Dire Straits, Walk Of Life (1985)
Key: :[E] (w: Mark Knopfler)
INTRO:
[E] [A] [B] ^
[A] ^
[B] :
[x6]
VERSE 1:
[E] Here comes Johnny singing oldies, goldies
Be-bop-a-lula, baby what'd I say
[E] Here comes Johnny singing I gotta woman
Down in the tunnels, trying to make it pay
PRE-CHORUS 1:
[A] He got the action, he got the motion
[E] Yeah, the boy can play
[A] Dedication, devotion
[E open] Turning all the night time into the day
CHORUS 1:
He do the
[E] song about the sweet lovin'
[B] woman
He do the
[E] song about the knife
[A]
He do the
[E] walk;
[B] he do the walk of
[A] life
Yeah,
[B] he do the walk of
[E] life
BREAK: [E] [A] [B] ^
[A] ^
[B]
VERSE 2:
[E] Here comes Johnny and he'll tell you the story
Hand me down my walkin' shoes
Here come Johnny with the power and the glory
Backbeat, the talkin' blues
REPEAT PRE-CHORUS 1:
REPEAT CHORUS 1:
BREAK: [E] [A] [B] ^
[A] ^
[B] :
[x2]
REPEAT VERSE 1:
REPEAT PRE-CHORUS 1:
OUTRO CHORUS:
[E] And after all the violence and
[B] double talk
there's just a
[E] song in the trouble and the
[A] strife
He do the
[E] walk,
[B] he do the walk of
[A] life
yeah,
[B] he do the walk of
[E] life
OUTRO: [E] [A] [B] ^
[A] ^
[B] :
[x4] 