Placebo - This Picture: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "This Picture" on your guitar with our detailed chord guide and lyrics. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

Learn This Picture Guitar Chords and Lyrics by Placebo

This section will guide you through each part of the song, providing the guitar chords placed directly above the lyrics for easy playing. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced player, these elements will help you perform "This Picture" smoothly on your guitar.

For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.

C#
I hold an image of the ashtray girl
Fm
Of cigarette burns on my chest
C#
I wrote a poem that described her world
Fm
And put our friendship to the test
A#m
And late at night whilst on all fours
Fm
She used to watch me kiss the floor
F#
What's wrong with this picture?
C#
What's wrong with this picture?

C#                    Fm
Farewell the ashtray girl
                C#
Forbidden snowflake
                      Fm
Beware this troubled world
                      A#m
Watch out for earthquakes
                 Fm
Goodbye to open sores
               F#
To broken semaphore
                  C#
You know we miss her, we miss her picture

Chorus:
F#                  C#
Sometimes it's fated
                F#
Disintegrated it
                    C#
For fear of growing old
F#                  C#
Sometimes it's fated
               F#
Assassinated it
                    C#
For fear of growing old

Farewell the ashtray girl
Angelic fruitcake
Beware this troubled world
Control your intake
Goodbye to open sores
Goodbye and furthermore
You know we miss her
We miss her picture

Chorus

F    A#m
Hang on
            F
Though we try
       A#m
It's gone
F    A#m
Hang on
            F
Though we try
      A#m
It's gone

Chorus

F#                 C#
Can't stop growing old
F#                 C#
Can't stop growing old
F#                 C#
Can't stop growing old
F#                 C#
Can't stop growing old
F#
Can't stop growing old


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

A#m

Guitar chord A#m

C#

Guitar chord C#

F

Guitar chord F

Fm

Guitar chord Fm

F#

Guitar chord F#

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play "This Picture" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "This Picture" by Placebo.