Wendell Walker

G  = 320000
C  = 332000
Em = 022000
D  = 554000
Bm = 075000

[Intro]
Am G C

[Verse]
Am                   G           
Wendell Walker was a friend of 
   C
mine.
     Am                    
we’d stain our teeth in the 
 G          C
summertime,
          Am                 G
and with lips of purple, the winter 
would roll
C                         Em
past the boarded windows into our 
souls
    Am               D
and shake our weary bones.

[Verse]
    Am                       G    
now this past winter was the 
            C
coldest in years.
     Am                        G  
it’s hard to explain if you've 
               C
never lived here,
        Am                  G
but it locks your doors and starts 
your mind
C                           Em
thinking in circles just to pass the
 time,
    Am                   D
and breaks your weary heart.

[Verse]
     Am                  G        
now Wendell Walker was a man of 
   C
God,
       Am                      
but he didn’t care much for his 
 G           C
sober mind,
             Am                   
and when the cold mixed in he was 
G
turned around
C                            
heard the voice of God and the 
  Em
angels sound
   Am                D
a message just for him:

[Chorus]
Am   Em  Am      D      Bm    
my son, my son,      she is 
             C
the devil’s child
           Bm                 C
won’t you save her while you can
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    Bm             C    D
cut down the other man.

[Verse]
     Am                  G        
now Wendell Walker was a friend of
       C
 mine,
        Am                     
but he married too young in the 
 G           C
summertime.
       Am                          
 their hearts weren’t ripe so they 
G
fell apart
      C                    Em
and I found myself with a joyful 
heart
       Am             D
as our secret lives began.

[Verse]
   Am                     G       
we found our moments in between 
        C
the hours,
     Am                       G   
when Wendell Walker drove his car 
        C
to town.
        Am                         
but one day he found a letter that 
  G
I wrote for her
        C                          
on the top of her dresser and in 
  Em
his winter mind
    Am                 D
he heard the voice of God say:

[Chorus]
Am   Em Am   D      Bm        
my son, my son,    she is the 
      C
devil’s child
          Bm                 C
won’t you save her while you can
    Bm             C     D
cut down the other man.

[Verse]
         Am                        
with the voice of the lord ringing 
G           C
in his ears
         Am                  
and the note to his wife that 
 G                   C
confirmed his fears,
   Am              G
he sat down on the edge of the bed
C                        Em
read the letter again to see who’d 
sent it
           Am                D
but it was signed ‘forever yours’.

[Verse]
   Am                      G      
he stood up slow like he’d just 
        C
been hit.
       Am                        
walked into the kitchen where his 
  G                C
wife was sitting
             Am                  
he said, “my mother called on the 
  G
telephone
     C                             
she says she needs some help so 
     Em
I’ll be back in the morning"
        Am                D
and he grabbed his heavy coat.

[Verse]
   Am                      G      
my phone rang while I was watching
          C
 the news.
     Am                        G  
she said the house was ours to 
                C
cure these winter blues.
     Am                   G
so I made my way, and we turned the 
blinds
    C                 Em
and Wendell walked in just in time
    Am             D
to see our secret die and say:

[Pre-Chorus]
Am   Em Am   D      Bm        
my son, my son      I’m gonna 
      C
have to cut you down.
           Bm              C
he pointed his rifle to my eyes
        Bm          C
but his hesitating hands
      Bm                C
 were shaking from the cold.
     Bm              C
so I pushed his gun away,
             Bm          C
 just as he found his strength.
        Bm                C
and the bullet kissed her lips
       D
and I cried:

[Chorus]
Am   Em Am   D      Bm        
my god, my god       what have
      C
 I done?
       Bm           C
and he reloaded his gun,
       Bm             C
and he put it in his mouth.
      Bm           C           
and I stood in the room that I’d 
   D
created.