Do You Remember Walter?

Written by Ray Davies
Demystified by Jim Smart

Intro is a C chord. It's just a C scale, starting on G.

CWalter, (x32010@1)remember when the world was young
                      Eb (x43121@3)       BbAnd (x1333x@1)all the girls knew Walter's name?
F (133211@1)                   Cm (x3101x@1)             F (133211@1)            BbWalter, (x1333x@1)isn't it a shame the way our little world has changed?
Cm7                                               D (xx0232@1)              GDo (320003@1)you remember, Walter, playing cricket in the thunder and the rain?
Cm7                                               D (xx0232@1)              GDo (320003@1)you remember, Walter, smoking cigarettes behind your garden gate?
     Ab (xx1114@1)         EbYes, (x43121@3)Walter was my mate,
    G (320003@1)              F (133211@1)                   CBut (x32010@1)Walter, my old friend, where are you now?

cool drum fill over bouncing C chord...
melody plays over C chord, then ...

Eb (x43121@3)      BbWalter's (x1333x@1)name
F (133211@1)                   Cm (x3101x@1)             F (133211@1)            BbWalter, (x1333x@1)isn't it a shame the way our little world has changed?
Cm7                                                   D (xx0232@1)              GDo (320003@1)you remember, Walter, how we said we'd fight the world so we'd be free.
Cm7                                                  D (xx0232@1)           GWe'd (320003@1)save up all our money and we'd buy a boat and sail away to sea.
     Ab (xx1114@1)         EbBut (x43121@3)it was not to be.
  G (320003@1)                F (133211@1)            CI (x32010@1)knew you then but do I know you now?
C (x32010@1)                                                  Eb (x43121@3)   BbWalter, (x1333x@1)you are just an echo of the world we knew so long ago
F (133211@1)           Cm7               F (133211@1)           BbIf (x1333x@1)you saw me now you wouldn't even know my name.
Cm7
I bet you're fat and married and
                       D (xx0232@1)             Gyou're (320003@1)always home in bed by half-past eight.
          Cm7
And if I talked about the old times
                                  D (xx0232@1)           Gyou'd (320003@1)get bored and you'll have nothing left to say.
     Ab (xx1114@1)         Eb (x43121@3)        G (320003@1)         F (133211@1)            CYes (x32010@1)people often change, but memories of people can remain.