Standard Tuning
[Intro]
E B B F# (x2)
E B G#m F# (x2)
[Verse 1]
E
All these kinds of places
B
Make it seem like it's been ages
G#m F#
Tomorrow's sun with buildings scrape the sky
E
I love this country dearly
B
I can feel the lighter clearly
G#m F#
But never thought I'd be alone to try
E
Once I was outside that station
B
Selling red and white carnations
G#m F#
You were still alone, my wife and I
E
Before we marry, save my money
B
Brought my dear wife over
G#m F#
Now I want to bring my family state side
[Chorus 1]
E B
To rock the boat they sail a while
F#
Then scatter cross the course
E B F#
Once a year I'll see them for a week or so at most
E B G#m F#
I took a walk
[Verse 2]
E
Practice isn't perfect
B
With the market cuts and loss
G#m F#
I remind myself that times could be much worse
E
My wife won't ask me questions
B
It was not so much to ask
G#m F#
And she'll never flaunt around an empty purse
E
Once my money lacking
B
Just to stay a couple nights
G#m F#
In the silence she will stay the rest of her life
E B
I watch my little children, play some board game in the kitchen
G#m F#
And I sit and pray they never feel my strife.
[Chorus 2]
E B F#
But then my partner called to say the pension funds were gone
E B
He made some bad investments
F#
Now the counts are overdrawn
E B G#m F#
I took a walk
[Verse 3]
C#m D#m E
Honey it's this loan I think I borrowed just to much
C#m D#m
We had taxes we had bills
E
We had a lifestyle of fun
C#m D#m
And tonight I swear I'll come home
E F#
And we'll make love like we're young
C#m D#m
And tomorrow you'll cook dinner
E F#
For the neighbors and the kids
C#m D#m
We could rent the part of socialists
E F#
And all their damn taxes
C#m D#m
You'll see I am no criminal
[Chorus 3]
E F#
I'm down on both bad ends
C#m D#m
I'm just too much a coward
E F#
To admit when I'm in need
E B G#m F#
I took a walk
End on E
