Written by Ray Davies
Demystified by Jim Smart
Intro is a C chord. It?s just a C scale, starting on G.
[C]Walter, remember when the world was young
And all the girls knew[Eb] Walter's n[Bb]ame?
[F]Walter, isn't it a sha[Cm]me the way our li[F]ttle world has [Bb]changed?
[Cm7]Do you remember, Walter, playing cricket in the th[D]under and the rai[G]n?
[Cm7]Do you remember, Walter, smoking cigarettes behind[D] your garden gate[G]?
Yes, [Ab]Walter was my[Eb] mate,
But [G]Walter, my old fr[F]iend, where are you no[C]w?
cool drum fill over bouncing C chord...
melody plays over C chord, then ...
[Eb]Walter's n[Bb]ame
[F]Walter, isn't it a sha[Cm]me the way our li[F]ttle world has [Bb]changed?
[Cm7]Do you remember, Walter, how we said we'd fight the wo[D]rld so we'd be fr[G]ee.
[Cm7]We'd save up all our money and we'd buy a boat and sa[D]il away to sea[G].
But i[Ab]t was not to [Eb]be.
I [G]knew you then but d[F]o I know you no[C]w?
[C]Walter, you are just an echo of the world we knew so [Eb]long ag[Bb]o
[F]If you saw me [Cm7]now you wouldn't e[F]ven know my na[Bb]me.
[Cm7]I bet you're fat and married and
you're always home in b[D]ed by half-past [G]eight.
And if I t[Cm7]alked about the old times
you'd get bored and you'll have no[D]thing left to [G]say.
Yes p[Ab]eople often c[Eb]hange, but m[G]emories of p[F]eople can remai[C]n.
Demystified by Jim Smart
Intro is a C chord. It?s just a C scale, starting on G.
[C]Walter, remember when the world was young
And all the girls knew[Eb] Walter's n[Bb]ame?
[F]Walter, isn't it a sha[Cm]me the way our li[F]ttle world has [Bb]changed?
[Cm7]Do you remember, Walter, playing cricket in the th[D]under and the rai[G]n?
[Cm7]Do you remember, Walter, smoking cigarettes behind[D] your garden gate[G]?
Yes, [Ab]Walter was my[Eb] mate,
But [G]Walter, my old fr[F]iend, where are you no[C]w?
cool drum fill over bouncing C chord...
melody plays over C chord, then ...
[Eb]Walter's n[Bb]ame
[F]Walter, isn't it a sha[Cm]me the way our li[F]ttle world has [Bb]changed?
[Cm7]Do you remember, Walter, how we said we'd fight the wo[D]rld so we'd be fr[G]ee.
[Cm7]We'd save up all our money and we'd buy a boat and sa[D]il away to sea[G].
But i[Ab]t was not to [Eb]be.
I [G]knew you then but d[F]o I know you no[C]w?
[C]Walter, you are just an echo of the world we knew so [Eb]long ag[Bb]o
[F]If you saw me [Cm7]now you wouldn't e[F]ven know my na[Bb]me.
[Cm7]I bet you're fat and married and
you're always home in b[D]ed by half-past [G]eight.
And if I t[Cm7]alked about the old times
you'd get bored and you'll have no[D]thing left to [G]say.
Yes p[Ab]eople often c[Eb]hange, but m[G]emories of p[F]eople can remai[C]n.
