Intro:
E B B Gb
E B B Gb
E B Abm Gb
E B Abm Gb
Verse:
E
All these kinds of places
B
Make it seem like it's been ages
Abm Gb
Tommorrow some new building will scrape the sky
E
I love this country dearly
B
I can feel the ladder clearly
Abm Gb
But I never thought I'd be alone to try
Verse:
E
Once I was outside Penn station
B
Selling red and white carnations
Abm Gb
We were still alone, my wife and I
E
Before we marry, save my money
B
Brought my dear wife over
Abm Gb
Now I want to bring my family state side
Chorus:
E B
But off the boat they sail a while
Gb
Then scatter cross the course
E B Gb
Once a year I'll see them for a week or so at most
E B Abm Gb
I took a walk
Verse:
E
Practice isn't perfect
B
With the market cuts and loss
Abm Gb
I remind myself that times could be much worse
E
My wife won't ask me questions
B
It was not so much to ask
Abm Gb
And she'll never flaunt around an empty purse
Verse:
E
Once my mother-in-law came
B
Just to stay a couple nights
Abm Gb
Then decided she will stay the rest of her life
E B
I watch my little children, play some board game in the kitchen
Abm Gb
And I sit and pray they never feel my strife.
Chorus:
E B Gb
But then my partner called to say the pension funds were gone
E B
He made some bad investments
Gb
Now the counts are overdrawn
E B Abm Gb
I took a walk
Bridge:
Dbm Ebm E
Honey it's this loan I think I borrowed just too much
Dbm Ebm
We had taxes we had bills
E
We had a lifestyle of fun
Dbm Ebm
And tonight I swear I'll come home
E Gb
And we'll make love like we're young
Dbm Ebm
And tomorrow you'll cook dinner
E Gb
For the neighbors and the kids
Dbm Ebm
We can rip apart those socialists
E Gb
And all their damn taxes
Dbm Ebm
You'll see I am no criminal
E Gb
I'm down on both bad knees
Dbm Ebm
I'm just too much a coward
E Gb
To admit when I'm in need
E B Abm Gb
I took a walk
Outro: E
