Tuning: Standard
[Chords]
C#m D#m E F# Ab/Eb F#6 F#5 C#m5 Ab E8 B
e|---|---|---|---|-----|---|---|-4--|-4-|-0-|-2-|
B|-2-|-4-|-5-|-7-|--4--|-4-|-2-|-5--|-4-|-0-|-4-|
G|-1-|-3-|-4-|-6-|--4--|-3-|-3-|-6--|-4-|-1-|-4-|
D|-2-|-4-|-6-|-8-|--6--|-x-|-4-|-6--|-6-|-2-|-4-|
A|-4-|-6-|-7-|-9-|--6--|-4-|-4-|-4--|-6-|-2-|-2-|
E|---|---|---|---|-----|-2-|-2-|----|-4-|-0-|---|
[Intro]
C#m D#m E F#
E Ab/Eb F#6 F#5 (x4)
C#m5 E Ab F#5 (x2)
[Verse 1]
C#m5
All these kinds of places
E
Make it seem like it’s been ages
Ab F#5
Tomorrow’s sun will buildings scrape the sky?
C#m5
I love this country dearly
E
I can feel the latter clearly
Ab F#5
But I never thought I’d be alone to try
C#m5
Once I was outside Penn station
E
Selling red and white carnations
Ab
You were still alone,
F#5
My wife and I.
C#m5
Before we marry, save my money
E
Brought my dear wife over
Ab F#5
Now I want to bring my family state side
E Ab/Eb
Got off the boat they stayed a while
F#6 F#5
Then scattered 'cross the coast
E Ab/Eb F#6 F#5
Once a year I’ll see them for a week or so at most
[Hook]
E8
I took a walk
B
Take a walk, take a walk, take a walk
F#5 Ab
Take a walk, oh-oh-oh
Take a walk, take a walk
E8
I took a walk
B
Take a walk, take a walk, take a walk
F#5 Ab F#5
Take a walk, oh-oh-oh
[Verse 2]
C#m5
Practice isn’t perfect
E
But the markets cut a loss
Ab F#5
I remind myself that times could be much worse
C#m5
My wife won’t ask me questions
E
It was not so much to ask
Ab F#5
And she’ll never flaunt around an empty purse
C#m5
What's my mother lacking
E
Just to stay a couple nights
Ab F#5
And decided she will stay the rest of her life
C#m5 E
I watch my little children, play some board game in the kitchen
Ab F#5
And I sit and pray they never feel my strife.
E Ab/Eb F#6 F#5
But then my partner called to say the pension funds were gone
E Ab/Eb
He made some bad investments
F#6 F#5
Now the accounts are overdrawn
[Hook]
E8
I took a walk
B
Take a walk, take a walk, take a walk
F#5 Ab
Take a walk, oh-oh-oh
Take a walk, take a walk
E8
I took a walk
B
Take a walk, take a walk, take a walk
F#5 Ab F#5
Take a walk, oh-oh-oh oh-oh-oh-oh
[Bridge]
C#m D#m E
Honey it’s this loan I think I borrowed just too much
C#m D#m E
We had taxes we had bills, we had a lifestyle of fun
C#m D#m E F#
And tonight I swear I’ll come home and we’ll make love like we’re young
E Eb/Ab F#6 F#5
Tomorrow you’ll cook dinner for the neighbors and the kids
E Eb/Ab F#6 F#5
we could rip apart the socialists and all their damned taxes
E Eb/Ab F#6 F#5
You’ll see I am no criminal, I’m down on both bad knees
E Eb/Ab F#6 F#5
I’m just too much a coward to admit when I’m in need
[Hook] (x2)
E8
I took a walk
B
Take a walk, take a walk, take a walk
F#5 Ab
Take a walk, oh-oh-oh
Take a walk, take a walk
E8
I took a walk
B
Take a walk, take a walk, take a walk
F#5 Ab F#5
Take a walk, oh-oh-oh oh-oh-oh-oh
[Ending]
F#5~
