Walking On A Wire chords by Lowen And Navarro

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Key: E MajorE

Difficulty: Intermediate

Intro:
 E MajorE  C majorC   G+G  D MajorD
| 1 2 3 4 | 1 2 3 4 |


Verse:
   E MajorE     C majorC    G+G D MajorD    E MajorE    C majorC   G+G D MajorD
Don't waste your breath,    don't waste my time
   E MajorE    C majorC    G+G    D MajorD    E MajorE   C majorC G+G D MajorD
If I hear one more excuse I'll lose my mind
      E MajorE   C majorC   G+G D MajorD   E MajorE      C majorC    G+G D MajorD
It's been a quiet war      behind closed doors

     E MajorE    C majorC    G+G     D MajorD    E MajorE C majorC   G+G D MajorD
Ain't it getting hard to keep your balance anymore?

First Chorus, half length:
       E MajorE  C majorC  G+G D MajorD
Walking on a wire
       E MajorE  C majorC  G+G D MajorD
Higher and higher
       E MajorE         C majorC    G+G
You told the truth, but you're still a liar
D MajorD      E MajorE  C majorC  D MajorD
Walking on a wire


Verse:
      E MajorE     C majorC   G+G D MajorD         E MajorE  C majorC   G+G D MajorD
You deal in black and white    and everything in between
     E MajorE      C majorC   G+G    D MajorD   E MajorE       C majorC   G+G D MajorD
You were blessed with such finesse I almost know what you mean
     E MajorE    C majorC   G+G D MajorD   E MajorE    C majorC      G+G D MajorD
Now I can close my eyes,    pretend to let it pass
    E MajorE    C majorC    G+G     E MajorE    C majorC   G+G   D MajorD
But you live on borrowed time, and it would never last


Chorus:
       E MajorE  C majorC  G+G D MajorD
Walking on a wire
       E MajorE  C majorC  G+G D MajorD
Higher and higher
       E MajorE         C majorC    G+G
You told the truth, but you're still a liar
D MajorD      E MajorE  C majorC  G+G D MajorD
Walking on a wire

       E MajorE  C majorC  G+G D MajorD
Walking on a wire
       E MajorE  C majorC  G+G D MajorD
Higher and higher
       E MajorE         C majorC    G+G
You told the truth, but you're still a liar
D MajorD      E MajorE  C majorC  D MajorD
Walking on a wire

Bridge:
  B minorBm
And how does it feel with the whole world watching?
    B minorBm
Do you feel like you're gonna fall?
    B minorBm       C majorC          G+G   Gsus4Gsus4 G+G Gsus2Gsus2 G+G Gsus4Gsus4
Was it safer with your back up against the wall?
B minorBm
Why did you try when you know you were losing?
B minorBm          C majorC         E MajorE    C majorC G+G D MajorD
Just one mistake and you would lose it all...

(instrumental with E MajorE C majorC G+G D MajorD three more times)


   E MajorE     C majorC    G+G D MajorD    E MajorE    C majorC   G+G D MajorD
Don't waste your breath,    don't waste my time
   E MajorE    C majorC    G+G    D MajorD    E MajorE   C majorC G+G D MajorD
If I hear one more excuse I'll lose my mind


Chorus:
       E MajorE  C majorC  G+G D MajorD
Walking on a wire
       E MajorE  C majorC  G+G D MajorD
Higher and higher
       E MajorE         C majorC    G+G
You told the truth, but you're still a liar
D MajorD      E MajorE  C majorC  G+G D MajorD
Walking on a wire

       E MajorE  C majorC  G+G D MajorD
Walking on a wire
       E MajorE  C majorC  G+G D MajorD
Higher and higher
       E MajorE         C majorC    G+G
You told the truth, but you're still a liar
D MajorD      E MajorE  C majorC  D MajorD
Walking on a wire


Specific chord fingerings:
Gsus4Gsus4 320013
Gsus2Gsus2 3x0233

(Notes)

Get the rhythm of the E MajorE C majorC G+G D MajorD down -- use the original recording for the strumming/arpeggiating pattern.
Once you've got that, it's a matter of working within the cadence of the words. As noted above, the
progression goes over two measures with chord changes hitting on beats 1 and 3 over the two measures.

At the end of the bridge, do the G+G chords with one each beat kind of like when you the "Dsus4 thing\