagram
F C
The rapture swallowing the
F
Land, but we're the last ones laughing
Pictures or it didn't happen
(stop strumming)
Get it 'cause we'll all be dead
And no one dead can use a camera
C D
I had such an awful dream last night
C D
Everybody's faces went all white
C
Everybody in the world was either
Getting killed or getting footage of the killing
D
That they sent to surgeons working in the sky
C
I don't wanna
D
I don't wanna go to
C
I don't wanna go to Cali
D
I don't wanna go to California
C D
I don't want to die
C D
I don't want to die
C D
I don't want to die
(C until end)
Thanks to 88BlackBat88 at The Shadowbox for posting the chords. He deserves all
the credit, I just compiled it together with the lyrics for easier reading/
performing. If you see him around, tell him thanks!
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