Chords for Shawn Phillips on LIVE TV - I Took a Walk
Tempo:
111 bpm
Chords used:
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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I took a walk [C] through the fields of America
Tell you what I saw in the middle of the garbage and erotic
Saw a man in pain crying to be free
Children [G] in the rain yelling out their pleas
Saw singers on the plane using [C] harmonies
[Em] They [A] [Bm]
wanna love [G] you, [A] please be true [Bm] to thee
Oh, America, they wanna [G] love you, please [A] be true to [G] thee
Oh, America, they wanna love you, please [A] be true [F#] to thee
[C] People [D] [G] I have seen [F] in the [C] streets and communities
[G] Running in a mode of fear [F] of the violence [C] and its [G] companies
I saw a man in pain [F] [Gm] flying to the moon where the rich fill the land
Dying all too soon, I see people [G] in the [C] beds
[F] You really ought to [C] learn this, Jim
[E] Oh, [F#] [G] [A] [G]
America, they wanna love you, [A] please be true to [G] thee
Oh, America, they wanna love you, [A] please be true to [Bm] thee
Oh, America, they wanna [G] love you, [A] please [F#] be true to thee
[C] I [D] [G]
took a walk through the [F] fields [C] of [G] America
Tell you what I saw
I [F] saw a murder in a place [Am] called Atticus
I [G] saw a man called Power [F] who said, you [C] gotta fit [G] my vision
I saw a man called Law [F] who said, if you don't, I'm [C] gonna put you [Gm] in the prison
I saw a man called Peace [F] who was shaking when [C] they left the Refugee Vision
[Em] [A] [G] [D] [F#] [G] [A] [Bm]
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Oh, America, they wanna love you, [A] please be true to thee
[Bm] Oh, America, they [G] wanna love you, [A] please be true [F#] [C] to [D]
[G] [F] thee
The fields [C] of [Gm] America, they tell you what I saw
[F] I saw the blizzards [C] and the drought
[G]
I saw mountain streams [C] running free and [Gm] clear
Law's creatures of the dreams
[Fm] So beautiful, I [Gm] said, my dear
Ukraine is wondrous land
[F] It's the way [C] I like it
Please [E] [F#]
[Em] [A] [G] be [A] true to [Bm] thee
Oh, America, they [G] wanna love you, [A] please be true to thee
[Bm] Oh, America, they wanna love [G] you, [A] please be true [F#] to thee
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America!
[E] America!
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America!
[D] [A] [Bm] America!
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I took a walk [C] through the fields of America
Tell you what I saw in the middle of the garbage and erotic
Saw a man in pain crying to be free
Children [G] in the rain yelling out their pleas
Saw singers on the plane using [C] harmonies
[Em] They [A] [Bm]
wanna love [G] you, [A] please be true [Bm] to thee
Oh, America, they wanna [G] love you, please [A] be true to [G] thee
Oh, America, they wanna love you, please [A] be true [F#] to thee
[C] People [D] [G] I have seen [F] in the [C] streets and communities
[G] Running in a mode of fear [F] of the violence [C] and its [G] companies
I saw a man in pain [F] [Gm] flying to the moon where the rich fill the land
Dying all too soon, I see people [G] in the [C] beds
[F] You really ought to [C] learn this, Jim
[E] Oh, [F#] [G] [A] [G]
America, they wanna love you, [A] please be true to [G] thee
Oh, America, they wanna love you, [A] please be true to [Bm] thee
Oh, America, they wanna [G] love you, [A] please [F#] be true to thee
[C] I [D] [G]
took a walk through the [F] fields [C] of [G] America
Tell you what I saw
I [F] saw a murder in a place [Am] called Atticus
I [G] saw a man called Power [F] who said, you [C] gotta fit [G] my vision
I saw a man called Law [F] who said, if you don't, I'm [C] gonna put you [Gm] in the prison
I saw a man called Peace [F] who was shaking when [C] they left the Refugee Vision
[Em] [A] [G] [D] [F#] [G] [A] [Bm]
[G] [A] [G]
Oh, America, they wanna love you, [A] please be true to thee
[Bm] Oh, America, they [G] wanna love you, [A] please be true [F#] [C] to [D]
[G] [F] thee
The fields [C] of [Gm] America, they tell you what I saw
[F] I saw the blizzards [C] and the drought
[G]
I saw mountain streams [C] running free and [Gm] clear
Law's creatures of the dreams
[Fm] So beautiful, I [Gm] said, my dear
Ukraine is wondrous land
[F] It's the way [C] I like it
Please [E] [F#]
[Em] [A] [G] be [A] true to [Bm] thee
Oh, America, they [G] wanna love you, [A] please be true to thee
[Bm] Oh, America, they wanna love [G] you, [A] please be true [F#] to thee
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[Gm] [C]
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[E] [Fm] [Dm] [Em]
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America!
[E] America!
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America!
[D] [A] [Bm] America!
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I took a walk [C] through the fields of America
Tell you what I saw in the middle of the garbage and erotic
Saw a man in pain crying to be free
Children [G] in the rain yelling out their pleas
Saw singers on the plane using [C] _ _ harmonies _
[Em] _ _ They _ _ [A] _ [Bm] _
wanna love [G] you, [A] please be true [Bm] to thee
Oh, America, they wanna [G] love you, please [A] be true to [G] thee
Oh, America, they wanna love you, please [A] be true [F#] to thee
_ [C] People _ [D] _ _ [G] I have seen [F] in the [C] streets and communities
[G] Running in a mode of fear [F] of the violence [C] and its [G] companies
I saw a man in pain [F] [Gm] flying to the moon where the rich fill the land
_ Dying all too soon, I see people [G] in the [C] beds
[F] You really ought to [C] learn this, Jim _ _ _
_ [E] Oh, [F#] _ [G] _ [A] _ [G] _
America, they wanna love you, [A] please be true to [G] thee
Oh, America, they wanna love you, [A] please be true to [Bm] thee
Oh, America, they wanna [G] love you, [A] please _ [F#] be true to thee
[C] I _ [D] _ _ [G] _
took a walk through the [F] fields [C] of [G] America
Tell you what I saw
I [F] saw a murder in a place [Am] called Atticus
I [G] saw a man called Power [F] who said, you [C] gotta fit [G] my vision
I saw a man called Law [F] who said, if you don't, I'm [C] gonna put you [Gm] in the prison
I saw a man called Peace [F] who was shaking when [C] they left the _ Refugee Vision _
[Em] _ [A] _ [G] _ [D] _ [F#] _ [G] _ [A] _ [Bm] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [A] _ _ [G]
Oh, America, they wanna love you, [A] please be true to thee
[Bm] Oh, America, they [G] wanna love you, [A] please be true [F#] _ _ _ [C] to _ [D] _ _
[G] _ _ _ [F] thee
The fields [C] of [Gm] America, they tell you what I saw
[F] I saw the blizzards [C] and the drought
[G]
I saw mountain streams [C] running free and [Gm] clear
Law's creatures of the dreams
[Fm] So beautiful, I [Gm] said, my dear
Ukraine is wondrous land
[F] It's the way [C] I like it
_ Please _ _ [E] _ [F#] _
[Em] _ [A] _ [G] _ _ _ _ be [A] true to [Bm] thee
Oh, America, they [G] wanna love you, [A] please be true to thee
[Bm] Oh, America, they wanna love [G] you, [A] please be true [F#] to thee
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America!
_ [E] America!
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America!
_ [D] _ _ [A] [Bm] America!
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I took a walk [C] through the fields of America
Tell you what I saw in the middle of the garbage and erotic
Saw a man in pain crying to be free
Children [G] in the rain yelling out their pleas
Saw singers on the plane using [C] _ _ harmonies _
[Em] _ _ They _ _ [A] _ [Bm] _
wanna love [G] you, [A] please be true [Bm] to thee
Oh, America, they wanna [G] love you, please [A] be true to [G] thee
Oh, America, they wanna love you, please [A] be true [F#] to thee
_ [C] People _ [D] _ _ [G] I have seen [F] in the [C] streets and communities
[G] Running in a mode of fear [F] of the violence [C] and its [G] companies
I saw a man in pain [F] [Gm] flying to the moon where the rich fill the land
_ Dying all too soon, I see people [G] in the [C] beds
[F] You really ought to [C] learn this, Jim _ _ _
_ [E] Oh, [F#] _ [G] _ [A] _ [G] _
America, they wanna love you, [A] please be true to [G] thee
Oh, America, they wanna love you, [A] please be true to [Bm] thee
Oh, America, they wanna [G] love you, [A] please _ [F#] be true to thee
[C] I _ [D] _ _ [G] _
took a walk through the [F] fields [C] of [G] America
Tell you what I saw
I [F] saw a murder in a place [Am] called Atticus
I [G] saw a man called Power [F] who said, you [C] gotta fit [G] my vision
I saw a man called Law [F] who said, if you don't, I'm [C] gonna put you [Gm] in the prison
I saw a man called Peace [F] who was shaking when [C] they left the _ Refugee Vision _
[Em] _ [A] _ [G] _ [D] _ [F#] _ [G] _ [A] _ [Bm] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [A] _ _ [G]
Oh, America, they wanna love you, [A] please be true to thee
[Bm] Oh, America, they [G] wanna love you, [A] please be true [F#] _ _ _ [C] to _ [D] _ _
[G] _ _ _ [F] thee
The fields [C] of [Gm] America, they tell you what I saw
[F] I saw the blizzards [C] and the drought
[G]
I saw mountain streams [C] running free and [Gm] clear
Law's creatures of the dreams
[Fm] So beautiful, I [Gm] said, my dear
Ukraine is wondrous land
[F] It's the way [C] I like it
_ Please _ _ [E] _ [F#] _
[Em] _ [A] _ [G] _ _ _ _ be [A] true to [Bm] thee
Oh, America, they [G] wanna love you, [A] please be true to thee
[Bm] Oh, America, they wanna love [G] you, [A] please be true [F#] to thee
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America!
_ [E] America!
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America!
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