Tuning: Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb

The guitars on Henley's recording are tuned down one step. They play D but because of the guitars tuned down, one hears C#. If you don't want to take the trouble of retuning your guitar, transpose this chord sheet -2 to C and then use a capo 1st fret to match the recording. [Intro] | D | Bm | F#m | A | | D | Bm | F#m | G | [Verse 1]

^D A long, long time a^Bmgo, ^F#m When we were young and ^Apretty ^D We ruled the world, we stopped the ^Bmtime, we knew it all ^F#m We owned this ^Acity ^D Running with the ^Daugcrowd, carefree and ^Bmproud, I heard somebody ^Esay Take a ^Dpicture of this ^A Aaah, take a ^Dpicture of this

[Verse 2]

^D The years went rushing ^Bmby In the twinkling of an ^F#meye, we rolled with the ^Achanges ^D The life we knew was ^Bmgone Our friends had all moved ^F#mon, time rear^Aranges ^D But on our wedding ^Daugday They all came back to ^Bmsay, “Congratu^Elations" Take a ^Dpicture of this ^A Aaah, take a ^Gpicture of this

[Bridge]

^G Then, we raised a ^Gmfamily of our ^Down ^D7 We were so happy, baby ^G But now those ^C9kids are grown and ^Bmgone ^E

[Instrumental] | D/A | A | Gadd9 | G | [Bridge 2]

^A ^Bm I gave it^D/F# everything I ^Ghad, ^A ^Bm Through the ^Ggood times and the ^Dbad ^A ^Bm But now, I'm ^D/F#down here ^Gon the floor ^A ^Bm 'Cause I don't ^Gknow you anymore

[Verse 3]

^D Yeah, that's a suitcase,^Bm yeah, that's a ^F#mticket for a plane ^A ^D There's no one here to talk to,^Bm no ^F#mreason to remain ^A ^D When you spend all your ^Daugtime living in the past ^D6 With all those pictures that you ^Etook Here's ^Bmone more for the book^E Take a ^D/Apicture of this,^A this is me leaving G ^D Take a picture of this, this is me walking away

[Coda] | D | Dsus4 |

Take a ^Dpicture of this ^Dsus4 Take a ^Dpicture of this ^Dsus4 Take a ^Dpicture of this ^Dsus4 ^D

Don Henley - Take a picture of this