When Walter Went Crazy Chords & Lyrics - Drive-by Truckers

[Written by Patterson Hood]

Tune down a full step.

[VERSE 1]

[G]When Walter went [Em]crazy, [D]she was sitting on the [C]couch
[G]Painting her [Em]toenails [D]and drinking a [C]Tab
[G]He walked out of the [Em]bedroom [D]with a cigarette in his [C]mouth
[G]And he poured gasoline in a [Em]circle [D]all around the [C]house

[VERSE 2]

[G]When Walter went c[Em]razy, [D]he had rattlesnake in his [C]eyes
[G]Blended whisky i[Em]n his veins and [D]murder in his [C]heart
[G]She watched him walk o[Em]ut the door and [D]knew that he was [C]gone
[G]Matlock on the [Em]TV a[D]nd her mama on the [C]phone

[BRIDGE]

[D]When Walter went crazy, [C]they say that he just [Em]snapped
[D]It had gone on for so long, and [C]she wasn't coming [G]back
[D]She hadn't been off the couch in at [C]least a dozen [Em]years
[G]Deafened by the [Em]silence [D]and the grinding of the [C]gears

[VERSE 3]

[G]His friends could see it [Em]coming [D]like yellow piss on [C]snow
[G]Like a house fire in the [Em]distance,[D] like a car crash in [C]slow-mo
[G]His friends could see it [Em]coming, [D]but what could some folks [C]do
[G]Speeding down the [Em]runway [D]with the brake line's cut in [C]two

[VERSE 4]

[G]When Walter went [Em]crazy [D]the house went up in [C]flames
[G]You could see his hands [Em]shaking [D]from the bourbon and the [C]shame
[G]He never planned the [Em]ending, [D]he just rolled the credit [C]names
[G]The lights came up we [Em]all went home, [D]but never quite the [C]same
[G]The lights came up we [Em]all went home, [D]but never quite the [C]same
[G]The lights came up we [Em]all went home, [D]but never quite the [C]same