Rihanna - Photographs: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "Photographs" on your guitar with our chord guide. 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.

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

Em
Here’s a little story I’ve gotta tell
Bm
About this boy I know so well
G
Back in the day was cool and all
A
Fell in love, I fell in love
Em
Thought he was the one for me
Bm
Other boys I could not see
G
And look what happened to our love
A
I’m like how could it be?

Em                         Bm
It should have been me and you
                    G
It could have been you and me
                  A                         Em
Boy you broke my heart and now I’m standing here
                    Bm
It should have been me and you
                    G
It could have been you and me
           A
Now all I got are these photographs

Chorus:
Em        Bm            G
All I’ve got, all I’ve got
          A
All I’ve got are these photographs
Em        Bm            G
All I’ve got, all I’ve got
    A              Em    Bm   G
Is nothing without you, you, you
     A              Em   Bm    G
Got nothing without you, you, you
     A
Got nothing without you

Now baby, it's killing me
I'm saying it's killing me
The fact that you ain't around
Baby, I'm falling down
I need me a remedy
Been looking for remedies
I need you to be around
Baby, I'm hurting now
I know you're a better man
When I was your girl
This land is a better land
When you're in my world
Today will be better, babe
If it were like yesterday
So happy and lovely
Hey, hey, hey

Chorus

All I’ve got are these photographs
I remember when I used to make you laugh
I don’t wanna be stuck in the past
But you’re all that I have that I had
And I don’t wanna lose what we built this far
This is me and you, you’re my superstar
I’d give anything, baby here’s my heart
My heart, my heart…

My heart don’t stop, my heart be beating over
My loving never stop, even though that it’s over
Girl I’ve been reminiscing when I play that Casanova
Way back when we was kissing on your granmomma’s sofa
Girl I got this lovey dovey o my photo album
I got them pictures back when I was rocking Calvin Klein
You had your Guess jeans on looking sexy, oh no
Girl why could it not be the one?
Why? Why? Why?
Why couldn't I be the one?
Why? Why? Why?
Why couldn’t you be the one?
Why? Why? Why?
Why couldn’t you be the one?
Why? Why? Why?

Chorus

All I've got, is nothing without...
All I've got, is nothing without...
All I've got, all I've got are these photographs...


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

A

Guitar chord A

Em

Guitar chord Em

G

Guitar chord G

Bm

Guitar chord Bm

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 "Photographs" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Photographs" by Rihanna.