Picture Elvis


    This song is pretty easy to play, and it sounds great.  The intro is played on piano and is followed by a common riff on guitar.  This riff appears throughout the song.  It is one note (E) played using a rather unique rhythm that I couldn't explain, but you can figure it out...it's pretty easy.  The note is played:

D--14---

   Because this riff appears often, I will identify it like so:

D--%---



Intro:  (After piano)

E---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B--------------------------------------------------------------------12-12-12-12--------------------------
G---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D--%-----------------------------%---------------------------14-----------------------------%-------------
A--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   She breathes through the book  measures a picture then                   picks up a knife




E------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B-------------------------------12-12-12-12---------------------------------------------
G--------------------------------------------------------9----------------------11-----
D---------------------------14--------------------------9----------------------11-----
A--------------------------------------------------------7-----------------------9-------
E--------------------------------------------------------7-----------------------9-------

  Cuts it to wallet size                    now she has lived,  now she has breathed


E------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G------------12------------------14------------------------0--------0-----0-----------
D------------12------------------14-------------------14------12------11----9--7--5--
A------------10------------------12--------------------------------------------------
E------------10------------------12--------------------------------------------------

Now she's tasted heaven but the trip doesn't sting


E---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B------------------------------------------0------0-----0-----0-------------------------------
G-------9----------------------7-------------------------------------------9--9--9--9--9--
D-------9----------------------7--------14----12----14----14---------------9--9--9--9--9--
A-------7----------------------5-------------------------------------------7--7--7--7--7--
E-------7----------------------5-------------------------------------- ----7--7--7--7--7--
 
 And all she wanted was a photograph                             Alright


Repeat the same pattern for the second verse.  


Third Part:

E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G--9---------------------------------------------7----------------------------------------------------------
D--9---------------------------------------------7----------------------------------------------------------
A--7---------------------------------------------5----------------------------------------------------------
E--7---------------------------------------------5----------------------------------------------------------

 Mask of the city hangs in mock deliberation, I step outside the wire while the sun strips off my cocaine,
  Bent like a banshee......cup is overflowing, another brutal ending they say

E--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G--9-------------------9-----------------------------14---------12-----9----14--
D--9-------------------9-----------------------------14---------12-----9----14--
A--7-------------------7-----------------------------12---------10-----7----12---
E--7-------------------7-----------------------------12---------10-----7----12---

 I'm an animal story telling ah, ah ah ah ha, oh ah ah ha, ha ha ha ha how


Repeat verse 1 until "All she wanted was a photograph" .  The ending goes like so:

E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B----------------------------------0-----0----0-------------------------------------
G-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D------------------------------14---12---14--14-----------------------------------


   All she wanted was a photograph                All she wanted was a photograph

E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B--17--0--15--0--14--0--12--10--8----------------------------------17-0-15--0--17-0-17----------------------
G-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

                                           All she wanted was a photograph


E--10------------------------------7---
B--10------------------------------7---
G--12------------------------------9---
D--12------------------------------9---
A--10------------------------------7----
E--10------------------------------7----

  All she wanted was a photograph yea


TABBED BY JOHNNIE K.