Tom Waits

Walk Away

Tom Waits


Tom: Am

             Am        Em       Am       Em
Dot King was whittled from the bone of Cain
Am                                  Em
with a little drop of poison in the red, red blood
Am       Em         Am           Em
She need a way to turn around the bend
Am
She said I want to walk away and start over again.

          Am     Em     Am     Em
There are things I've done I can't erase
Am                                Em
I want to look in the mirror, see another face
       Am    Em    Am     Em
I said never would I do it again
Am
I want to walk away, start over again.


Dm      Am
No more rain
Em      Am
No more roses
Dm    Am   C                    Em
On my way, shake my thirst in a cool, cool pond.


There is a widower in every place

There is a heart that's beating in every page

The beginning of it starts at the end

When it's time to walk away and start over again.


Weather is murder at a hundred and three

William Ray shot Corabell Lee

A yellow dog knows when he has sinned

You want to walk away and start over again.


Dm      Am
No more rain
Em      Am
No more roses
Dm    Am   C                    Em
On my way, shake my thirst in a cool, cool pond.