{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1889273,"song":"Walk Like Thunder","artist":"Kimya Dawson","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11423256-walk-like-thunder-chords-by-kimya-dawson/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1889273?type=chord","rating":4.69472,"votes":15,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]D[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] x2\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI have this new tattoo of which the story must be told[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAbout the night I almost overdosed ten years ago[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI woke up in the hospital with skin clammy and cold[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd tubes in my urethra, down my throat, and up my nose[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nMy friends and the doctors were all shocked I wasn’t dead[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThat’s when Katrina looked at me and this is what she said[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]            [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWalk like thunder[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWalk like thunder[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWalk like thunder[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWalk like thunder[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSo I walked to the rebel spot, I walked all over uptown[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI walked right side up and I walked upside down[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI walked to Chetzemoka with my eyes fixed on the ground yeah[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWe walked all over Chetze Beach and kept the rocks we found[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]F[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThen I walked back to my parents’ house, I walked back to my old bed yeah[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI walked back and I walked fast past all the voices in my head[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI walked with the sweats and I walked with the chills[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI walked in New York City and I walked in Bedford Hills[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI walked into open mic nights and I walked into the rooms[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI walked feeling optimistic and I walked feeling doomed[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI walked with some mama’s boys and I walked with some punks[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI walked dressed up like a rabbit, I walked dressed up like a skunk[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI walked with some givers and I walked with some leeches[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI walked all by myself and I walked with the Moldy Peaches[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI walked all over the world so I could sing my songs to you[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd to your most desperate emails I said, “This is what I do.”[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]            [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI Walk like thunder[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWalk like thunder[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWalk like thunder   [/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWalk like thunder[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut at some point I got so comfortable[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThat I didn’t even realize that I’d started to crawl[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThen my old friend Ammi died at 37 of a heart attack[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd I cracked cause people my age are not supposed to die like that[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nNo no no no people my age are not supposed to die like that[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]           [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe was the old manager of the sidewalk café[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThat place was a second home to me, it’s where I learned to play[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd his personality really helped create a space[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhere a bunch of honest misfits could all gather and feel safe[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe was a cynic, a supporter, he was crazy, he was queer[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe’d either yell out, “Cut the bullshit” or he’d say, “I’m glad you’re here.”[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd it was always such an honour to have Ammi on my side[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThat’s why it hit me like a Mack truck when I found out that he died[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nYeah, it hit me like a Mack truck when I found that he died[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]            [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThen enter Alex, 33 years old and so sick with the cancer[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd trapped inside a body that betrayed his real gender[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWe all hoped and prayed that he would go into remission[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAt least long enough, just long enough to complete his transition[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe said, “Kimya, did you know Eleventeen’s my favourite song?”[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI said, “Then get your ass on stage right now and you can sing along.”[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]           [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThat’s the very first song I ever wrote all by myself[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIt’s about angels and recovery and friends and hope and health[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBy the time we finished singing he was pissed off, he was scared[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe said, “I lost my home, my lover, my insurance, and my hair.[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd now I’m about to lose you too, my new friend.”[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI looked into those big blue eyes and said we’ll meet again[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nYeah I looked into his sad blue eyes and said we’ll meet again[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]               [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThen I got the phone call from Alyssa and she told me he was dying[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBy the time I got to his bedside we were both already flying[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWe held hands and we sang songs, tried to be strong floated around[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]F[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhile I cursed the skin that he was in for all the ways it had let him down[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]F[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nYeah I cursed the skin that he was in for all the ways it had let him down[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]           [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut at the same time I was taking my own body for granted[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nFirst I lost sight of my feet then they became unplanted[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd I never felt so stupid or so selfish or so sad yeah[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nMy body had been good to me and I treated it so bad yeah[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nMy body had been good to me and I treated it so bad[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]               [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThen he said, “Mama, I don’t want my friends to watch me die.”[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]                            [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSo I kissed his cheek, made him a shirt, and then I said goodbye[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd they cremated him in the shirt that I drew[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOf the two of us that said they’re flying over you too[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nNow the silver pink ponies have my homie in their crew[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSo I tightened up my laces and knew what I had to do[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI started walking again[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI started walking again, I miss my friends[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI started walking again[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI started walking again, I miss my friends[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWalk like thunder[/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nD F C D x2\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]","chords":["D","F","C"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]}}}