C*        Ab*      Db*      Fm*
Photograph, lookin' down at me
            C*      Ab*
I'm lookin' at the past
  Db*                 F*       C*     Ab*
Something about my family in high contrast
  Db*            Fm*           C*       Ab*
Something about my infancy in white and black
 Db*               F*
Something about my memories

F


[Refrain]
  F                  C                Dm
In a photograph, a portrait of the past


[Hook]
 Ab
Born in a flash

Cm Ab Db Fm Cm Ab Db F


[Verse 2]
C*    Ab*  Db* F*
Polaroid, 1954
         C*   Ab*
It was a Polaroid
Db*        F*
'55 through '56
       C*      Ab*      Db*       Fm*
We're all destroyed, Daddy was an anarchist
 Cm*      Ab*
We can't afford
 Dbmaj7           F*
Somebody catching wind of this here


[Refrain]
 F          C           Dm
Polaroid, a portrait of before


[Hook]
Ab
Born in a flash
Eb
Born in a flash
   Ab
A little piece of the past
Bm       Bdim
Born in a flash

Cm Ab Db F Cm Ab Fm Bb Ebm B Abm
Ddim Ebm Abm E G Cm Db F Cm Ab Db


[Refrain]
 F           C                Dm    D
Photograph, a portrait of the past


[Outro]
Ab
Born in a flash
Abmaj7
Born in a flash
Ab
Born in a flash
Ab
Born in a fla-