Walk On The Wild Side - Reed Lou, guitar chords

Published: 2016-07-07 19:11
Selection chords: Ethan Cooper

Intro: B E x4

 B                        E
Holly came from Miami, FLA,
 B                            E
hitchhiked her way across the USA.
 B                           C#m
Plucked her eyebrows on the way
 E                                   C#m
Shaved her legs and then he was a she. She says :
  B                              E
Hey babe, take a walk on the wild side,
 B                                 E        B   E   B   E
said, hey honey, take a walk on the wild side.

 B                             E
Candy came from out on the island,
 B                                      E
in the backroom she was everybodyʼs darling.
 B                     C#m
But she never lost her head,
 E                              C#m
even when she was giving head.  She says:

 B                                E
Hey babe, take a walk on the wild side,
 B                                           E
she said, hey babe, take a walk on the wild side.

And the colored girls go
 B                   E      B     E   B   E
Do do do... do do do...

 B                              E
Little Joe never once gave it away,
 B                        E
everybody had to pay and pay.
  B                           C#m
A hustle here and a hustle there,
  E                                C#m
New York City is the place where they said :
 B                                  E
Hey babe, take a walk on the wild side,
 B                                   E   B   E   B   E
I said, hey Joe, take a walk on the wild side.

 B                                      E
Sugar Plum Fairy came and hit the streets,
 B                                     E
looking for soul food and a place to eat.
 B               C#m
Went to the Apollo,
 E                               C#m
you should have seen him  go, go go, they said:

   B                                 E
Hey Sugar, take a walk on the wild side,
              B                            E
I said, hey babe, take a walk on the wild side.
            B     E   B   E
    All right! Ha!

    B                      E
Jackie is just speeding away,
     B                          E
thought she was James Dean for a day.
     B                      C#m
Then I guess she had to crash,
   E                           C#m
Valium would have helped that fast, she said:

   B                              E
Hey babe, take a walk on the wild side,
                B                       E
I said, hey honey, take a walk on the wild side.
And the colored girls say
   B                E        B   E   B   E
Do do do... do do do...