Land-Locked Blues

D A D If you walk away, I'll walk away D A D First tell me which road you will take Bm A D Bm I don't want to risk our paths crossing some day D A D So you walk that way, I'll walk this way

D A D And the future hangs over our heads D A D And it moves with each current event Bm A D Bm Until it falls all around like a cold steady rain D A D Just stay in when it's looking this way

D A D And the moon's laying low in the sky D A D Forcing everything metal to shine Bm A D Bm And the sidewalk holds diamonds like the jewelry store case D A D They argue walk this way, now walk this way

D A D And Laura's asleep in my bed D A D As I'm leaving she wakes up and says Bm A D Bm "I dreamed you were carried away on the crest of a wave D A D Baby don't go away, come here"

D A D And there's kids playing guns in the street D A D And ones pointing his tree branch at me Bm A D Bm So I put my hands up I say "enough is enough, D A D If you walk away, I'll walk away" D7 And he shot me dead

Bm A D I found a liquid cure Bm A D From my landlocked blues G A D Bm It'll pass away like a slow parade D A D It's leaving but I don't know how soon

D A D And the world's got me dizzy again D A D You think after 22 years I'd be used to the spin Bm A D Bm And it only feels worse when I stay in one place D A D So I'm always pacing around or walking away

D A D I keep drinking the ink from my pen D A D And I'm balancing history books up on my head Bm A D Bm But it all boils down to one quotable phrase D A D If you love something, give it away

D A D A good woman will pick you apart D A D A box full of suggestions for your possible heart Bm A D Bm But you may be offended and you may be afraid D A D But don't walk away, don't walk away

D A D We made love on the living room floor D A D With the noise in the background of a televised war Bm A D Bm And in the deafening pleasure I thought I heard someone say D A D "If we walk away, they'll walk away"

D A D But greed is a bottomless pit D A D And our freedom's a joke we're just taking a piss Bm A D Bm And the whole world must watch the sad comic display D A D If you're still free start running away Cause we're coming for you!

D A D I've grown tired of holding this pose D A D I feel more like a stranger each time I come home Bm A D Bm So I'm making a deal with the devils of fame D A D Saying "let me walk away, please"

D A D You'll be free child once you have died D A D From the shackles of language and measurable time Bm A D Bm And then we can trade places, play musical graves D A D Till then walk away, walk away D7

Bm A D So I'm up at dawn Bm A D Putting on my shoes G A D Bm I just want to make a clean escape Bm A D I'm leaving but I don't know where to Bm A D I know I'm leaving but I don't know where to