Richard Thompson – Beatnik Walking (Guitar)

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Beatnik Walking 
Notes played around E chord on 7th Fret equates to chords shown
e|------------------------------------------------------------------9---------|
B|---------9-----10-9--------------------9--10--9-----------9---12--10--9-----|
G|--9--11-----9------9------9--9--11-------------9--9--11---------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------9--|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

E        Eadd2/B  E       G#5   E
Hand me down my walking shoes  

E     Eadd9 E Esus4 E
And Mr. Murdoch's news 

 E     Eadd9  E           E6 E Esus4 E   B
I'm going thunder rain or shine 

E
Got a papoose on my back
We're on the right track, Jack
                               B
To leave the beatnik blues behind

G                                     E
Amsterdam, where good things come in threes

G                                     B
Ease your troubled mind and shoot the breeze

E     Eadd9  E           Esus4 E
Take the path down to the mill

E     Eadd9 E Esus4 E
I'm going to get my fill

E     Eadd9  E           E6 E Esus4 E   B
I'm going to eat till the pot runs dry

E     Eadd9      E                 Esus4  E
Anne Frank's house and Rembrandt's tomb

E     Eadd9 E Esus4 E
I'd better make some room

E     Eadd9  E      E6 E Esus4 E   B
'Cause Brother Vincent's on my mind

G                                  E
Life goes on behind the tiles and chintzes

G                               B
Dirty water fit for kings and princes

E     Eadd9  E           Esus4 E
Dutch is not a loving tongue

E     Eadd9  E   Esus4 E
You say your piece and run

E     Eadd9  E      E6 E Esus4 E   B
You show you care in other ways

E     Eadd9  E           Esus4 E
Sailors in their Sunday best

E     Eadd9  E           Esus4 E
I'm feeling overdressed

E     Eadd9  E      E6 E   Esus4   E   B
I've got to lose these blacks and greys

G                                      E
Amsterdam, where good things come in threes

G                                        B
Soothe your troubled mind and shoot the breeze

E
Hand me down my walking shoes

A
Hand me down my walking shoes

D                                 E
Got to leave these beatnik blues behind

D                                   E
Got to leave these beatnik blues behind