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Grey Walls

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F#mI took my darling Adown, I took my darling Gdown
To that big grey house down the lane
F#mAnd then the doctor Asaid, he said "It's in her Ghead
She's never going to be right again"
AmI kissed mDy lovAme goodbye, sDhe didn't blink an eye
AmThey took heDr down Bthe hall, she never looked back at all
Chorus:
Oh beGhind grey Dmwalls, somewhere there's a soul
BeGhind grey Dmwalls, she's out of control
Em7She's crying out for help, no-one can hear
A7O Lord Bhave pity on her, O Lord have pity on her
My darling walks the floor, my darling walks the floor
She walks every minute that she can
I heard my darling say, I heard my darling say 
That she don't know who I am
Cigarette burns down her arm, said she tried to do herself harm
Tied her arms in the back, trussed her up like a sack
Chorus
I saw my darling's face, I saw my darling's face
It looked so pale in the distance
She stared out from her room into the dying gloom
And I saw her poor tears glisten
Pills to keep her calm, more punctures than a junkie in her arm
Strapped her on the bed, seventy volts through her head
Chorus

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Grey Walls

by Richard Thompson

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F#m

Em7

F#m A G

I took my darling down, I took my darling down

To that big grey house down the lane

F#m A G

And then the doctor said, he said "It's in her head

She's never going to be right again"

Am D Am D

I kissed my love goodbye, she didn't blink an eye

Am D B

They took her down the hall, she never looked back at all

Chorus:

G Dm

Oh behind grey walls, somewhere there's a soul

G Dm

Behind grey walls, she's out of control

Em7

She's crying out for help, no-one can hear

A7 B

O Lord have pity on her, O Lord have pity on her

My darling walks the floor, my darling walks the floor

She walks every minute that she can

I heard my darling say, I heard my darling say

That she don't know who I am

Cigarette burns down her arm, said she tried to do herself harm

Tied her arms in the back, trussed her up like a sack

Chorus

I saw my darling's face, I saw my darling's face

It looked so pale in the distance

She stared out from her room into the dying gloom

And I saw her poor tears glisten

Pills to keep her calm, more punctures than a junkie in her arm

Strapped her on the bed, seventy volts through her head

Chorus

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