#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## From: [email protected] (Julie Hayne) Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.guitar.tablature Date: Mon, 05 Jul 1993 19:43:36 Walking on a Wire, Richard Thompson, from "Shoot Out the lights" Intro 3--3--2--0----3---| Dsus4 Cadd9 3--3-------3--3---| 0--0----------0---| 0-----------------| 2-----------------| 3-----------------| G D Em I hand you my ball and chain G D C You just hand me that Same old refrain G I'm walking on a wire D I'm walking on a wire Am G Dsus4 Cadd9 And I'm falling--- I wish I could please you tonight But my medicine just won't come right I'm walking on a wire I'm walking on a wire Am G And I'm falling--- D A Too many steps to take C#m G#m Too many spells to break Bm C# F#m Too many nights awake and no one else D A This grindstone's wearing me C#m G#m Your claws are tearing me C#m B Don't use me endlessly A Em Bm D A It's too long, Too long to myself Where's the justice, and where's the sense When all the pain's on my side of the fence I'm walking on a wire I'm walking on a wire And I'm falling---
