Taking a Walk
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Taking a Walk - John Prine
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Email: Dlgibson@netscape.com
Tuning: Standard
Artist: John Prine
Album: Fair and Square
Year: 2005
Intro:
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G Bm C
A man came to our house
D G Dm
I believe it was yesterday
G Bm C
I would have invited him in
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But I didn't have a lot to say
B Em
His anticipation of me opening the door
B Em
Outweighed my apprehension as it never had before
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And drove my concentration right through that hardwood floor
C D
Oo-oo a-ha
G Dm
I'm taking a walk
G Dm
I'm going outside
G Dm
I'm taking a walk
G Dm
I'm just getting by
G Bm C
There's a girl in the white house
D G Dm
I don't even know her name
G Bm C
Her disheveled appearance
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Speaks volumes of shame
B Em
It's an embarrassing situation but a situation just the same
B Em
The way she walks on others and never takes the blame
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Upsets my constitution beyond its mortal frame
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Oo-oo a-ha
G Dm
I'm taking a walk
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I'm going outside
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I'm watching the birds
G Dm
I'm just getting by
Break:
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G Bm C
Found a card in the pocket
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Of my worn out overalls
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From a girl in Cedar Rapids
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Now residing in Idaho Falls
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I wish you could have been there when she opened up the door
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And looked me in the face like she never did before
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I felt about as welcome as a Wal-Mart Superstore
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0o-oo - a-ha
G Dm
I'm taking a walk
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I'm going outside
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I'm taking a walk
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I don't need a ride
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I'm watching the birds
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Flying so high