WASHINGTON SQUARE
COUNTING CROWS


Standard tuning - no capo (scroll down for a capo 2) 

Intro:

E - C#m - Bm - A    
E - D - A - E

E              C#m
I sold my piano
                   Bm         A
It couldn?t come with me
               E
I locked up my bedroom
                          D    A
and I walked out into the air
                E        C#m
When nothing I needed
              Bm          A
is left there behind me
                        E       D
I walk out through the shadows
   A          E
Of Washington Square

                 E      C#m             Bm         A
Now I wander the highway from Dublin to Berkeley
                 E                    D       A
and I heard the songbirds of Valley Paurine
               E          C#m
I loved like a fountain
                     Bm       A
and it left me with nothing
                     E       D       A          E
just the memories of walking through Washington Square

                   E      C#m
Now I live in the shadows
               Bm         A
where light is electric
             E
and time is a number
                D      A
that rests on a wall
             E   C#m
Nobody knows me
                  Bm      A
my friends and my family
                      E    D
are as far from this city
   A           E
as Washington Square

Harmonica solo:
E - C#m - Bm - A
E - C#m - Bm - A 
E - C#m - Bm - A
E - D - A - E                

              E           C#m
So cover this warm night
                 Bm       A
in a blanket of starlight
                     E
And I'll follow this freeway
             D         A
out into the air
                   E      C#m
in case you should wonder
              Bm         A
and wanted to find me
               E      D   A          E
I?m traveling homeward to Washington Square
               E      D(hold)        E
I?m traveling homeward to Washington Square
E - C#m - Bm - A                E - C#m - Bm - A                E - Bm - A - E
                 Washington Square             Washington Square

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Standard tuning
Capo 2

Intro:

D - Bm - Am - G    
D - C - G - D

D              Bm
I sold my piano
                   Am         G
It couldn?t come with me
               D
I locked up my bedroom
                          C    G
and I walked out into the air
                D        Bm
When nothing I needed
              Am          G
is left there behind me
                        D       C
I walk out through the shadows
   G          D
Of Washington Square

                 D      Bm              Am         G
Now I wander the highway from Dublin to Berkeley
                 D                    C       G
and I heard the songbirds of Valley Paurine
               D          Bm
I loved like a fountain
                     Am       G
and it left me with nothing
                     D       C       G          D
just the memories of walking through Washington Square

                   D      Bm
Now I live in the shadows
               Am         G
where light is electric
             D
and time is a number
                C      G
that rests on a wall
             D   Bm
Nobody knows me
                  Am      G
my friends and my family
                      D    C
are as far from this city
   G           D
as Washington Square

Harmonica solo:
D - Bm - Am - G
D - Bm - Am - G
D - Bm - Am - G    
D - C - G - D               

              D           Bm
So cover this warm night
                 Am       G
in a blanket of starlight
                     D
And I'll follow this freeway
             C         G
out into the air
                   D      Bm
in case you should wonder
              Am         G
and wanted to find me
               D      C   G          D
I?m traveling homeward to Washington Square
               D      C(hold)        D
I?m traveling homeward to Washington Square
D - Bm - Am - G                 D - Bm - Am - G                 D - Am - G - D
                 Washington Square             Washington Square