Hank Williams - A Picture From Life's Other Side Lyrics
Recorded by hank williams, sr.Arranged by hank williams, sr.Capo: 2nd fret/key: e/play: d[d] in the worlds mighty gallery of picturesHang the [g] scenes that are painted from life [d]Theres pictures of love and of passionThen theres [e7] pictures of peace and of [a7] strifeThere hang [d] pictures of youth and of beautyOf old [g] age and the blushing young [d] brideThey all [g] hang on the wall - but the [d] saddest of allAre the [a7] pictures from lifes other [d] side.[d] just a picture from lifes other sideSome-[g] one has fell by the way [d]A life has gone out with the tideThat [e7] might have been happy some [a7] dayTheres a [d] poor old mother at homeShes [g] watching and waiting a-[d] loneJust [g] longing to hear - from a [d] loved one so dearIts just a [a7] picture from lifes other [d] side.The first scene is that of a gamblerWho had lost all his money at playAn he draws his dead mothers ring from his fingerThat she wore long ago on her wedding dayIts his last earthly treasure, but he stakes itThen he bows his head that his shame he may hideBut, when they lifted his head - they found he was deadThats just a picture from lifes other side.Now the last scene is that by the riverOf a heart-broken mother and babeAs the harbor lights shine and they shiverOn an outcast whom no one will saveAnd yet, she was once a true womanShe was somebodys darlin and prideGod help her, she leaps - for theres no one to weepIts just a picture from lifes other side.Extra verse:The next was a scene of two brothersWhose pathways so diffrent had ledOne lived the life of a rich manThe other one begged for his breadThen one night they met on the highwayYour money or life, the thief criedAnd then with his knife - took his own brothers lifeIts just a picture from lifes other side.
