---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Taking a Walk - John Prine ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Email: Dlgibson@netscape.com Tuning: Standard Artist: John Prine Album: Fair and Square Year: 2005 Intro: GBCD GBCD GBCD GBCD 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 D G Dm 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 B Em 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 D G BD 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 B Em Upsets my constitution beyond its mortal frame C D Oo-oo a-ha G Dm I'm taking a walk G Dm I'm going outside G BD I'm watching the birds G Dm I'm just getting by Break: GBCD GBCD GBCD GBCD BEm BEm BEm CD G Bm C Found a card in the pocket D G Dm Of my worn out overalls G Bm C From a girl in Cedar Rapids D G BD Now residing in Idaho Falls B Em I wish you could have been there when she opened up the door B Em And looked me in the face like she never did before B Em I felt about as welcome as a Wal-Mart Superstore C D 0o-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 don't need a ride G BD I'm watching the birds G Dm Flying so high