Chords for "The Original" Modern Lovers - Walk up the Street (1972)
Tempo:
76.35 bpm
Chords used:
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Alright, hey, [G] I'd like to go upstate, I'd like to go up the river now, [B] I'm gonna walk
I have no place else to go.
I'm gonna walk up the street, [G] I'm gonna walk up the street, cause I have [E] no place else
oh yeah, well I used to wake up in a back bed when I was seventeen [Em] years
wouldn't see any friends, none of them. Well perhaps I could go to the bus station and fall asleep, or sit around until the stores are open, [Em] but the wintertime was so cold in the bus station, I'd wake up in the bus station, and I'd walk up the Bonsail Street, cause I have no place else to go. You see I [G] have a swimming pool, [Em] and my hands were always cold from walking along, and I'd walk up the Bonsail [E] Street, cause I have no place [Em] else to go. Well I'm gonna walk, I'm gonna walk, I'm gonna walk up the street, [G] I'm gonna walk [A] [Em]
[E] [Em]
[A] [Em]
up the Bonsail Street, cause I have no place else to go. Well, well I have a sore throat and my hands are cold from walking along, but I'm gonna walk up the street cause I have no place else to go. Well it's zero degrees in a bleak horizontal back bay, my hands are cold from this bitterness, loneliness, well, I'm gonna walk up the Bonsail Street, and me more luck and I have no place else to go and we said that I'm gonna walk, I'm gonna walk, I'm gonna walk up the street, I'm gonna walk up the street cause I have no place else to go. One more time, I'm gonna walk, I'm gonna walk, I'm gonna walk up the street, I'm gonna walk up the street cause I have no place else to go. [G] [E]
I have no place else to go.
I'm gonna walk up the street, [G] I'm gonna walk up the street, cause I have [E] no place else
oh yeah, well I used to wake up in a back bed when I was seventeen [Em] years
wouldn't see any friends, none of them. Well perhaps I could go to the bus station and fall asleep, or sit around until the stores are open, [Em] but the wintertime was so cold in the bus station, I'd wake up in the bus station, and I'd walk up the Bonsail Street, cause I have no place else to go. You see I [G] have a swimming pool, [Em] and my hands were always cold from walking along, and I'd walk up the Bonsail [E] Street, cause I have no place [Em] else to go. Well I'm gonna walk, I'm gonna walk, I'm gonna walk up the street, [G] I'm gonna walk [A] [Em]
[E] [Em]
[A] [Em]
up the Bonsail Street, cause I have no place else to go. Well, well I have a sore throat and my hands are cold from walking along, but I'm gonna walk up the street cause I have no place else to go. Well it's zero degrees in a bleak horizontal back bay, my hands are cold from this bitterness, loneliness, well, I'm gonna walk up the Bonsail Street, and me more luck and I have no place else to go and we said that I'm gonna walk, I'm gonna walk, I'm gonna walk up the street, I'm gonna walk up the street cause I have no place else to go. One more time, I'm gonna walk, I'm gonna walk, I'm gonna walk up the street, I'm gonna walk up the street cause I have no place else to go. [G] [E]
100% ➙ 76BPM
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_ _ _ _ _ _ Alright, _ _ _ hey, [G] I'd like to go upstate, I'd like to go up the river now, [B] I'm gonna walk
up the Bonsail Street, cause I have no place else to go.
[Em] I'm gonna walk, I'm gonna walk,
I'm gonna walk up the street, _ [G] I'm gonna walk up the street, cause I have [E] no place else
to go.
[Em] _ _ _ [G] Yeah, _ oh yeah, well I used to wake up in a back bed when I was seventeen [Em] years
old, I was lonely and scared, at five o'clock a.m.,. [B] and I would wake up on Sunday morning, and I wouldn't see any friends, none of them. Well perhaps I could go to the bus station and fall asleep, or sit around until the stores are open, [Em] but the wintertime was so cold in the bus station, I'd wake up in the bus station, and I'd walk up the Bonsail Street, cause I have no place else to go. You see I [G] have a swimming pool, [Em] and my hands were always cold from walking along, and I'd walk up the Bonsail [E] Street, cause I have no place [Em] else to go. Well I'm gonna walk, I'm gonna walk, I'm gonna walk up the street, [G] I'm gonna walk _ _ _ [A] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
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_ _ _ [A] _ _ [Em] _ _ _
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_ _ up the Bonsail Street, cause I have no place else to go. Well, well I have a sore throat and my hands are cold from walking along, but I'm gonna walk up the street cause I have no place else to go. Well it's zero degrees in a bleak horizontal back bay, my hands are cold from this bitterness, loneliness, well, I'm gonna walk up the Bonsail Street, and me more luck and I have no place else to go and we said that I'm gonna walk, I'm gonna walk, I'm gonna walk up the street, _ I'm gonna walk up the street cause I have no place else to go. One more time, _ I'm gonna walk, I'm gonna walk, I'm gonna walk up the street, I'm gonna walk up the street cause I have no place else to go. _ _ _ [G] _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Alright, _ _ _ hey, [G] I'd like to go upstate, I'd like to go up the river now, [B] I'm gonna walk
up the Bonsail Street, cause I have no place else to go.
[Em] I'm gonna walk, I'm gonna walk,
I'm gonna walk up the street, _ [G] I'm gonna walk up the street, cause I have [E] no place else
to go.
[Em] _ _ _ [G] Yeah, _ oh yeah, well I used to wake up in a back bed when I was seventeen [Em] years
old, I was lonely and scared, at five o'clock a.m.,. [B] and I would wake up on Sunday morning, and I wouldn't see any friends, none of them. Well perhaps I could go to the bus station and fall asleep, or sit around until the stores are open, [Em] but the wintertime was so cold in the bus station, I'd wake up in the bus station, and I'd walk up the Bonsail Street, cause I have no place else to go. You see I [G] have a swimming pool, [Em] and my hands were always cold from walking along, and I'd walk up the Bonsail [E] Street, cause I have no place [Em] else to go. Well I'm gonna walk, I'm gonna walk, I'm gonna walk up the street, [G] I'm gonna walk _ _ _ [A] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
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_ _ _ [A] _ _ [Em] _ _ _
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_ _ up the Bonsail Street, cause I have no place else to go. Well, well I have a sore throat and my hands are cold from walking along, but I'm gonna walk up the street cause I have no place else to go. Well it's zero degrees in a bleak horizontal back bay, my hands are cold from this bitterness, loneliness, well, I'm gonna walk up the Bonsail Street, and me more luck and I have no place else to go and we said that I'm gonna walk, I'm gonna walk, I'm gonna walk up the street, _ I'm gonna walk up the street cause I have no place else to go. One more time, _ I'm gonna walk, I'm gonna walk, I'm gonna walk up the street, I'm gonna walk up the street cause I have no place else to go. _ _ _ [G] _ _ [E] _