Walking On A Wire Chords by Richard And Linda Thompson

[G] _ _ _ [D] _ [G] _ _ _ [A#] _
[G] _ _ _ [C] [G] I hand you [D] my ball [Em] and chain
You [A] [G] just hand me [D] that same [C] old refrain
[Am] I'm [G] walking on a wire
[D] I'm walking on a wire
[Bm] And [Am] I'm falling
[G] I _ _ [C] _ [G] wish [D] I could please you [Em] tonight
_ _ [G] But my medicine [D] just won't [C] come right
_ [G] I'm walking on a wire
[D] I'm walking on a wire
[A] And I'm _ falling
[G] _ Too _ [D] _ [A] many steps to [C#] take
Too [G#] many spells to [Bm] break
Too [C#] many nights [F#] awake and no [F#m] one else
[D] The [A] scrying stones wear me
[C#m] The [G#] claws tear me
[C#] Don't [B] use me endlessly
[A] It's too [Em] long, [Bm] too [D] long to [Am] myself
_ _ [D] _ [Am] _ [D] _ [Cm]
[G] Where's the justice?
[D] And [Em] where's the sense?
And [G] all the pain [D] is on my [C] side of the fence _ _
[G] I'm walking on a wire
_ [D] I'm walking on a wire
[Am] And I'm falling
[A] _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _
[G] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ [D] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[D] Too [A] many steps to [C#] take
Too [G#] many spells to [B] break
[Bm] Too [C#] many nights [F#m] awake and no one else
[D] The [A] scrying stones wear me
[C#m] The [G#] claws tear me
[C#] Don't [B] use me endlessly
[A] It's too [Em] long, [Bm] too [D] long [Am] to myself _ _
[D] _ [F] _ [G] _ [D] _ [G] Scares you [D] when you [Em] don't know
_ _ [G] Whichever [D] way the wind [C] might blow
_ _ [G] I'm walking on a wire
[D] I'm walking on a wire
[Am] And [C] I'm falling
[Am] I'm [G] _ _ _ walking on a wire _
[D] I'm walking on a wire
[A] And I'm falling _
[G] _ _ _ _ I'm walking on a wire
[D] I'm walking on a wire
[A] And I'm falling
[Am] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [D] _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ [G] _ [E] _ [F#m] _
[G] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
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