The Kinks
Picture Book
Village Green Preservation Society (1968)

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Picture yourself when you're getting old    [riff]
Sat by the fireside pondering on

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  Picture book, pictures of your mama
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  Taken by your papa a long time ago
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  Picture book, of people with each other
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  To prove they loved each other a long time ago

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  (La la la la lala, la la la la lala)

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    Picture book    [riff]    picture book    [riff]    x

A picture of you in your birthday suit                     (haché, rembarque)
Sat in the sun on a hot afternoon

  Picture book, your mama and your papa                    w/ (la la lala)
  And fat old uncle Charlie a-boozing with their friends
  Picture book, a holiday in August
  Outside a bed and breakfast in sunny South End
  Picture Book, when you were just a baby
  Those days when you were happy a long time ago

  (La la la la lala, la la la la lala)

    Picture book  x 4  fin: w/ tierces  !

  Picture book (la la lala)            x 2
  (La la lala) scooby dooby do

  Picture book, pictures of your mama
  Taken by your papa a long time ago

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  Long time ago  x 3  yeah yeah yeah

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