Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Difficulty: Intermediate
Intro:
A minorAm FF C majorC G+G (x2)
Verse 1:
A minorAm FF C majorC G+G
I'm the man who's drunk and dirty, living on the side of the street
A minorAm FF C majorC G+G
Did my time back in Vietnam but I never was set free
A minorAm FF C majorC G+G
Didn't ask to go over there and I didn't ask my wife to leave
A minorAm FF C majorC G+G
When I got home, I had nothing left, but my memories
Chorus:
A minorAm FF C majorC G+G
And I walk alone, nobody helping me
A minorAm FF C majorC G+G
I walk alone, someday I'll be free
A minorAm FF C majorC G+G
I'm just a victim of this circumstance, somehow it chose me
A minorAm FF C majorC G+G
So I walk alone
Verse 2:
A minorAm FF C majorC G+G
Single mom at seventeen, and daddy's nowhere to be found
A minorAm FF C majorC G+G
Two jobs, one room home, she hurts as she looks around
A minorAm FF C majorC G+G
At the other kids, who've got it all, what will her child say
A minorAm FF C majorC G+G
When he can't do the things all the others do, she wipes her eyes and says
Chorus:
A minorAm FF C majorC G+G
And I walk alone, nobody helping me
A minorAm FF C majorC G+G
I walk alone, someday I'll be free
A minorAm FF C majorC G+G
I'm just a victim of this circumstance, somehow it chose me
A minorAm FF C majorC G+G
So I walk alone
Verse 3:
B minorBm G+G D MajorD A augmentedA
Young man, never did any wrong, walkin' round with you and me
B minorBm G+G D MajorD A augmentedA
Spreading love for the god in heaven, for one and all to see
B minorBm G+G D MajorD A augmentedA
Now he's hanging there up on that cross, hears the blasphemy
B minorBm G+G D MajorD A augmentedA
And all he ever did in his walk on earth was reach for those in need
Chorus:
B minorBm G+G D MajorD A augmentedA
And he walked alone, on the hills of Calvary
B minorBm G+G D MajorD A augmentedA
And he walked alone, so we would not be
B minorBm G+G
And he chose the victims of that circumstance
D MajorD A augmentedA
So he could set them free
B minorBm G+G D MajorD A augmentedA
And he walked alone
B minorBm
He walked alone