Fatima Mansions – Walk In The Woods

Walk In The Woods by the Fatima Mansions

From the Fatima Mansions’ 1994 Lost in the Former West album. Written by Cathal Coughlan. No capo.

[G]

A [Bb] walk in the [Gm] woods [G7] after a [C] storm
Through [F] waves of [Gmaj7] steam and graveyard gas come [Gm] overground
The [F6] unwalked [Gm] path, the dimming [C6] light
Not day or [D] night, just always while [Gm] life remains on hold

[Cmaj7] Everybody’s [Bb] sorry
[Cmaj7] Everybody’s [Bb] sorry
If [C/G] words can [Gm6] be be [F7sus4] lieved

[Cmaj7] World without [Bb] mercy
[Cmaj7] World which dese [Gm] rts me
[C/G] Faces [Am7] gone, just [Gm] trunks of trees

[A] [C] [E] Get it together, get it together-gether, [D] yeah
[E] Get it together, get it together-gether, [D] yeah
[E] Get it together, get it together-gether, [D] yeah
[E] Get it together, get it together-gether, [D] yeah

[E] You can do and say whatever you like [D]
[E] I can take it, I can listen, but I’ve only got the one [D] life
[E] What am I going to do? Every year find another place? [D]
[E] Get out, get out, get out, get out of my face [D]

A [Bb] walk in the [Gm] woods at the birth of [Am7] night
Where soft shapes [Gmaj7] seem to fill the [Gm] glowing space
And [F6] now the book in my [Gm] hand is closed and [C6] sealed
To wander [D] blind is all this [Gm] walker needs

[Cmaj7] Everybody’s [Bb] sorry
[Cmaj7] Everybody’s [Bb] sorry
Well, you can [C/G] keep your [Gm6] form of wo [F7sus4] rds

[Cmaj7] World with an [Bb] exit
[Cmaj7] I’m there and I kno [Bb] w it
It [C/G] takes me [Gm6] in its [D] arms
It [C/G] takes me [Gm6] in its [Gm] loving arms

You’ll [E] know me by the knives sticking out of my back [D]
I’m a [E] traitor to my friends and race, a traitor to my class [D]
[E] Want to see my blood? Well, there won’t be long to wait [D]
Maybe by [E] then you’ll get your cover story straight [D]

[Em7]

A [Gm] walk in the [C] woods [Cm] af [A] ter a [Gm] storm