Beatnik Walking Chords
Beatnik Walking by Richard Thompson is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of E. It uses the chords E, Eadd2/B, G#5, Eadd9, Esus4, E6, B, G, A and D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
e|------------------------------------------------------------------9---------|
B|---------9-----10-9--------------------9--10--9-----------9---12--10--9-----|
G|--9--11-----9------9------9--9--11-------------9--9--11---------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------9--|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E Eadd2/B E G#5 E
Hand me down my walking shoes
E Eadd9 E Esus4 E
And Mr. Murdoch's news
E Eadd9 E E6 E Esus4 E B
I'm going thunder rain or shine
E
Got a papoose on my back
We're on the right track, Jack
B
To leave the beatnik blues behind
G E
Amsterdam, where good things come in threes
G B
Ease your troubled mind and shoot the breeze
E Eadd9 E Esus4 E
Take the path down to the mill
E Eadd9 E Esus4 E
I'm going to get my fill
E Eadd9 E E6 E Esus4 E B
I'm going to eat till the pot runs dry
E Eadd9 E Esus4 E
Anne Frank's house and Rembrandt's tomb
E Eadd9 E Esus4 E
I'd better make some room
E Eadd9 E E6 E Esus4 E B
‘Cause Brother Vincent's on my mind
G E
Life goes on behind the tiles and chintzes
G B
Dirty water fit for kings and princes
E Eadd9 E Esus4 E
Dutch is not a loving tongue
E Eadd9 E Esus4 E
You say your piece and run
E Eadd9 E E6 E Esus4 E B
You show you care in other ways
E Eadd9 E Esus4 E
Sailors in their Sunday best
E Eadd9 E Esus4 E
I'm feeling overdressed
E Eadd9 E E6 E Esus4 E B
I've got to lose these blacks and greys
G E
Amsterdam, where good things come in threes
G B
Soothe your troubled mind and shoot the breeze
E
Hand me down my walking shoes
A
Hand me down my walking shoes
D E
Got to leave these beatnik blues behind
D E
Got to leave these beatnik blues behind