Walk On The Wild Side - Reed Lou, guitar chords

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

Intro: C F x4

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

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

 C                                F
Hey babe, take a walk on the wild side,
 C                                           F
she said, hey babe, take a walk on the wild side.

And the colored girls go
 C                   F      C     F   C   F
Do do do... do do do...

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

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

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

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

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