The Wanderer

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The Wanderer
E---3--3--3--3--3--0--
G5
I went out walking through the streets paved with gold
C G5
Lifted some stones, saw the skin and bones of a city without a soul
C
I went out walking under an atomic sky
G5
Where the ground won't turn and the rain it burns
C
Like the tears when I said goodbye
Em C G5 D
Yeah I went with nothing, nothing but the thought of you
Em C D G5
I went wandering
G5
I went drifting through the capitals of tin
C G5
Where men can't walk or freely talk and sons turn their fathers in
C G5
I stopped outside a church house where the citizens like to sit
C G5
They say they want the kingdom, but they don't want GOD in it
C G5
I went out riding down that old eight lane
C G5
I passed by a thousand signs looking for my own name
Em C G5 D
Yea I went with nothing, but the thought you'd be there too
Em C D G5
Looking for you
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G5
I went out there in search of experience
Em C
To taste and to touch and to feel as much
G5 D Em C D G5
As a man can before he repents
G5
I went out searching, looking for one good man
C
A spirit who would not bend or break
Who could sit at his father's right hand
G5
I went out walking with a bible and a gun
C G5
The Word of GOD lay heavy on my heart, I was sure I was the one
C G5
Now Jesus, don't You wait up, Jesus, I'll be home soon
C G5
Yeah I went out for the papers, told her I'd be back by noon
Em C G5 D
Yeah I left with nothing, but the thought you'd be there too
Em C D G5
Looking for you
Em C G5 D
Yeah I left with nothing, nothing but the thought of you
Em C D G5
I went wandering
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The Wanderer
Who could sit at his father's right hand
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The Wanderer Chords by U2

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