Lou Reed, Walk On The Wild Side (1972)
Key: :[C#] (w: Lou Reed)
INTRO: [C#] [F#6] :
[x4]
VERSE 1:
[C#] Holly came from Miami, F.L.-
[F#6]-A.
[C#] Hitchhiked her way across the U.S.-
[F#6]-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
[F#6] wild side
Said
[C#] hey honey, take a walk on the
[F#6] wild side
BREAK: [C#] [F#6] :
[x2]
VERSE 2:
[C#] Candy came from out on the
[F#6] island
[C#] In the backroom she was everybody's
[F#6] 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
[F#6] Do, do-do, do-do, do-dodoo
[C#] Do, do-do, do-do, do-dodoo
[F#6] Do, do-do, do-do, do-dodoo
REPEAT BRIDGE:
BREAK: [C#] [F#6] :
[x2]
VERSE 3:
[C#] Little Joe never once gave it a-
[F#6]-way
[C#] Everybody had to pay and
[F#6] 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#] [F#6] :
[x2]
VERSE 4:
[C#] Sugar plum fairy came and hit the
[F#6] streets
[C#] Looking for soul food and a place to
[F#6] eat
[C#] Went to the
[D#] Apollo, you should
[F#] have seen him
[D#] go go go; they said
REPEAT CHORUS:
BREAK: [C#] [F#6] :
[x2]
VERSE 5:
[C#] Jackie is just speeding a
[F#6] way
[C#] Thought she was James Dean for a
[F#6] 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#] [F#6] :
[x4] 