Steve Earle – Walkin In La (Guitar)

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Track 10 of 12 on the album "So You Wannabe an Outlaw" (2017) [Intro] E A [Verse 1]
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When you're walkin' in LA, everybody knows that you're down

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Nobody walks anywhere any other way in this lonesome town

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Nothing separating you in the street

      B              Bb             B
But a dollar and the shoes on your feet
[Chorus]
             E
When you're walkin' in LA, when you're walkin' in LA

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When you're walkin' in LA
[Verse 2]
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When you're walkin' in LA, ain't nobody knows you're alive

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'cause you're only as good in this city, they say, as the car you drive

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Rolling by, all shiny and new

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And there's nothing that a poor boy can do
[Chorus]
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When you're walkin' in LA, when you're walkin' in LA

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When you're walkin' in LA
[Bridge]
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Eighteen wheelers rolling by up on the 405

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Well, I ain't going anywhere 'cause I ain't got a ride
[Verse 3]
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When you're walkin' in LA, everybody passes you by

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Maybe glance up in the rearview mirror and say, "Who's that poor guy?"

                           Ab          A
Then you're staring at the taillights again

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Of a Lexus or a Mercedes Benz
[Chorus]
             E
When you're walkin' in LA, when you're walkin' in LA

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When you're walkin' in LA
[Fiddle/Guitar Solos] A E A Ab A B Bb B
E      A
         Ladies and gentlemen, Johnny Bush
[Bridge 2]
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Weekend warriors cruising up and down the boulevard

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Back to work on Monday morning, think they've got it hard
[Verse 4]
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When you're walkin' in LA, you might as well lay down and die

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'cause nothing's gonna be alright anyway, no matter how hard you try

                Ab       A
A pedestrian in Beverly Hills

          B            Bb          B
Ain't got any place to go but downhill
[Chorus]
             E
When you're walkin' in LA, when you're walkin' in LA

            A
When you're walkin' in LA

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When you're walkin' in LA, when you're walkin' in LA

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When you're walkin' in LA
[Outro]
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   When you're walkin' in LA