I Took A Walk Chords by Shawn Phillips

I took a walk through the fields of America
I'll tell you what I saw in the middle of the garbage and the rotting pile
I saw a man in pain, [F] crying [C] to be free
[Gm] Children in the rain, [F] yelling [C] out their dreams
[Gm] Well, singers on the plain, [F] fusing [C] harmony
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Yeah, yeah, [Bm] yeah, yeah, yeah
Oh, America, they're gonna [G] love you, [A] dee, dee, doo, [Bm] doo, dee
Oh, America, they're gonna [G] love you, [A] dee, dee, [F#] doo, doo, dee
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_ [D] _ _ [Gm] Evil I have seen [F] in the streets [C] and communities
[Gm] Running in the mortal fear [F] of the violent [C] and the company
[Gm] I saw a man in hand, [F]
flying [C] to the moon
[Gm] Well, the richest man of the land, [F]
dying [C] all too soon
[Gm] I say, people [D] in the band, [F]
you really [C] ought to learn this, [F#] dee, _ [C] _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ [Bm] dee, doo, _
_ [G] _ _ [A] doo, [Bm] dee
Oh, America, they're gonna [G] love you, [A] dee, dee, [F#] doo, doo, dee
[C] _ _ [D] _ _ [Gm] I took a walk [F] through the [C] fields of America
[Gm] I'll tell you what I saw
[F] I saw a murder in a [C] place called Attack [Gm] Park
I saw [D] a man called Powers, [F] who said, you've got to [C] fix my vision
[Gm] I saw a man called Law, [F] said, if you don't, I'm gonna [C] put you in the prison
[Gm] I saw a man called Peace, [F] who was shaken with [C] the laughter of the vision _ _ _
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Oh, America, they're gonna [G] love you, [A] _ _ [Bm] _
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_ _ _ [G] _ [A] dee, dee, [F#] doo, doo, _ [C] dee
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I took a [F] walk through the fields [C] of America
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I'll tell you what I saw
[F] I saw the blizzards [C] and the trumpets
[G] I saw mountain streams [F] running [C] free and clear
[Gm] Lord, [G] the creatures of my dreams, [F] so beautiful [C] I shouldn't mind
I see a [Gm] few, great and [G] wonderful, and [F] I wonder why you [C] cannot get [E] _
[C] me now
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_ [Bm] doo, _ _ [G] _ _ [A] _
_ [F#] dee Oh, America
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