Dire Straits – Walk of Life

Guitar chords and lyrics of Walk of Life by Dire Straits
Published 1985
Original key E

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INTRO RIFF chords E A B A B

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E
Here comes Johnny singing oldies, goldies  Be-Bop-A-Lula, Baby What I Say

Here comes Johnny singing I Gotta Woman

Down in the tunnels, trying to make it pay
A                                                             E
He got the action, He got the motion    Yeah the boy can play
A                                    E
Dedication, devotion   Turning all the night time into the day

E                                                          B
He do the song about the sweet lovin’ woman
.                   E                            A
He do the song about the knife
.                    E7   B                                A         B                       E
He do the walk, he do the walk of life. Yeah, he do the walk of life

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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
A
He got the action, He got the motion
E
Yeah the boy can play
A
Dedication, devotion
E
Turning all the night time into the day

 

E                                                                    B
He do the song about the sweet lovin’ woman
.                    E
He do the song about the knife
.                   E7    B                              A      B                             E
He do the walk, he do the walk of life.  Yeah, he do the walk of life

INTRO RIFF



E
Here comes Johnny singing oldies, goldies  Be-Bop-A-Lula, Baby What I Say

Here comes Johnny singing I Gotta Woman

Down in the tunnels, trying to make it pay
A
He got the action, He got the motion
E
Yeah the boy can play
A
Dedication, devotion
E
Turning all the night time into the day

 

E                                                      B
And after all the violence and double talk
.                         E                                            A
There’s just a song in all the trouble and the strife
.                        E7  B                       A        B                                     E
You do the walk, you do the walk of life. Yeah, you do the walk of life

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