A Figure Walks chords by The Fall

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Intro:
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| D     A  G  | D     A  G  | D     A  G  | D     A  G  |


Chorus:
  D              A    G
A figure walks behind you
  D              A    G
A figure walks behind you
  D              A    G
A shadow walks behind you
  D              A    G
A figure walks behind you

Verse 1:
D/F#    G         A
Days of booze and roses
D/F#     G   A       C    A
Shine on us, free us all
D/F#   G     A
Who is not irascible
D/F#  G  A  C   A
He is no genius


Interlude:
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Chorus:
  D              A    G
A figure walks behind you
  D              A    G
A figure walks behind you
  D              A    G
A shadow walks behind you
  D              A    G
A figure walks behind you


Verse 2:
    D/F#  G      A
The old   golden savages
D/F#   G        A   C     A
Killed their philosophers
D/F#     G           A
Thoughts brought the drought about
D/F#      G        A  C   A
Something followed me out


Interlude:
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       Goes out again


Chorus:
  D              A    G
A figure walks behind you
  D              A    G
A shadow walks behind you
  D              A    G
A figure walks behind you
  D              A    G
A shadow walks behind you


Verse 3:
    D/F#  G        A
And if it grabs my coat tail
D/F#   G        A   C  A
I will turn and hit it
   D/F#  G        A
It may remove the pegs
D/F#    G       A   C      A
Keeping my eyes o - pen


Interlude:
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Chorus:
  D              A    G
A figure walks behind you
  D              A    G
A shadow walks behind you
  D              A    G
A figure walks behind you
  D              A    G
A shadow walks behind you


Verse 4:
         D/F#    G      A
It's got eyes of brown, watery
D/F#     G       A  C   A
Nails of pointed yellow
D/F#     G     A
Hands of black carpet
       D/F#  G       A   C      A
It's a quick trip to ice house


Interlude:
  D             A   G
A quick trip to ice house
  D             A   G
A quick trip to ice house
  D             A   G       D    A  G
A quick trip to ice house


Interlude:
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Chorus:
  D              A    G
A figure walks behind you
  D              A    G
A shadow walks behind you
  D              A    G
A figure walks behind you
  D              A    G
A shadow walks behind you


Interlude:
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-ou        You-ou        You-ou        You-ou

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  | D     A  G  | D     A  G  | D     A  G  | D     A  G  |
You-ou       You-ou        You-ou        You-ou


Chorus:
  D              A    G
A figure walks behind you
  D              A    G
A shadow walks behind you
  D              A    G
A figure walks behind you
  D              A    G
A shadow walks behind you


Interlude:
| D     A  G  | D     A  G  | D     A  G  | D     A  G  |
-ou        You-ou        You-ou        You-ou


Bridge:
    D                A  G
And tales of terror
         D               A  G
Which my father told me
     D                A  G  D
They never scared me
        A              G
But not only is it the blind
    D           A  G  D
Who cannot see
     A      G      D     A
That figure behind you
G      D     A
Behind you,
G      D     A
Behind you,
G     (D)
Behind you,


Interlude:
| D     A  G  | D     A  G  | D     A  G  |
           You-ou        You-ou


Tag 1:
     D              A  G
That figure kept on walking
     D              A  G
That figure kept on walking
     D              A  G
That figure kept on walking
     D              A  G
That figure kept on walking
       D    A
Behind you
G       D    A
Behind you
G       D    A
Behind you
G       D    A  G
Behind you


Interlude:
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Tag 2:
                      D       A
There's the man on my trail
            G         D       A
There's the man on my trail
            G         D       A
There's the man on my trail
            G         D
There's the man on my trail
     A    G      D    A
He's also behind you
G      D    A
Behind you
G      D    A
Behind you
G      D    A
Behind you
     D              A  G
That figure kept on walking
     D              A  G
That figure kept on walking
     D              A  G
That figure kept on walking
     D              A  G
That figure kept on walking
       D    A
Behind you
G      D    A
Behind you
G      D    A  D  A  G
Behind you


Interlude:
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| D     A  G  | D     A  G  |


Tag 3:
  D              A  G
A figure walks
  D              A  G
A figure walks
  D              A  G
A figure walks
  D              A  G
A figure walks


Outro:
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