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Bad Self Portraits Chords

Music by: Lake Street Dive
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[Intro 1]
[G][C][G][C][G][Em][D]
[C]

[Verse 1]
[C]I bought [G]this camera
to take [C]pictures of [G]my love
[Em]Now that he's gone
[D]I don't have anybod[C]y
to take pictures of
Along [G]some highway
is [C]pretty good sub[G]jects
[Em]I'm gonna make mysel[D]f
make [C]use of this thing

[Verse 2]
[A]I'm taking landscapes
I'm taking still lifes
I'm taking [C]bad self por
[Bm]trait[G]s[Am]
[D]of a lonely [C]wo [G]man
[C][G][Em][D][C]

[Verse 3]
I've spent [G]my life
so [C]lost on [G]lovin'
[Em]I could have been a pa[D]int
er or a [C]president
But [G]after 25 years
I should be [C]good at [G]something
[Em]Gone are the d[D]ays of me
being so [C]innocent
[A]I'm taking night

[Verse 4]
classes
I'm making sculptures
I'm painting [C]bad self por
[Bm]trait[G]s[Am]
[D]of a lonely woman

[Verse 5]
[C]I b[G]oug[C]ht this[G] camera[Em]
[D]to[C][G][C][G]
[Em][D][C][G]
take pictures of my love
[Em]Now that he's gone
[D]I don't know what to
[C]do with this thing, well
[G]I don't c[B]are about the t[Em]ime or m[D]oney
[G]I j[C]ust never thou[Bm]ght that I'd be
[A]through with this love

[Verse 6]
[A]Stuck taking landscapes
Stuck making still lives
Stuck making sculptures
I'm out here taking [C]bad self
por[Bm]trait[G]s[Am]
[D]of a lonely woman
[C]Bad self por[Bm]traits [Am]of a lonely girl
[D]Sad [C]self por[G]tra[Am]its
[D]of a lonely [C]wo [G]man

[Outro 1]
[C][G][Em][D][C][G]
[C][G][Em][D][C][G]
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