The Walking Wounded Chords
by Rosanne Cash
The Walking Wounded by Rosanne Cash is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C#m. It uses the chords C#m, Asus2, B and A. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro
verse 1
C#m
We're in the church house kneeling down
Asus2
We're in the subways underground
B
We're in the bars and on the street
C#m
We drive a truck we walk a beat
C#m
We're in the mills and factories
Asus2
We make the steel we cut the trees
B
A thousand-yard stare, eyes of glass
C#m
But we will see you when you pass
C#m Asus2 B C#m
C#m
We lost our homes, we lost our dreams
Asus2
All our goals have turned into schemes
B
We hurt each other and ourselves
C#m
So after long, traumatic spells
Chorus
C#m
We are the walking
A
We are the walking
B C#m
We are the walking wounded
verse 2
C#m
We cried out from the deepest pit
A
But rise back up each time we're hit
B
We fell from power and from grace
C#m
But resurrection's in our face
C#m
We're just like little girls and boys
A
We play with grown up toys
B
We never thought of sink or swim
C#m
My brother hurts me so I hurt him
Chorus
C#m
We are the walking
A
We are the walking
B C#m
We are the walking wounded
C#m A B C#m
verse 3
C#m
Like a circle, round and round
Asus2
We go up so we come down
B
We don't explain or apologize
C#m
We pull the veil across our eyes
C#m
We see through your fake refrain
Asus2
But we won't let you see our pain
B
You may not know us but you'll see
C#m
There are more than you'd believe
Chorus
C#m
We are the walking
A
We are the walking
B
We are the walking
C#m
We are the walking
C#m
We are the walking
A
We are the walking
B C#m
We are the walking wounded