Walkaway Joe Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[C][C][F]

[Verse 1]
[C]Mama told her baby, "Girl, take it real slow"
Girl told her momma, "Hey I really gotta go,
he's [Am]waiting in the car"
Mama said, "Girl, you [F]won't get far"
[C]Thus are the dreams of an average Jane
Ninety miles an hour down a lovers lane
On a [Am]tank of dreams
Oh, if she could've [F]only seen
That [G]fate's got cards
that [Dm]it don't want to sh[F]ow[G]

[Chorus 1]
And that boy's just a [C]walkaway Joe
Born to be a leaver tell you [Am]from the word go
Destined to deceive her
He's the [F]wrong kind of para[Bb]dise
She's gonna [F]know it in a matter of [G]time
That boy's just a [C]walkaway [F]Joe

[Verse 2]
Now [C]just a little while into Abilene
He pulls into a station and he robs it clean
She's [Am]waiting in the car,
underneath the [F]Texaco star
She [C]only wanted love didn't bargain for this
She can't help but love him for the way he is
She's on[Am]ly seventeen
and there ain't no [F]reasoning
So she'll [G]ride this ride
as [Dm]far as it can g[F]o[G]

[Chorus 2]
'Cause that boy's just a [C]walkaway Joe
Born to be a leaver tell you [Am]from the word go
Destined to deceive her
He's the [F]wrong kind of para[Bb]dise
She's gonna [F]know it in a matter of [G]time
That boy's just a [C]walkaway Joe

[Interlude 1]
[Dm][Am][Bb]
[Dm][Am][F][G]
[C][C][F]

[Verse 3]
[C]Somewhere in a roadside motel room
Alone in the silence she wakes up too soon
And [Am]reaches for his arms
But she'll just [F]keep reaching on
For the [G]cold hard truth re[Dm]vealed
what it had [F]known[G]

[Chorus 3]
That boy's just a [C]walkaway Joe
Born to be a leaver tell you [Am]from the word go
Destined to deceive her
He's the [F]wrong kind of para[Bb]dise
But it was [F]just another another lesson in [G]life

[Outro 1]
That boy was a [C]walkaway Joe
[Am]Mmm yeah
All he was was a [C]walkaway Joe
[Am]Ooh
[Repeat and fade]