Lou Reed, Walk On The Wild Side (1972)
Key: :[C] (w: Lou Reed)
INTRO: [C] [F6] :
[x4]
VERSE 1:
[C] Holly came from Miami, F.L.-
[F6]-A.
[C] Hitchhiked her way across the U.S.-
[F6]-A.
[C] Plucked her eyebrows
[D] on the way
[F] Shaved her leg and then
[D] he was a she, she said
CHORUS:
Hey
[C] Babe, take a walk on the
[F6] wild side
Said
[C] hey honey, take a walk on the
[F6] wild side
BREAK: [C] [F6] :
[x2]
VERSE 2:
[C] Candy came from out on the
[F6] island
[C] In the backroom she was everybody's
[F6] darling
[C] But she never
[D] lost her head
[F] Even when she was
[D] given head, she said
REPEAT CHORUS:
BRIDGE INTRO: And the coloured girls go...
BRIDGE:
[C] Do, do-do, do-do, do-dodoo
[F6] Do, do-do, do-do, do-dodoo
[C] Do, do-do, do-do, do-dodoo
[F6] Do, do-do, do-do, do-dodoo
REPEAT BRIDGE:
BREAK: [C] [F6] :
[x2]
VERSE 3:
[C] Little Joe never once gave it a-
[F6]-way
[C] Everybody had to pay and
[F6] pay
A
[C] hustle here and a
[D] hustle there
[F] New York city is no
[D] place where they said
REPEAT CHORUS:
BREAK: [C] [F6] :
[x2]
VERSE 4:
[C] Sugar plum fairy came and hit the
[F6] streets
[C] Looking for soul food and a place to
[F6] eat
[C] Went to the
[D] Apollo, you should
[F] have seen him
[D] go go go; they said
REPEAT CHORUS:
BREAK: [C] [F6] :
[x2]
VERSE 5:
[C] Jackie is just speeding a
[F6] way
[C] Thought she was James Dean for a
[F6] day
Then
[C] I guess she had
[D] to crash
[F] Valium would have
[D] helped that bash; she said
REPEAT CHORUS:
BRIDGE INTRO: And the coloured girls say...
REPEAT BRIDGE: [x3]
OUTRO: [C] [F6] :
[x4] 