Lou Reed, Walk On The Wild Side (1972)
Key: :[A#] (w: Lou Reed)
INTRO: [A#] [D#6] :
[x4]
VERSE 1:
[A#] Holly came from Miami, F.L.-
[D#6]-A.
[A#] Hitchhiked her way across the U.S.-
[D#6]-A.
[A#] Plucked her eyebrows
[C] on the way
[D#] Shaved her leg and then
[C] he was a she, she said
CHORUS:
Hey
[A#] Babe, take a walk on the
[D#6] wild side
Said
[A#] hey honey, take a walk on the
[D#6] wild side
BREAK: [A#] [D#6] :
[x2]
VERSE 2:
[A#] Candy came from out on the
[D#6] island
[A#] In the backroom she was everybody's
[D#6] darling
[A#] But she never
[C] lost her head
[D#] Even when she was
[C] given head, she said
REPEAT CHORUS:
BRIDGE INTRO: And the coloured girls go...
BRIDGE:
[A#] Do, do-do, do-do, do-dodoo
[D#6] Do, do-do, do-do, do-dodoo
[A#] Do, do-do, do-do, do-dodoo
[D#6] Do, do-do, do-do, do-dodoo
REPEAT BRIDGE:
BREAK: [A#] [D#6] :
[x2]
VERSE 3:
[A#] Little Joe never once gave it a-
[D#6]-way
[A#] Everybody had to pay and
[D#6] pay
A
[A#] hustle here and a
[C] hustle there
[D#] New York city is no
[C] place where they said
REPEAT CHORUS:
BREAK: [A#] [D#6] :
[x2]
VERSE 4:
[A#] Sugar plum fairy came and hit the
[D#6] streets
[A#] Looking for soul food and a place to
[D#6] eat
[A#] Went to the
[C] Apollo, you should
[D#] have seen him
[C] go go go; they said
REPEAT CHORUS:
BREAK: [A#] [D#6] :
[x2]
VERSE 5:
[A#] Jackie is just speeding a
[D#6] way
[A#] Thought she was James Dean for a
[D#6] day
Then
[A#] I guess she had
[C] to crash
[D#] Valium would have
[C] helped that bash; she said
REPEAT CHORUS:
BRIDGE INTRO: And the coloured girls say...
REPEAT BRIDGE: [x3]
OUTRO: [A#] [D#6] :
[x4] 