Drive-by Truckers – When Walter Went Crazy chords
Chords:
[Verse 1]G Em D CWhen Walter went crazy, she was sitting on the couchG Em D CPainting her toenails and drinking a TabG Em D CHe walked out of the bedroom with a cigarette in his mouthG Em D CAnd he poured gasoline in a circle all around the house[Verse 2]G Em D CWhen Walter went crazy, he had rattlesnake in his eyesG Em D CBlended whisky in his veins and murder in his heartG Em D CShe watched him walk out the door and knew that he was goneG Em D CMatlock on the TV and her mama on the phone[Bridge]D C EmWhen Walter went crazy, they say that he just snappedD C GIt had gone on for so long, and she wasn't coming backD C EmShe hadn't been off the couch in at least a dozen yearsG Em D CDeafened by the silence and the grinding of the gears[Verse 3]G Em D CHis friends could see it coming like yellow piss on snowG Em D CLike a house fire in the distance, like a car crash in slow-moG Em D CHis friends could see it coming, but what could some folks doG Em D CSpeeding down the runway with the brake line's cut in two[Verse 4]G Em D CWhen Walter went crazy the house went up in flamesG Em D CYou could see his hands shaking from the bourbon and the shameG Em D CHe never planned the ending, he just rolled the credit namesG Em D CThe lights came up we all went home, but never quite the sameG Em D CThe lights came up we all went home, but never quite the sameG Em D CThe lights came up we all went home, but never quite the same