Intro is a C chord. It’s just a C scale, starting on G.



C

Walter, remember when the world was young

                      Eb         Bb

And all the girls knew Walter's name?

F                     Cm               F              Bb

Walter, isn't it a shame the way our little world has changed?

Cm7                                               D                G

Do you remember, Walter, playing cricket in the thunder and the rain?

Cm7                                               D                G

Do you remember, Walter, smoking cigarettes behind your garden gate?

     Ab           Eb

Yes, Walter was my mate,

    G                F                     C

But Walter, my old friend, where are you now?



cool drum fill over bouncing C chord...

melody plays over C chord, then ...



Eb        Bb

Walter's name

F                     Cm               F              Bb

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.

Cm7                                                  D             G

We'd save up all our money and we'd buy a boat and sail away to sea.

     Ab           Eb

But it was not to be.

  G                  F              C

I knew you then but do I know you now?

C                                                    Eb     Bb

Walter, you are just an echo of the world we knew so long ago

F             Cm7               F             Bb

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

                                  D             G

you'd get bored and you'll have nothing left to say.

     Ab           Eb          G           F              C

Yes people often change, but memories of people can remain.