Lou Reed, Walk On The Wild Side (1972)
Key: :[B] (w: Lou Reed)
INTRO: [B] [E6] :
[x4]
VERSE 1:
[B] Holly came from Miami, F.L.-
[E6]-A.
[B] Hitchhiked her way across the U.S.-
[E6]-A.
[B] Plucked her eyebrows
[C#] on the way
[E] Shaved her leg and then
[C#] he was a she, she said
CHORUS:
Hey
[B] Babe, take a walk on the
[E6] wild side
Said
[B] hey honey, take a walk on the
[E6] wild side
BREAK: [B] [E6] :
[x2]
VERSE 2:
[B] Candy came from out on the
[E6] island
[B] In the backroom she was everybody's
[E6] darling
[B] But she never
[C#] lost her head
[E] Even when she was
[C#] given head, she said
REPEAT CHORUS:
BRIDGE INTRO: And the coloured girls go...
BRIDGE:
[B] Do, do-do, do-do, do-dodoo
[E6] Do, do-do, do-do, do-dodoo
[B] Do, do-do, do-do, do-dodoo
[E6] Do, do-do, do-do, do-dodoo
REPEAT BRIDGE:
BREAK: [B] [E6] :
[x2]
VERSE 3:
[B] Little Joe never once gave it a-
[E6]-way
[B] Everybody had to pay and
[E6] pay
A
[B] hustle here and a
[C#] hustle there
[E] New York city is no
[C#] place where they said
REPEAT CHORUS:
BREAK: [B] [E6] :
[x2]
VERSE 4:
[B] Sugar plum fairy came and hit the
[E6] streets
[B] Looking for soul food and a place to
[E6] eat
[B] Went to the
[C#] Apollo, you should
[E] have seen him
[C#] go go go; they said
REPEAT CHORUS:
BREAK: [B] [E6] :
[x2]
VERSE 5:
[B] Jackie is just speeding a
[E6] way
[B] Thought she was James Dean for a
[E6] day
Then
[B] I guess she had
[C#] to crash
[E] Valium would have
[C#] helped that bash; she said
REPEAT CHORUS:
BRIDGE INTRO: And the coloured girls say...
REPEAT BRIDGE: [x3]
OUTRO: [B] [E6] :
[x4] 