Lou Reed - Take a Walk on the Wild Side

Take a Walk on the Wild Side - Lou Reed.

Chords:

        C                 F              D
    e|--x-----|     e|----x----|    e|---2----|
    b|--1-----|     b|----1----|    b|---3----|
    g|--0-----|     g|----2----|    g|---2----|
    d|--2-----|     d|----3----|    d|---0----|
    a|--3-----|     a|----x----|    a|---x----|
    e|--x-----|     e|----x----|    e|---x----|


[Intro]

e|-------------------|
b|-------------------|    Repeated through out the song
g|-------------------|
d|-------------------|
a|-------------------|
e|---1---1/8-----8\1-|

C                           F
Holly came from Miami, F.L.A.

C                                F
Hitch-hiked her way across the USA

C                    Dm
Plucked her eyebrows on the way

F                        Dm
Shaved her legs and then he was a she

C
She says, Hey babe

                     F
Take a walk on the wild side

C
Hey honey

                     F
Take a walk on the wild side


C                              F
Candy came from out on the Island

C                                     F
In the backroom she was everybody's darlin'

C               Dm
But she never lost her head

F                   Dm
Even when she was giving head

C
She says, Hey babe

                    F
Take a walk on the wild side

C
I Said, Hey baby

                    F
Take a walk on the wild side


And the coloured girls go

C                        F
doo do doo do doo do do doo..

C                              F
Little Joe never once gave it away

C                         F
Everybody had to pay and pay

C                            Dm
A hustle here and a hustle there

F                     Dm
New York City's the place where they say,

C                             F
Hey babe, take a walk on the wild side

C
I said, Hey Joe

        F
Take a walk on the wild side

C                                  F
Sugar Plum Fairy came and hit the streets

C                                     F
Lookin' for soul food and a place to eat

C             Dm
Went to the Apollo

F                      Dm
You should've seen em go go go

            C                            F
They said, Hey shuga Take a walk on the wild side

C
I Said, Hey babe

        F
Take a walk on the wild side

            C
All right, huh

C                       F
Jackie is just speeding away

C                                 F
Thought she was James Dean for a day

C                 Dm
Then I guess she had to crash

F                   Dm
Valium would have helped that bash

       C
Said, Hey babe,

                    F
Take a walk on the wild side

         C
I said, Hey honey,

                    F
Take a walk on the wild side


and the coloured girls say,

C                        F
doo do doo do doo do do doo