Do You Remember Walter?

The Kinks

Compositor: Ray Davies

Tom: A#

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Walter, remember when the world was young
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And all the girls knew Walter's name?
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Walter, isn't it a shame the way our little world has changed?
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Do you remember, Walter, playing cricket in the thunder and the rain?
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Do you remember, Walter, smoking cigarettes behind your garden gate?
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Yes, Walter was my mate,
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But Walter, my old friend, where are you now?

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Walter's name
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Walter, isn't it a shame the way our little world has changed?
Cm7                                                   D                G
Do you remember, Walter, how we said we'd fight the world so we'd be free.
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We'd save up all our money and we'd buy a boat and sail away to sea.
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But it was not to be.
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I knew you then but do I know you now?
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Walter, you are just an echo of the world we knew so long ago
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If you saw me now you wouldn't even know my name.
Cm7
I bet you're fat and married and
                       D               G
you're always home in bed by half-past eight.
          Cm7
And if I talked about the old times
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you'd get bored and you'll have nothing left to say.
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Yes people often change, but memories of people can remain.