Walk Like Thunder
Kimya Dawson
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D F I have this new tattoo of whichC D the story must be toldD F C About the night I almostD overdosed ten years agoD F C I woke up in the hospital withD skin clammy and coldD F And tubes in my urethra, down myC D throat, and up my noseD F My friends and the doctors wereC D all shocked I wasn’t deadD F That’s when Katrina looked at meC D and this is what she said [Chorus]D F C D Walk like thunderD F C D Walk like thunderD F C D Walk like thunderD F C D Walk like thunder [Verse]D F So I walked to the rebel spot, IC D walked all over uptownD F C I walked right side up and ID walked upside downD F C I walked to Chetzemoka with myD eyes fixed on the ground yeahD F We walked all over Chetze BeachC D and kept the rocks we found [Verse]D F Then I walked back to my parents’C D house, I walked back to my old bed yeahD F I walked back and I walked fastC D past all the voices in my headD F I walked with the sweats and IC D walked with the chillsD F I walked in New York City and IC D walked in Bedford Hills [Verse]D F I walked into open mic nights andC D I walked into the roomsD F I walked feeling optimistic and IC D walked feeling doomedD F I walked with some mama’s boys andC D I walked with some punksD F I walked dressed up like a rabbit,C D I walked dressed up like a skunk [Verse]D F I walked with some givers and IC D walked with some leechesD F I walked all by myself and IC D walked with the Moldy PeachesD F I walked all over the world so IC D could sing my songs to youD F And to your most desperate emailsC D I said, “This is what I do.”Continúa después del anuncio[Chorus]D F C D I Walk like thunderD F C D Walk like thunderD F C D Walk like thunderD F C D Walk like thunder [Verse]D F But at some point I got soC D comfortableD F That I didn’t even realize thatC D I’d started to crawlD F Then my old friend Ammi died at 37C D of a heart attackD F And I cracked cause people my ageC D are not supposed to die like thatD F No no no no people my age are notC D supposed to die like that [Verse]D F He was the old manager of theC D sidewalk caféD F That place was a second home toC D me, it’s where I learned to playD F C And his personality really helpedD create a spaceD F Where a bunch of honest misfitsC D could all gather and feel safe [Verse]D F He was a cynic, a supporter, heC D was crazy, he was queerD He’d either yell out, “Cut theF C bullshit” or he’d say, “I’m gladD you’re here.”D F And it was always such an honourC D to have Ammi on my sideD F That’s why it hit me like a MackC D truck when I found out that he diedD F Yeah, it hit me like a Mack truckC D when I found that he died [Verse]D F Then enter Alex, 33 years old andC D so sick with the cancerD F And trapped inside a body thatC D betrayed his real genderD F We all hoped and prayed that heC D would go into remissionD F At least long enough, just longC D enough to complete his transitionD F He said, “Kimya, did you knowC D Eleventeen’s my favourite song?”D F I said, “Then get your ass onC D stage right now and you can sing along.” [Verse]D F That’s the very first song I everC D wrote all by myselfD F It’s about angels and recovery andC D friends and hope and healthD F By the time we finished singing heC D was pissed off, he was scaredD F He said, “I lost my home, myC D lover, my insurance, and my hair.D F C And now I’m about to lose youD too, my new friend.”D F I looked into those big blue eyesC D and said we’ll meet againD F Yeah I looked into his sad blueC D eyes and said we’ll meet again [Verse]D Then I got the phone call fromF C D Alyssa and she told me he was dyingD F By the time I got to his bedsideC D we were both already flyingD F We held hands and we sang songs,C D tried to be strong floated aroundD F While I cursed the skin that heC was in for all the ways it had letD him downD F Yeah I cursed the skin that he wasC in for all the ways it had let himD down [Verse]D F But at the same time I was takingC D my own body for grantedD F C First I lost sight of my feetD then they became unplantedD F And I never felt so stupid or soC D selfish or so sad yeahD F My body had been good to me and IC D treated it so bad yeahD F My body had been good to me and IC D treated it so bad [Verse]D F Then he said, “Mama, I don’t wantC D my friends to watch me die.”D So I kissed his cheek, made him aF C D shirt, and then I said goodbyeD F C And they cremated him in theD shirt that I drewD F Of the two of us that said they’reC D flying over you tooD F Now the silver pink ponies have myC D homie in their crewD F So I tightened up my laces andC D knew what I had to do [Otro]D F C D I started walking againD F C I started walking again, I missD my friendsD F C D I started walking againD F C I started walking again, I missD my friendsD F C D Walk like thunder