Walkaway Joe — Trisha Yearwood
Chords and lyrics for Walkaway Joe by Trisha Yearwood (key of C).
Intro
[C]
Verse 1
Mama told her baby girl take it real slow.
Girl told her mama hey I really gotta go.
He's waiting in the car.
Mama said girl you won't get far.
Thus are the dreams [G/D]of an average [C]Jane.
90 miles an hour down [G/D]a lover's [Cmaj7]lay on a tank [Am]of dreams.
Oh if she could have only [Em7]seen.
Chorus
[C]But fate's [Em/G]got cards that it [D]don't [Dm][C/E]want to show.
[F][C]And [G]that boy's just [C]a walk away joke.
Born to be a believer tell you from the [G]word [C]go.
Destined to deceive her he's [G]the wrong [F]kind of paradise.
[A#]She's [F]gonna know it in a matter of [Fsus2]time.
[G]That boy's just a [Em]walk away joke.
Interlude
[D7/C] [C] [F/C]
Verse 2
Now just [G][C]a little while into Abilene.
Pulls into a station and he robs it clean.
She's waiting [Am]in the park.
Underneath [F]the Texaco Star.
She [C]only wanted love, been bargain for [G]this.
She can't [C]help but love him for the way he is.
[G]She's [Am]only 17 and there ain't no [F]reasoning.
So [Em]she'll ride this ride [B]as far [F]as it can go.
Chorus
[Am]Cause [G]that boy's just a walk away [C]joke.
Born to be a believer tell you from the word go.
[G]Destined [C]to deceive her he's the wrong kind of paradise.
[F][A#5]She's gonna [F]know it in a matter of [Gsus4/C]time.
[G]That boy's just [C]a walk away joke.
Bridge
[Em] [Fmaj7] [Em] [E7] [A#] [Am] [Bm] [Am] [G] [C] [F/C]
Somewhere [Csus2]in her old sad motel [C]room.
Alone in the silence [Bm/D]she [Cm]wakes up too soon.
And reaches [Cmaj7]for his arm.
But she'll just keep [F/C]reaching home.
[Gmaj7]For the cold [G]heart truth revealed what he [Dm7]had [Em]known.
[F] [G]
Chorus
That boy's just a walk [C]away joke.
Born to be a believer tell you from the word go.
Destined [Am]to deceive her he's the wrong [F]kind of paradise.
[A#]But it was just [F]another lesson in life.
That [Gsus2][D]boy was [C]a walk away joke.
Outro
[Em]
All he [A]was [Esus4]was a walk [C]away joke.
[Em/B] [Am] [Em] [Am] [Gsus2]
He [C]was [Bm]a walk [Am]away joke.
[G] [Am7] [G] [C] [Em] [D/A] [Am] [G] [F/C] [C/G] [Em] [Am] [G] [Asus4] [C]