Hank Williams - Pictures from lifes other side

^GIn the world's mighty gallery of pictures Hang the ^Cscenes that are painted from ^Glife There's pictures of love and of ^Gpassion Then there's ^A7pictures of peace and of st^D7rife

There hang ^Gpictures of youth and of beauty Of old ^Cage and the blushing young ^Gbride They all ^Chang on the wall but the ^Gsaddest of all Are the ^D7pictures from life's other ^Gside

^GJust a picture from life's other side Some^Cone has fell by the ^Gway A l^Gife has gone out with the tide That ^A7might have been happy some ^D7day

There's a ^Gpoor old mother at home She's ^Cwatching and waiting a^Glone Just ^Clonging to hear from a ^Gloved one so dear It's just a ^D7picture from life's other ^Gside

The first s^Gcene is that of a gambler Who had ^Clost all his money at ^Gplay And he ^Cdraws his dead mother's ring from his ^Gfinger That she ^A7wore long ago on her wedding ^D7day

It's his ^Glast earthly treasure but he stakes it Then he ^Cbows his head that his shame he may ^Ghide But when ^Cthey lifted his head they ^Gfound he was dead That's just a ^D7picture from life's other ^Gside

The next ^Gtale is that of two brothers Who's ^Cpaths in life different ^Gled. For one was a ^Cluxury in living, but the other brother ^Gbegged for his bread Then one dark ^D7night night they met on the highway, your money or life the thief cried And then with his knife, het took his ^Gown brother's life It's just a ^D7picture from life's other ^Gside

Now the last ^Gscene is that by the river Of a ^Cheartbroken mother and ^Gbabe

On an ^A7outcast whom no one will ^D7save And yet ^Gshe was once a true woman She was ^Csomebody's darling and ^Gpride God ^Chelp her she leaps for there's no ^Gone to weep It's just a ^D7picture from life's other ^Gside.