the walking song chords by The Turtles

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Intro 1

Verse 1
C 
Eb 
Bacon fried, squinty- eyed,
Bb 
F 
moments of the dawn
C 
Eb 
Misty street calling me,
Bb 
F 
"Get dressed and walk around"
D 
In the square,
Eb 
F 
standing there girl so sad
G 
"What's the matter"?

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Verse 2
G 
She said "Oh,
oh dear sir,
F 
C 
the world has got me down
G 
And folks preach happiness when
F 
C 
there's none to be found
G 
I type and answer phones
C 
to earn my meager pay
G 
To keep me alive so I can
C 
waste another day"
F 
I sadly turned and walked away

Verse 3

Verse 4
For there was nothing I could say
C 
Eb 
Walking on, noonday sun,
Bb 
F 
dusty road to town
C 
Eb 
Saddened by the girl that I
Bb 
F 
had chanced to come upon
D 
Eb 
Then, I'd seen a limousine
F 
G 
A rich old guy, mean of eye

Verse 5
C 
He said
G 
F 
C 
"Oh, bah humbug, you can't understand
G 
The world is one big bank,
F 
C 
you must steal what you can
G 
Because it's fools like you who
F 
C 
waste their precious time
G 
By walking in the sun instead of
F 
C 
trying to make a dime"
G 
The words he spoke

Verse 6
turned
my world grey
Could everybody feel this way?
As if in answer down the road a lovely
girl picked flowers of gold
Ab 
Bb 
She smiled sweetly and gave one to me
Eb 
And said "Please,

Verse 7
Bb 
Ab 
Eb 
kind sir, don't look so  down
Bb 
Ab 
Eb 
For in this hard world love still abounds
Bb 
Ab 
Eb 
And hand in hand friends of beauty can lie
Bb 
On clover beds 'neath
Ab 
Eb 
G 
a blanket of sky"

Verse 8
C 
G 
Oh, oh dear sir,
C 
the world has got me down
(Oh, bah humbug,
G 
you can't understand)
And folks preach happiness when there's
none to be found
C 
(The world is one big bank,
you must steal what you can)
G 
I type and answer phones to earn
C 
my meager pay
(Because it's fools like you
who waste their precious time)
G 
To keep me alive so I can waste
another day
C 
(By walking in the sun instead of trying
to make a dime)