Having My Picture Taken

Boomtown Rats

Composed by: Bob Geldof / Pete Briquette
key: C#m Tuning: E A D G B E
E                        G#m
My camera sees things my eyes can't see.
E                              G#m
I have it focused from here to eternity.
B
Catch the moment, catch the light, catch your breath.
       E
Let me freeze your frame.
B 
 We'll synchronize machine and brain.


Chorus:
          C#m
But (Hey) don't mind me...
    A                 B
I'm having my picture taken.


E                           G#m
I can choose each day who I want to be.
E                               G#m
You can choose each day who you want to see.
B                                                    E
We'll scan the crowd and pan the rounds of all those distant scenes.
B
 Immortalize a slice of time.


(repeat Chorus)

Refrain:

C#m
Flash: another instant in an instamatic.
B
Click: another reflex set on automatic.
C#m
Snap: another moment of the life dramatic.
A                                        B
You really should have been there it was so fantastic.

F# G#  A                           B
        Ooooo, I'm having my picture taken.
F# G#  A                           F#
        Ooooo, I'm having my picture taken.
F# G#  A                           B
        Ooooo, I'm having my picture taken.
F# G#  A                           B
        Ooooo, I'm having my picture taken.

(guitar solo over verse and chorus)

(repeat refrain, B played in place of F#)

Coda :
E (G# F# E) E (G# F# E) E (G# F# E) (
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