| DA G | DA G | DA G | DA G |
| DA G | DA G | DA G | DA G |
[Chorus]
D A G
A figure walks behind you
D A G
A figure walks behind you
D A G
A shadow walks behind you
D A G
A figure walks behind you
[Verse 1]
D/F# G A
Days of booze and roses
D/F#G A C A
Shine on us, free us all
D/F# GA
Who is not irascible
D/F# G A C A
He is no genius
[Interlude]
| DA G | DA G |
[Chorus]
D A G
A figure walks behind you
D A G
A figure walks behind you
D A G
A shadow walks behind you
D A G
A figure walks behind you
[Verse 2]
D/F# GA
The old golden savages
D/F# G A CA
Killed their philosophers
D/F#GA
Thoughts brought the drought about
D/F#G A C A
Something followed me out
[Interlude]
| D A G | DA G |
Goes out again
[Chorus]
D A G
A figure walks behind you
D A G
A shadow walks behind you
D A G
A figure walks behind you
D A G
A shadow walks behind you
[Verse 3]
D/F# G A
And if it grabs my coat tail
D/F# G A C A
I will turn and hit it
D/F# G A
It may remove the pegs
D/F# G A CA
Keeping my eyes o - pen
[Interlude]
| DA G | DA G |
[Chorus]
D A G
A figure walks behind you
D A G
A shadow walks behind you
D A G
A figure walks behind you
D A G
A shadow walks behind you
[Verse 4]
D/F# GA
It's got eyes of brown, watery
D/F#G A C A
Nails of pointed yellow
D/F#GA
Hands of black carpet
D/F# G A CA
It's a quick trip to ice house
[Interlude]
D A G
A quick trip to ice house
D A G
A quick trip to ice house
D A G D A G
A quick trip to ice house
[Interlude]
| DA G | DA G |
[Chorus]
D A G
A figure walks behind you
D A G
A shadow walks behind you
D A G
A figure walks behind you
D A G
A shadow walks behind you
[Interlude]
| DA G | DA G | DA G | DA G |
-ou You-ou You-ou You-ou
| DA G | DA G | DA G | DA G |
| DA G | DA G | DA G | DA G |
You-ou You-ou You-ou You-ou
[Chorus]
D A G
A figure walks behind you
D A G
A shadow walks behind you
D A G
A figure walks behind you
D A G
A shadow walks behind you
[Interlude]
| DA G | DA G | DA G | DA G |
-ou You-ou You-ou You-ou
[Bridge]
D A G
And tales of terror
D A G
Which my father told me
D A G D
They never scared me
A G
But not only is it the blind
DA G D
Who cannot see
AGDA
That figure behind you
GDA
Behind you,
GDA
Behind you,
G (D)
Behind you,
[Interlude]
| DA G | DA G | DA G |
You-ou You-ou
[Tag 1]
D A G
That figure kept on walking
D A G
That figure kept on walking
D A G
That figure kept on walking
D A G
That figure kept on walking
D A
Behind you
G D A
Behind you
G D A
Behind you
G D A G
Behind you
[Interlude]
| DA G | DA G | DA G | DA G |
[Tag 2]
D A
There's the man on my trail
G D A
There's the man on my trail
G D A
There's the man on my trail
G D
There's the man on my trail
A GD A
He's also behind you
GD A
Behind you
GD A
Behind you
GD A
Behind you
D A G
That figure kept on walking
D A G
That figure kept on walking
D A G
That figure kept on walking
D A G
That figure kept on walking
D A
Behind you
GD A
Behind you
GD A D A G
Behind you
[Interlude]
| DA G | DA G | DA G | DA G |
| DA G | DA G |
[Tag 3]
D A G
A figure walks
D A G
A figure walks
D A G
A figure walks
D A G
A figure walks
[Outro]
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| DA G | DA G | DA G | DA G |
