REM - Walk Unafraid

Guitar

Verse Am As the sun comes up, as the moon goes down F these heavy notions creep around Am it makes me think F Am long a go I was brought into this life a little lamb F a little lamb Am courageous, stumbling F fearless was my middle name D but somewhere there I lost my name C everyone walks the same D expecting me to step C the narrow path they've laid

Chorus they claim to Em G walk unafraid Em G I'll be clumsy instead Em G D hold my love me or leave me high

Say "keep within the boundaries if you want to play." Say "contradiction only makes it harder." How can I be What I want To be? When all I want to do is strip away These stilled constraints And crush this charade Shred this sad masquerade I don't need no persuading I'll trip, fall, pick myself up and Walk unafraid I'll be clumsy instead Hold my love or leave me high. If I have a bag of rocks to carry as I go I just want to hold my head up high I don't care what I have to step over I'm prepared to look you in the eye Look me in the eye And if you see familiarity Then celebrate the contradiction Help me when I fall to Walk unafraid I'll be clumsy instead Hold my love or leave me high. Walk unafraid I'll be clumsy instead Hold my love or leave me high.

Bass

Tuning is Standard
\ = Slide Down
/ = Slide Up

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Sources

• http://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/r/rem/walk_unafraid_crd.htm - Guitar chords
• http://mrooze3000.tripod.com/Tabs/REM/Walk%20Unafraid.txt - Bass tabs - The only accurate source that I know of.
• YouTube - REM - Walk Unafraid
• YouTube - REM - Walk Unafraid (Wiesbaden, Germany 2003)