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                       WALK IN THE WOODS - Peter Case
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Written by: Peter Case
Album: "Peter Case"     (1986, Geffen Records)

Transcribed by: Anne Drury   (zerofret)
Email: zerofret_ad@hotmail.com
Date: March 13, 2006

Notes:

                     E A D G B E
Chord form    F#5 -  x 4 4 x 2 x


INTRO:

F#5    E        (8x)


1ST VERSE:

F#m           A         D                  F#5   E     F#5   E
Out past the cemetary, down by the willow bend
 A      D                       E
Half a mile from the railroad track
F#m          A                 D              E
Last seen together, these two lovers hand in hand
             F#m  A      D              E          F#m    D
They took a walk in the woods and they never came back
             F#m  A      D              E          F#5   E     F#5   E
They took a walk in the woods and they never came back

F#5   E     F#5   E


2ND VERSE:

F#m             A         D                     F#5   E     F#5   E
Metal from the radio, it rang out through the fields
 A               D                        E
Just when they thought they'd found the track
           F#m                A           D                E
Through a patch of four leaf clover that vanished in thin air
             F#m  A      D              E          F#m    D
They took a walk in the woods and they never came back
             F#m  A      D              E          F#5   E     F#5   E
They took a walk in the woods and they never came back

F#5   E     F#5   E


BRIDGE:

 A                                D                  A
Never before in history has this town been so up in arms
 A                                     D                     E
You never heard such misery as those bloodhounds 'cross the farms
   F#m               A                   D
Between God and the police they were protected from all harm
            F#m   A       D              E          F#m    D
Until they walked in the woods and they never came back
             F#m  A       D              E          F#5   E
They took a walk in the woods and they never came back
 D               F#5   E
They never came back
 D               F#5   E
They never came back


BREAK:   (harmonica solo)

(chord structure is same as for Bridge)

A     D     A
A     D     E
F#m   A     D

F#m   A   D   E   F#m   D
F#m   A   D   E   F#5  E  F#5  E


BRIDGE:

 A                          D               A
Sirens wailed emergency, no evidence was removed
 A                                  D                      E
You never heard such theories, but none of them could be proved
F#m               A           D
For the missing children, no conscience could be soothed
             F#m  A      D              E          F#5   E    F#5   E
They took a walk in the woods and they never came back

F#5   E     F#5   E


3RD VERSE:

F#m                    A                        D              F#5 E F#5 E
Well,that was fifteen years ago,I guess we've come a long, long way
F#m                A              D                E
I never heard the end of it, you know, I couldn't stay
         F#m                    A              D
When I'm not stuck for time or money, I still wonder 'bout that day
          F#m  A      D           E          F#m    D
I took a walk in the woods and I never came back
          F#m  A      D           E          F#5   E
I took a walk in the woods and I never came back
D             F#5   E
I never came back
D             F#5   E   D
I never came back
          F#m  A      D           E          F#5   E     F#5   E
I took a walk in the woods and I never came back

F#5   E     F#5   E

(fade)


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(This file is the transcriber's own work and represents
their interpretation of the song.)