Eb Bb Eb If you walk away, I'll walk away Eb Bb Eb First tell me which road you will take Cm Bb Eb Cm I don't want to risk our paths crossing some day Eb Bb Eb So you walk that way, I'll walk this way Eb Bb Eb And the future hangs over our heads Eb Bb Eb And it moves with each current event Cm Bb Eb Cm Until it falls all around like a cold steady rain Eb Bb Eb Just stay in when it's looking this way Eb Bb Eb And the moon's laying low in the sky Eb Bb Eb Forcing everything metal to shine Cm Bb Eb Cm And the sidewalk holds diamonds like the jewelry store case Eb Bb Eb They argue walk this way, now walk this way Eb Bb Eb And Laura's asleep in my bed Eb Bb Eb As I'm leaving she wakes up and says Cm Bb Eb Cm "I dreamed you were carried away on the crest of a wave Eb Bb Eb Baby don't go away, come here" Eb Bb Eb And there's kids playing guns in the street Eb Bb Eb And ones pointing his tree branch at me Cm Bb Eb Cm So I put my hands up I say "enough is enough, Eb Bb Eb If you walk away, I'll walk away" And he shot me dead Cm Bb Eb I found a liquid cure Cm Bb Eb From my landlocked blues Ab Bb Eb Cm It'll pass away like a slow parade Eb Bb Eb It's leaving but I don't know how soon Eb Bb Eb And the world's got me dizzy again Eb Bb Eb You think after 22 years I'd be used to the spin Cm Bb Eb Cm And it only feels worse when I stay in one place Eb Bb Eb So I'm always pacing around or walking away Eb Bb Eb I keep drinking the ink from my pen Eb Bb Eb And I'm balancing history books up on my head Cm Bb Eb Cm But it all boils down to one quotable phrase Eb Bb Eb If you love something, give it away Eb Bb Eb a good woman will pick you apart Eb Bb Eb a box full of suggestions for your possible heart Cm Bb Eb Cm But you may be offended and you may be afraid Eb Bb Eb But don't walk away, don't walk away Eb Bb Eb We made love on the living room floor Eb Bb Eb With the noise in the background of a televised war Cm Bb Eb Cm And in the deafening pleasure I thought I heard someone say Eb Bb Eb "If we walk away, they'll walk away" Eb Bb Eb But greed is a bottomless pit Eb Bb Eb And our freedom's a joke we're just taking a piss Cm Bb Eb Cm And the whole world must watch the sad comic display Eb Bb Eb If you're still free start running away Cause we're coming for you! Eb Bb Eb I've grown tired of holding this post Eb Bb Eb I feel more like a stranger each time I come home Cm Bb Eb Cm So I'm making a deal with the devils of faith Eb Bb Eb Saying "let me walk away, please" Eb Bb Eb You'll be free child once you have died Eb Bb Eb From the shackles of language and immeasurable time Cm Bb Eb Cm And then we can trade places, play musical grace Eb Bb Eb Till then walk away, walk away Cm Bb Eb So I'm up at dawn Cm Bb Eb Putting on my shoes Ab Bb Eb Cm I just want to make a clean escape Cm Bb Eb I'm leaving but I don't know where to I know I'm leaving but I don't know where to
