Peter Case – Walking Home Late chords

[Verse 1]
E                     A         EFourth and Beale day after the first
E                         B               AThis heat's unreal - I'm dyin' of thirst
A                      E          APick up the pay - for pullin' my weight
A          E'neath the street lights and stars
E        B            ENow I'm walking home late

[Verse 2]
E                               A         ELights up on the river drop of rain just fell
E                    B           AWith the neon by the motor hotel
A                       E        AMuddy water swirlin' - midnight cross
E                                B        EMorning glory's creepin' up the red brick walls

[Chorus]
A                                  EWalkin' home whistlin' 'neath the stars above
BA careless, happy song of love
A/D                         E         A/DToday at noon I thought I'd dis-in-te-grate
          E                       B            EBut it's cooling off now and I'm walking home late

[Bridge]
AThings didn't workout west in Hollywood
A                        E       B        ESo you never got lucky, did you ever get good?
AForget the money you're gifted and young
F#m                             BYou're sweet as honey songs'll roll off your tongue - girl

[Verse 3]
E                         A        ESunday in Memphis by the river at dock
E                               B                   ATh' Washington singers out in Handy Park - there's a
A                     E            ATwelve year old girl knows how to play
E                                   B       ERockin' hard and singin' through a beat up PA

[Verse 4]
E              A        EPeabody Hotel lobby is dead
E                            BLooks like this whole town's gone to bed
A                           E        AA breeze is stirrin' - the walls radiate
E                           B             EThere's no one in sight I'm walkin' home late

[Chorus]
A                                  EWalkin' home whistlin' 'neath the stars above
BA careless happy song of love
A/D                         E         A/DToday at noon I thought of hoppin' a freight
          E                       B            EBut it's coolin' off now and I'm walkin' home late