Walking on Sunday
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G - D
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G D
1 He left me this morning, was the sixth day of May,
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A
I will wait until September until he comes
back this way.
D A
G D
And we’ll hear such sweet
music as the autumn leaves sway,
G A D
and
we’ll both go out walking on Sunday.
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D
Come and dance at the crossroads, come kiss at the post,
G D A
come and tell me that you love me,
that you love me the most.
D A G D
That you care much more for me than your girl on the coast,
G A D
and we’ll both go out walking on
Sunday.
A G D
2. If my mother is watching, take me by the hand
G D A
bow
to the ladies, shake hands with the men.
D A G D
If we stand by the stone wall,
they will know you’re my friend,
G A D
and
we’ll both go out walking on Sunday.
A G D
3. My sister is married, there is a child on
the way,
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A
and
I’ve not let one day pass that I have not looked her way.
D A G D
She’s a spring in her step and
a smile wide as day,
G A D
and
they both go out walking on Sunday.
+ CHORUS + D - G - A
(2x)
A G D
4. Walk me past the orchard where the blossom blows wild,
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D A
walk
me to the millstream where young trout rise for the fly.
D A G D
To the oak in the clearing
where we once laughed and smiled,
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oh,
take me out walking on Sunday.
A
G D
Come and dance at the crossroads, come kiss at the post,
G D
A
come and tell me that you love me,
that you love me the most.
D A G D
That you care much more for me than your girl on the coast,
G A D
and we’ll both go out walking on
Sunday.
G A G - D
+ We’ll both go out
walking on Sunday.
(orig. = capo 4th) (Anthony
John Clarke)