(Words and music by Allan Dawson)
This transcription is based on the album version - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uw1VIXJqwpE
Note there are two different chorus styles which alternate during the song.
[Verse 1]
Fm D# Cm
Welcome to the errors of your ways,
Fm D# Cm
Your last chance to fix was yesterday.
Fm D# Cm
Your compulsion to twist has spun you along,
Fm D# Cm
Diluted your sense of right or wrong.
Fm D# Bb
Diluted your sense of right or wrong.
[Chorus 1]
Db
Walk away from yourself,
Bbm
Put your morals on the shelf,
Db
Walk away from yourself,
Fm
And start again.
[Verse 2]
Fm D# Cm
You wonder when you last took time to say:
Fm D# Cm
“Where am I heading for today?”
Fm D# Cm
When did you last sit back and ask:
Fm D# Cm
“What’s left that’s precious from my past?”
Fm D# Bb
“What’s left that’s precious from my past?”
[Chorus 2]
Db
Walk away from yourself,
Bbm
Put your idols on the shelf,
Fm
And start again.
Db
Walk away from your restless
Bbm
Opinions of yourself,
Fm
And start again.
[Middle 8]
F# G#
You only ever twisted for the pleasure of it,
Db Bbm
To stick was just the easy way.
F#
Now your morals and your idols got the
G#
better of it,
Db Bbm
You'll only ever see the same.
[Chorus 2]
Db
Walk away from yourself,
Bbm
Put your morals on the shelf,
Fm
And start again.
Db
Walk away from your restless
Bbm
Opinions of yourself,
Fm
And start again.
{Chorus 1]
Db
Walk away from yourself,
Bbm
Put your morals on the shelf,
Db
Walk away from yourself,
Fm
And start again.
[Chorus 2]
Db
Walk away,
Bbm
Walk away,
Fm
And start again,
Db
Walk away from yourself,
Bbm
Put your morals on the shelf,
Fm
And start again.
Db
Walk away,
Bbm
Walk away,
Fm
And start again.
[Outro] (x2)
Db Bb Db Fm