WALK ON THE WILDSIDE
Lou Reed

INTRO:                                         CHORDS:                INTRO RIFF:
C  F F6 or INTRO RIFF (4 times)                    C   F   F6  Dm     C       F
                                               e |-0---1---1---1-------------------
VERSE 1:                                       B |-1---1---3---3-------------------
C                         F  F6                G |-0---2---2---2-------------------
Holly came from Miami F.L.A.                   D |-2---3-------0-------------------
C                                 F  F6        A |-3---3---3---0------7-slide-0----
Hitchhiked her way across the U.S.A.           E |-----1---1----------8-slide-1----
C                    Dm
Plucked her eyebrows on the way
F                         Dm
Shaved her legs, and then he was a she
          C                            F         F6
She says, hey babe, take a walk on the wild side
      C                             F         F6    C  F F6 (2 times)
Said, hey honey, take a walk on the wild side

VERSE 2:
Candy came from out on the island
In the backroom she was everybody's darling
But she never lost her head
Even when she was givin' head
She says, hey babe, take a walk on the wild side
Said, hey babe, take a walk on the wild side

CHORUS:
And the colored girls go doo doo doo, doo doo, doo doo doo
Doo, doo doo, doo doo, doo doo doo
Doo, doo doo, doo doo, doo doo doo
Doo, doo doo, doo doo, doo doo doo              C  F F6 (2 times)

VERSE3:
Little Joe never once gave it away
Everybody had to pay and pay
A hustle here, and a hustle there
New York City is the place where they said
Hey babe, take a walk on the wild side
I said, hey Joe, take a walk on the wild side   C  F F6 (2 times)

VERSE4:
Sugar Plum Fairy came and hit the streets
Lookin' for soul food and a place to eat
Went to the Apollo
You should have seen 'em go go go
They said, hey Sugar, take a walk on the wild side
I said, hey babe, take a walk on the wild side, all right - huh!   C  F F6 (2 times)

VERSE5:
Jackie is just speeding away
Thought she was James Dean for a day
Then I guess she had to crash
Valium would have helped that dash
She said, hey babe, take a walk on the wild side
I said, hey honey, take a walk on the wild side

CHORUS:
And the colored girls say...    (solo, repeat and fade)