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From: "David Winthrop" 
Date:          Thu, 4 Jan 1996 13:53:54 +0000
Subject:       CRD: "Walk Away" by Squeeze

"Walk Away"  by Squeeze (Difford/Tilbrook)

from "Ridiculous"


Intro  G Bm G Bm
GA (320003@1)black and white photograph
   Bmof (x24432@1)me up the garden path
Gwrapped (320003@1)up in my football scarf
   Bmit (x24432@1)sits here in my hand
Gand (320003@1)there mother smothered me
    Bmand (x24432@1)how she would mother me
    Gshe (320003@1)knew how to suffer me
     Bmlike (x24432@1)all mothers can
F (133211@1)        CNow (x32010@1)she is everywhere
    Am (x02210@1)                   G#the (xx1114@1)comb that runs through my hair
Eb (x43121@3)       Cmmy (x3101x@1)posture on a chair
    Gbut (320003@1)that's not who I am

G Bm G Bm

GHe (320003@1)ran from the arguments
    Bmand (x24432@1)sat on the garden fence
    Gand (320003@1)lived in the passing tense
     Bmthat (x24432@1)fell from her lips
Ghe (320003@1)tended the house so well
    Bmand (x24432@1)each time she rang his bell
     Ghe'd (320003@1)climb back from where he fell
    Bmand (x24432@1)gathered his wits
F (133211@1)            CNow (x32010@1)I fear the mold is mine
  Am (x02210@1)      G#a (xx1114@1)vibration shakes my spine
Eb (x43121@3)          Cmas (x3101x@1)I walk the crooked line
  Greality (320003@1)hits

CHORUS
               E (022100@1)          GC ASo (x02220@1)let me walk free from you
                E (022100@1)        GC AI (x02220@1)know that you want me to
           E (022100@1)           GC Alet (x02220@1)me try something new
             Bblet (x1333x@1)me walk away
BbIf (x1333x@1)it's not one thing it's your mother
F (133211@1)            Chow (x32010@1)I love her how I love her
Chow (x32010@1)I love her
Bbbut (x1333x@1)it's not so easy to say
Fplease (133211@1)won't you let me walk away
       C (x32010@1)              Alet (x02220@1)me walk away let me walk away

INSTRUMENTAL
A C#m Em Bm  A C#m Em Bm

ASo (x02220@1)let me walk on my own
    C#mand (x13321@4)finish my ice cream cone
   Emif (022000@1)we are to make it home
     Bmthen (x24432@1)all will be well
Alook (x02220@1)see I'm a father now
    C#mI'm (x13321@4)raising my own eyebrow
    Emand (022000@1)being in my own row
    Bmand (x24432@1)making life hell
F (133211@1)            CThis (x32010@1)is me see here I am
Am (x02210@1)           G#doing (xx1114@1)the best that I can
Eb (x43121@3)            Cmthis (x3101x@1)life has a subtle plan
    Gbut (320003@1)you couldn't tell

REPEAT CHORUS

David Winthrop
davidwin@i-2000.com