If These Walls Could Speak by Shawn Colvin #----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## From: dlw@eng.mc.xerox.com (Don Wegeng) {title:If These Walls Could Speak} {st:by Jim Webb} {st:(as performed by Shawn Colvin)} {define: D9/F# base-fret 1 frets 2 x 0 2 1 0} {c:Intro...} [F] [c] [G] [F] [c] [G] If [F]these old [G]walls, if [F]these old [G]walls could [C]speak [F]What a [c]tale they'd [G]have to [Am]tell [C]Hard headed [C/E]people [G]raisin' [F]hell a [F]couple [c]in [G]love livin' [c]week [c/E]to [F]week [D9/F#]Rooms full of [C/G]laughter, if [F]these old walls [C]could [G]speak If these old halls, if hallowed halls could talk These would have a tale to tell The sun goin' down and dinner bells And children playin' at hide and seek >From floor to rafters, if these old walls could speak [F] They would tell you [G]that I'm [C]sorry [G] [F] For bein' cold and [G]blind and [C]weak [G] [F] They would tell you [G]that it's [Am]only that I have a [G]stubborn [F]streak If these walls could [C]speak If these old fashion window panes had eyes I guess they would have seen it all Each little tear and silent step fall And every dream that we came to seek And followed after, if these old walls could speak They would tell you that I owe you More than I could ever pay Here's someone who really loves you Don't ever go away That's what these walls would say # # transcribed by G. Knapp & D. Wegeng (dlw@eng.mc.xerox.com) # 13 September 1994 # www.TAB6.com