the walking song chords by The Turtles

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Intro 1

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

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

Verse 3

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

Verse 5
C 
He said  (C major) 
G 
F 
C 
"Oh,  (G major) bah humbug,  (F major) you can't  (C major) understand
G 
The  (G major) world is one big bank,
F 
C 
you must  (F major) steal what you  (C major) can
G 
Because it's fools  (G major) like you who
F 
C 
 (F major) waste their pre (C major) cious time
G 
By walking  (G major) in the sun instead of
F 
C 
 (F major) trying to make a  (C major) dime"
G 
The words  (G major) 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  (A flat major) sweetly and gave  (B flat major) one  to me
Eb 
And said  (E flat major) "Please,

Verse 7
Bb 
 (B flat major) 
Ab 
Eb 
kind sir, don't look  (A flat major) so    (E flat major) down
Bb 
Ab 
Eb 
For in this  (B flat major) hard world love still  (A flat major) abound (E flat major) s
Bb 
Ab 
Eb 
And hand in  (B flat major) hand friends of  (A flat major) beauty can  (E flat major) lie
Bb 
On clover  (B flat major) beds 'neath
Ab 
Eb 
G 
a blanket  (A flat major) of  (E flat major) sky"  (G major) 

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