Chords for Walkin' on a Thin Line, Huey Lewis and The News, at Artpark July 3,2012
Tempo:
123.95 bpm
Chords used:
A
D
G
F#m
E
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[A] [F#m] I'm not gonna lie.
[D]
[A] [F#m] [D] ♪
[A] [F#m] [D]
[A] Sometimes [F#m] [D] if I'm mad at them ♪
♪ I'll curse them like it, I'll pay for it ♪
♪ But sometimes when I'm in a state of [A] consolation ♪
♪ I'm always [F#m] scared that I might not [D] come
[A] home ♪
♪ I don't [D] see the one in my room anymore [A] ♪
♪ I'm bleeding [D] to sweat, running off the line ♪
♪ [A] Guessing they [F#m] ain't the same [D]
♪
[G] ♪ You thought you'd help [A] me on the phone next time ♪
♪
[G]
You thought you'd stop what [E] I was fighting for ♪
[A] ♪ Walking on a thin [G] line, straight off the [D] sunken level of street ♪
♪ Loose on the streets [A] of Missouri, walking on a thin [G] line ♪
♪ Every other time, [D] take a look at my face ♪
♪ I see what is true in [A] the mirror ♪
[E] [F#m] [D] ♪ [A] [F#] [D]
[A] [F#m] [D]
[A] [F#m] [D]
[A] Taught me [D] how to shoot and kill, [A] [F#] especially when it's [D] really devastating ♪
♪ [A] You [F#] said I needed [D] to fake, to be [A] a survivor [F#m] ♪
♪ [A] [D] Somebody said, [A] [D] sometime it don't really get that big ♪
♪ [A] Guessing they [D] were the same in the beginning ♪
♪ You thought [F#m] you'd help me [D] on the phone next [G] time ♪
♪ You thought [A] you'd stop what [G]
[E] I was fighting for ♪
♪ [A] Walking on a thin [G] line, straight off the [D] sunken level of street ♪
♪ Loose on the streets [A] of Mississippi, [D]
[A] walking on a thin [G] line ♪
♪ Every other time, [D] take a look at my face, I see what is touching me [A] ♪
[G]
[D]
[A]
[G]
[D]
[A]
♪ You thought [C#]
you'd help me [A] on the phone next time, you [G] thought you'd stop what I [E] was fighting for
[A] ♪
♪ Walking on a thin [G] line, [D] straight off the sunken level of street ♪
♪ Loose on the streets [A] of Mississippi, [D] [A]
walking on a thin line ♪
[G] ♪ Every other time, [D] take a look at my face, I see what is [A] touching me [D]
[A] ♪
♪ Walking on a thin [G] line, you on a thin [D] line, walking on [A] a thin [D]
[A]
[G]
[D]
[A] [D]
[A]
[G]
[D]
line ♪
♪ Walking on a thin line, you on a thin line, walking on a thin line ♪
[A] [D] [A]
[G]
[D]
[A] [D]
[A]
[D]
[A] [F#m] [D] ♪
[A] [F#m] [D]
[A] Sometimes [F#m] [D] if I'm mad at them ♪
♪ I'll curse them like it, I'll pay for it ♪
♪ But sometimes when I'm in a state of [A] consolation ♪
♪ I'm always [F#m] scared that I might not [D] come
[A] home ♪
♪ I don't [D] see the one in my room anymore [A] ♪
♪ I'm bleeding [D] to sweat, running off the line ♪
♪ [A] Guessing they [F#m] ain't the same [D]
♪
[G] ♪ You thought you'd help [A] me on the phone next time ♪
♪
[G]
You thought you'd stop what [E] I was fighting for ♪
[A] ♪ Walking on a thin [G] line, straight off the [D] sunken level of street ♪
♪ Loose on the streets [A] of Missouri, walking on a thin [G] line ♪
♪ Every other time, [D] take a look at my face ♪
♪ I see what is true in [A] the mirror ♪
[E] [F#m] [D] ♪ [A] [F#] [D]
[A] [F#m] [D]
[A] [F#m] [D]
[A] Taught me [D] how to shoot and kill, [A] [F#] especially when it's [D] really devastating ♪
♪ [A] You [F#] said I needed [D] to fake, to be [A] a survivor [F#m] ♪
♪ [A] [D] Somebody said, [A] [D] sometime it don't really get that big ♪
♪ [A] Guessing they [D] were the same in the beginning ♪
♪ You thought [F#m] you'd help me [D] on the phone next [G] time ♪
♪ You thought [A] you'd stop what [G]
[E] I was fighting for ♪
♪ [A] Walking on a thin [G] line, straight off the [D] sunken level of street ♪
♪ Loose on the streets [A] of Mississippi, [D]
[A] walking on a thin [G] line ♪
♪ Every other time, [D] take a look at my face, I see what is touching me [A] ♪
[G]
[D]
[A]
[G]
[D]
[A]
♪ You thought [C#]
you'd help me [A] on the phone next time, you [G] thought you'd stop what I [E] was fighting for
[A] ♪
♪ Walking on a thin [G] line, [D] straight off the sunken level of street ♪
♪ Loose on the streets [A] of Mississippi, [D] [A]
walking on a thin line ♪
[G] ♪ Every other time, [D] take a look at my face, I see what is [A] touching me [D]
[A] ♪
♪ Walking on a thin [G] line, you on a thin [D] line, walking on [A] a thin [D]
[A]
[G]
[D]
[A] [D]
[A]
[G]
[D]
line ♪
♪ Walking on a thin line, you on a thin line, walking on a thin line ♪
[A] [D] [A]
[G]
[D]
[A] [D]
[A]
Key:
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F#m
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[A] _ _ _ [F#m] I'm not gonna lie.
[D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ [F#m] _ [D] ♪ _
_ _ [A] _ _ [F#m] _ _ [D] _ _
[A] Sometimes _ _ [F#m] _ [D] if I'm mad at them ♪
♪ I'll curse them like it, I'll pay for it ♪
♪ But sometimes when I'm in a state of [A] consolation _ ♪
♪ I'm always [F#m] scared that I might not [D] come _
_ _ [A] home ♪
♪ I don't [D] see the one in my room anymore [A] ♪
♪ I'm bleeding [D] to sweat, running off the line ♪
♪ [A] Guessing they [F#m] ain't the same [D] _
♪
_ [G] _ _ _ _ ♪ You thought you'd help [A] me on the phone next time ♪
♪ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
You thought you'd stop what [E] I was fighting for ♪
[A] ♪ _ _ Walking on a thin [G] line, _ _ _ straight off the [D] sunken level of street ♪
♪ Loose on the streets [A] of Missouri, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ walking on a thin [G] line ♪
♪ Every other time, [D] take a look at my face ♪
♪ I see what is true in [A] the mirror ♪ _
_ [E] _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ [D] ♪ _ _ _ [A] _ [F#] _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ [F#m] _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ [F#m] _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [A] _ Taught me [D] how to shoot and kill, _ [A] _ [F#] especially when it's [D] really devastating ♪
♪ [A] You [F#] said I needed [D] to fake, to be [A] a survivor [F#m] _ _ ♪
♪ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [D] _ Somebody said, _ _ [A] _ [D] sometime it don't really get that big ♪
♪ [A] Guessing they [D] were the same in the beginning ♪
♪ You thought [F#m] you'd help me [D] on the phone next [G] time ♪
♪ _ _ You thought [A] you'd stop _ _ _ what _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] I was fighting for ♪
♪ _ [A] _ _ _ _ Walking on a thin [G] line, _ _ straight off the [D] sunken level of street ♪
♪ Loose on the streets [A] of Mississippi, _ _ [D] _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ walking on a thin [G] line ♪
♪ Every other time, [D] take a look at my face, I see what is touching me _ [A] ♪ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
♪ You thought [C#] _ _ _ _ _ _
you'd help me [A] on the phone next time, _ you [G] thought you'd stop _ _ what I [E] was fighting for _
_ [A] _ ♪
♪ Walking on a thin [G] line, _ _ _ [D] straight off the sunken level of street ♪
♪ Loose on the streets [A] of Mississippi, _ _ [D] _ [A] _
_ _ walking _ _ _ on a thin line ♪
[G] _ _ ♪ Every other time, [D] take a look at my face, I see what is [A] touching me _ [D] _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ ♪
♪ Walking on a thin [G] line, _ _ _ you on a thin [D] line, _ _ _ _ walking on [A] a thin _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
line ♪
♪ Walking on a thin line, you on a thin line, walking on a thin line ♪
[A] _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
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[D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ [F#m] _ [D] ♪ _
_ _ [A] _ _ [F#m] _ _ [D] _ _
[A] Sometimes _ _ [F#m] _ [D] if I'm mad at them ♪
♪ I'll curse them like it, I'll pay for it ♪
♪ But sometimes when I'm in a state of [A] consolation _ ♪
♪ I'm always [F#m] scared that I might not [D] come _
_ _ [A] home ♪
♪ I don't [D] see the one in my room anymore [A] ♪
♪ I'm bleeding [D] to sweat, running off the line ♪
♪ [A] Guessing they [F#m] ain't the same [D] _
♪
_ [G] _ _ _ _ ♪ You thought you'd help [A] me on the phone next time ♪
♪ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
You thought you'd stop what [E] I was fighting for ♪
[A] ♪ _ _ Walking on a thin [G] line, _ _ _ straight off the [D] sunken level of street ♪
♪ Loose on the streets [A] of Missouri, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ walking on a thin [G] line ♪
♪ Every other time, [D] take a look at my face ♪
♪ I see what is true in [A] the mirror ♪ _
_ [E] _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ [D] ♪ _ _ _ [A] _ [F#] _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ [F#m] _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ [F#m] _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [A] _ Taught me [D] how to shoot and kill, _ [A] _ [F#] especially when it's [D] really devastating ♪
♪ [A] You [F#] said I needed [D] to fake, to be [A] a survivor [F#m] _ _ ♪
♪ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [D] _ Somebody said, _ _ [A] _ [D] sometime it don't really get that big ♪
♪ [A] Guessing they [D] were the same in the beginning ♪
♪ You thought [F#m] you'd help me [D] on the phone next [G] time ♪
♪ _ _ You thought [A] you'd stop _ _ _ what _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] I was fighting for ♪
♪ _ [A] _ _ _ _ Walking on a thin [G] line, _ _ straight off the [D] sunken level of street ♪
♪ Loose on the streets [A] of Mississippi, _ _ [D] _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ walking on a thin [G] line ♪
♪ Every other time, [D] take a look at my face, I see what is touching me _ [A] ♪ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
♪ You thought [C#] _ _ _ _ _ _
you'd help me [A] on the phone next time, _ you [G] thought you'd stop _ _ what I [E] was fighting for _
_ [A] _ ♪
♪ Walking on a thin [G] line, _ _ _ [D] straight off the sunken level of street ♪
♪ Loose on the streets [A] of Mississippi, _ _ [D] _ [A] _
_ _ walking _ _ _ on a thin line ♪
[G] _ _ ♪ Every other time, [D] take a look at my face, I see what is [A] touching me _ [D] _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ ♪
♪ Walking on a thin [G] line, _ _ _ you on a thin [D] line, _ _ _ _ walking on [A] a thin _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
line ♪
♪ Walking on a thin line, you on a thin line, walking on a thin line ♪
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