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Walk Away

Ben Harper

OtherMedium for beginners6 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

G
F#Diagram coming soon
E
C×
BDiagram coming soon
A×

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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              Intro: G F# E F# (2x)
 
G  F#                 E        F#
oh no here comes that sun again
  G                F#          E            F#
that means another day without you my friend
       G            F#               E           F#
and it hurts me to look into the mirror at myself
       G                  F#      E                    F#
and it hurts even more to have to be with somebody else
  
         C          B         A          G
and it's so hard to do and so easy to say
C             B              A                G
but sometimes sometimes you just have to walk away
      C  B  A  F#
Walk away
 
G            F#        E              F#
with so many people to love in my life
G           F#          E   F#
why do I worry about one
     G          F#    E       F#
but you put the happy in my ness
G                F#         E      F#
you put the good times into my fun
 
         C          B         A          G
and it's so hard to do and so easy to say
C             B              A                G
but sometimes sometimes you just have to walk away
      C   B                  A   F#
Walk away (And head for the door)
 
A               E       G       F#
we've tried the goodbye so many days
        A               E             G               F#
we walk in the same direction so that we could never stray
     A                   E                  G               F#
they say if you love somebody then you have got to set them free
     A                 E                  G                    F#   G  F#  E   F#
but i would rather be locked to you than live in this pain and misery
 
G         F#             E              F#       
 they say time will make all this go away
          G                        F#               E                 F#
but it is time that has taken my tomorrows and turned them into yesterdays
G          F#               E                  F#
 and once again that rising sun is droppin' on down
G               F#         E             F#
 once again you my friend are nowhere to be found
 
         C          B         A          G
and it's so hard to do and so easy to say
C             B              A                G
but sometimes sometimes you just have to walk away
    C  B  A   F#
You just walk away
 
    G  F#  E   F#
Walk away
 
    G  F#  E   F#        G  F#  E   F#
Walk away         You just walk away
          
 

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Chord set

G · F# · E · C · B · A

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.