Hank Williams - A picture from lifes other side

^DIn the world's mighty gallery of pictures Hang the ^Gscenes that are painted from ^Dlife

Then there's ^E7pictures of peace and of ^A7strife There hang ^Dpictures of youth and of beauty Of old ^Gage and the blushing young ^Dbride They all ^Ghang on the wall but the ^Dsaddest of all Are the ^A7pictures from life's other ^Dside

Some^Gone has fell by the ^Dway A life has gone out with the tide That ^E7might have been happy some ^A7day

There's a ^Dpoor old mother at home She's ^Gwatching and waiting a^Dlone Just ^Glonging to hear from a ^Dloved one so dear It's just a ^A7picture from life's other ^Dside

Who had ^Glost all his money at ^Dplay And he draws his dead mother's ring from his finger That she ^E7wore long ago on her wedding ^A7day

It's his ^Dlast earthly treasure but he stakes it Then he ^Gbows his head that his shame he may ^Dhide But when ^Gthey lifted his head they ^Dfound he was dead That's just a ^A7picture from life's other ^Dside

Of a ^Gheartbroken mother and ^Dbabe As the harbor lights shine and they shiver On an ^E7outcast whom no one will ^A7save

And yet ^Dshe was once a true woman She was ^Gsomebody's darling and ^Dpride God ^Ghelp her she leaps for there's no ^Done to weep It's just a ^A7picture from life's other ^Dside