Verse 1:  

   D#               A#         D# 
If you walk away, I'll walk away 
        D#            A#            D# 
First tell me which road you will take 
    Cm          A#              D#             Cm 
I don't want to risk our paths crossing some day 
     D#                     A#            D# 
So you walk that way, I'll walk this way 


Verse 2: 

          D#          A#           D# 
And the future hangs over our heads 
           D#            A#         D# 
And it moves with each current event 
    Cm              A#                D#       Cm 
Until it falls all around like a cold steady rain 
       D#                A#            D# 
Just stay in when it's looking this way 


Verse 3: 

          D#           A#           D# 
And the moon's laying low in the sky 
             D#     A#           D# 
Forcing everything metal to shine 
              Cm            A#                D#          Cm 
And the sidewalk holds diamonds like the jewelry store case 
           D#                 A#          D# 
They argue walk this way, now walk this way 


Verse 4: 

         D#      A#        D# 
And Laura's asleep in my bed 
           D#       A#             D# 
As I'm leaving she wakes up and says 
       Cm             A#                 D#            Cm 
"I dreamed you were carried away on the crest of a wave 
        D#         A#           D# 
Baby don't go away, come here" 


Verse 5: 

            D#            A#               D# 
And there's kids playing guns in the street 
               D#       A#             D#      
And ones pointing his tree branch at me 
      Cm          A#             D#         Cm 
So I put my hands up I say "enough is enough, 
     D#           A#               D#                  D#7 
If you walk away, I'll walk away".....and he shot me dead 


Bridge 1: 

Cm          A#      D# 
I found a liquid cure 
Cm       A#            D# 
From my landlocked blues 
        G#   A#          D#       Cm 
It'll pass away like a slow parade 
       D#             A#            D# 
It's leaving but I don't know how soon  


Verse 6: 

         D#             A#       D# 
And the world's got me dizzy again 
                   D#            A#            D# 
You think after 22 years I'd be used to the spin 
       Cm          A#            D#           Cm 
And it only feels worse when I stay in one place 
                D#              A#          D# 
So I'm always pacing around or walking away 


Verse 7: 

           D#        A#           D# 
I keep drinking the ink from my pen 
             D#           A#                D# 
And I'm balancing history books up on my head 
        Cm         A#         D#         Cm 
But it all boils down to one quotable phrase 
        D#              A#        D# 
If you love something, give it away 


Verse 8 

        D#         A#         D# 
A good woman will pick you apart 
         D#                         A#         D# 
A box full of suggestions for your possible heart 
          Cm       A#            D#       Cm 
But you may be offended and you may be afraid 
     D#               A#          D# 
But don't walk away, don't walk away 


Verse 9: 

         D#          A#            D# 
We made love on the living room floor 
         D#                             A#        D# 
With the noise in the background of a televised war 
             Cm       A#                   D#             Cm 
And in the deafening pleasure I thought I heard someone say 
    D#              A#           D# 
"If we walk away, they'll walk away" 


verse 10: 

      D#         A#         D# 
But greed is a bottomless pit 
          D#                         A#        D# 
And our freedom's a joke we're just taking a piss 
              Cm         A#             D#         Cm 
And the whole world must watch the sad comic display 
          D#          A#              D# 
If you're still free start running away....Cause we're coming for you! 


Break 


verse 11: 

           D#            A#         D# 
I've grown tired of holding this post 
        D#                        A#           D# 
I feel more like a stranger each time I come home 
       Cm       A#             D#         Cm 
So I'm making a deal with the devils of faith 
        D#           A#       D# 
Saying "let me walk away, please" 


verse 12: 

          D#            A#           D# 
You'll be free child once you have died 
             D#                     A#           D# 
From the shackles of language and immeasurable time 
             Cm        A#           D#         Cm 
And then we can trade places, play musical grace 
       D#             A#    D# 
Till then walk away, walk away 


Bridge 2: 

Cm       A#      D# 
So I'm up at dawn 
Cm         A#      D# 
Putting on my shoes 
        G#      A#       D#       Cm 
I just want to make a clean escape 
     Cm            A#                D# 
I'm leaving but I don't know where to... 
     Cm            A#                D#   A#  D# 
I'm leaving but I don't know where to..........