D
In the world's mighty gall'ry of pictures
G D
Hang scenes that are painted from life
There's pictures of joy and of sorrow
E A
There's pictures of peace and of strife
D
There's pictures of youth and beauty
G D
Old age and the blushing young bride
G D
All hang on the wall, but the saddest of all
A D
Is a picture from life's other side.
D
Just a picture from life's other side
G D
Someone who fell by the way
A life has gone out with the tide
E A
That may have been happy one day
D
Some poor old mother at home
G D
Is watching and waiting alone
G D
Just longing to hear from her loved ones so dear
A D
It's a picture from life's other side.
The first scene is that of a gambler
Who lost all his money at play
Draws his dead mother's ring from his finger
That she wore on her wedding day
His last earthly treasure, he stakes it
Bows his head that his shame he might hide
When they lifted his head, they found he was dead
It's a picture from life's other side..
The next scene is that of two brothers
Whose paths in life different ways led
The one was a-livin' in luxury
While t'other one begged for his bread
One dark night they met on a high3way
"Your money or life" the thief cried
Then he took with his knife his dear brother's life
It's a picture from life's other side.
The next scene is down by the river
A heart-broken mother and child
The old harbor lights stand and shiver
On an outcast that no one will save
Perhaps she was once a good woman
Somebody's darlin' and pride
God help her, she leaps, there is no one to weep
It's a picture from life's other side.