Walk on the Wild Side

Chord Progression C F (I IV). Other songs with this same progression: * Melt with You

Intro : [C] [F] x4

1st verse :

[C] Holly came from Miami, F.L.A. [F]
[C] Hitch-hiked her way across the USA [F]
[C] Plucked her eyebrows [D] on the way
[F] Shaved her legs and then [D] he was a she

Chorus

She says, [C] Hey babe
Take a walk on the [F] wild side
Said [C] Hey honey
Take a walk on the [F] wild side

[C] [F] x2

[C] Candy came from out on the [F] Island
[C] In the backroom she was everybody's [F] darlin'
[C] But she never [D] lost her head
[F] Even when she was [D] giving head

She says, [C] Hey babe
Take a walk on the [F] wild side
Said [C] Hey honey
Take a walk on the [F] wild side

[C] [F] x2

[C] Little Joe never once gave it away [F]
[C] Everybody had to pay and pay [F]
[C] A hustle here and a [D] hustle there
[F] New York City's the place [D] where they say...

[C] Hey babe, take a walk on the [F] wild side
I said, [C] Hey Joe
Take a walk on the [F] wild side

And the colored girls go...
[C] doo do doo do doo do do [F] do doo...
[C] doo do doo do doo do do [F] do doo...

[C] [F] x2

[C] Sugar Plum Fairy came and hit the streets [F]
[C] Lookin' for soul food and a place to eat [F]
[C] Went to the [D] Apollo
You [F] should've seen em [D] go go go

They said, [C] Hey shuga
Take a walk on the [F] wild side
I Said, [C] Hey honey
Take a walk on the [F] wild side

All right, [C] huh [F] [C] [F]

[C] Jackie is just speeding away [F]
[C] Thought she was James Dean for a day [F]
[C] But I guess she [D] had to crash
[F] Valium would have [D] done that bash

Said, [C] Hey sugar,
Take a walk on the [F] wild side
Hey [C] honey,
Take a walk on the [F] wild side

And the colored girls go
[C] doo do doo do doo do do [F] do doo...
[C] doo do doo do doo do do [F] do doo...

[C] [F] x2