Gm - F - Am
- Em
(2x)
C
G
1. I swapped my innocence for pride, crushed the end within my stride,
Am Em
said I'm strong, now I know that I'm a leaver.
C G Am
F
I love the sound of you
walking away, you walking away.
C G F
Mascara bleeds a blackened
tear, oh,
C G
Em
and I am cold, yes, I'm cold,
but not as cold as you are.
C G Am F
I love the sound of you
walking away, you walking away,
C G Am
F Em
I love the sound of you
walking away, walking away, hey hey.
G -
G
Why don't you walk away? Why don't you walk away?
G# Cm G#
Why don't you walk away? No
buildings will fall down
Cm G#
Don't you walk away, no quake
will split the ground.
Cm Fm
Won't you walk away ? The sun
won't swallow the sky.
Cm Fm
Won't you walk away? Statues
will not cry.
- Cm
Don't you walk away ! Why don't you walk away?
G - Bb
F - G
Why don't you walk away? Why don't you walk away? Hey !
+ Gm -
F - Am - Em (2x)
C
G
2. I cannot turn to see those eyes as apologies may rise,
Am Em
I must be strong and stay an
unbeliever.
C G Am
F
And love the sound of you
walking away, you walking away.
C G F
Mascara bleeds into my eye, oh,
C
G Em
and I'm not cold, I am old, at
least as old as you are.
+ C - Am - C
- Am - F - Am - Em - E
G - G
And as you walk away, oh, as you walk away,
G# Cm G#
oh, as you walk away, my
headstone crumbles down.
Cm G#
As you walk away, the
Cm
as you walk away, the
Kremlin's falling.
Fm Cm Fm
As you walk away Radio Four is
static,
- Cm
as you walk away, oh, as you walk away,
G - Bb F - G
oh, as you walk away, oh, as you walk away, hey.
Gm F
- Am E
The stab of a stiletto on a silent night.
Gm F
Stalin smiles and Hitler
laughs,
Am E
Churchill claps Mao Tse Tung on the back.
(orig. = capo 2nd) (Franz
Ferdinand)