Intro: G
verse 1
D7 G
Wouldn’t it be nice to walk together
C D7
Baring our souls while wearing out the leather
G C G
We could talk shop, harmonize a song
C G D7 G
Wouldn’t it be nice to walk along
verse 2
D7 G
I’ll show you houses of architectural renown
C D7
Some are still standing, some have fallen down
G C G
Farm houses buried under Canada’s snow
C G D7 G
Spanish villas on the Boulevards of Mexico
verse 3
D7 G
And I’ll learn to tell the ash from the oak
C D7
And if you don’t know, I won’t make no joke
G C G
We’ll climb to the top to view the world from above
C G D7 G
Or carve our initials in the trunk, like teenagers in love
verse 4
D7 G
And when we get hungry, we’ll stop to eat
C D7
Gotta think of our stomachs and rest our feet
G C G
And if we get thirsty, we’ll have a drink or two
C G D7 G
In a mountain top bar with a mountain top view
Instrumental
G D7 G C D7 G C G C G D7 G
Verse 5
D7 G
And when we get tired, we’ll stop to rest
C D7
And if you still want to talk, you can bare your breast
G C G
If it’s Winter and cold, we’ll take a rooming-house room
C G D7 G
If it’s Summer and warm, we’ll sleep under the moon
Verse 6
D7 G
And we’ll talk about the sports we played
C D7
‘Bout the time you got busted, or the times I got laid
G C G
We’ll talk blood and how we were bred
C G D7 G
Talk about the folks, both living and dead
Verse 7
D7 G
This song, like this walk, I find hard to end
C D7
Be my lover or be my friend
G C G
In sneakers or boots or regulation shoes
C G D7 G
Walking beside you, I’ll never get the walking blues