Walk Of Life Dire Straits
[INTRO]
(Background Organ only) (Background Organ and Lead Organ)
[E] [E] [A] [A] [B] [B] [A] [B] [E] [E] [A] [A] [B] [B] [A] [B]
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(Drums)
[E] [E] [A] [A] [B] [B] [A] [B] [E] [E] [A] [A] [B] [B] [A] [B]
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[E] [E] [A] [A] [B] [B] [A] [B]
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[VERSE]
[E]Here come Johnny singin [E]oldies, goldies [E]Bebabaluba baby [E]what I say
[E]Here come Johnny singin "[E]I gotta woman [E]Down in the tunnel tryin' to [E]make it pay"
[A]He got the action [A]he got the motion [E] Oh, yeah, the [E]boy can play
(Yeah, the boy can play)
[A] The dedication, [A]devotion He's [E]turnin' all the night time [E]into the day
(Turnin' all the night time into the day-)
[E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [A] [A] [E] [E] [A] [A] [E] [E]
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[CBORUS + BRIDGE]
He do the [E]song about the sweet lovin' [B]woman He do the [E]song about the knife[A]
(ayyyyyyyyy-ayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy-ayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy-ayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy-ay)
Then he do The [E]Walk [B] He do The Walk of [A]Life [B]Yeah, he do The Walk of
(Do The Walk) (Walk of Liiiiii-ife)
[E]Life[E] [A] [A] [B] [B] [A] [B]
[E] [B] [E] [A] [E] [B] [A] [B] [E] [E] [A] [A] [B] [B] [A] [B]
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[VERSE]
[E]Here come Johnny gonna [E]tell you a story [E]Hand me down my [E]walkin' shoes
[E]Here come Johnny with the [E]power and the glory [E] Back beat The [E]talkin' blues
[A]He got the action [A]he got the motion [E] Oh, yeah, the [E]boy can play
(Yeah, the boy can play)
[A] The dedication, [A]devotion He's [E]turnin' all the night time [E]into the day
(Turnin' all the night time into the day-)
[E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [A] [A] [E] [E] [A] [A] [E] [E]
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[CBORUS]
The [E]song about the sweet lovin' [B]woman He do the [E]song about the knife[A]
(ayyy-ayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy-ayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy-ayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy-ay)
Then he do The [E]Walk [B] Do The Walk of [A]Life [B]Yeah, he do The Walk of [E]Life
(Do The Walk) (Walk of Liiiiii-ife)
[E] [B] [E] [A] [E] [B] [A] [B]
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[INSTRUMENTAL]
[E] [E] [A] [A] [B] [B] [A] [B] [E] [E] [A] [A] [B] [B] [A] [B]
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[VERSE]
[E]Here come Johnny singin [E]oldies, goldies [E]Bebabaluba baby [E]what I say
[E]Here come Johnny singin "[E]I gotta woman [E]Down in the tunnel tryin' to [E]make it pay"
[A]He got the action [A]he got the motion [E] Oh, yeah, the [E]boy can play
(Yeah, the boy can play)
[A] The dedication, [A]devotion He's [E]turnin' all the night time [E]into the day
(Turnin' all the night time into the day-)
[E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [A] [A] [E] [E] [A] [A] [E] [E]
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[CBORUS + BRIDGE]
And after [E]all the violence and double-[B]talk
(-ayyyyyyyy-ayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy-ayyyyyyyyy--)
There's just a [E]song in all the trouble and the [A]strife
(-ayyyyyyyyyyyyy-ayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy-ay)
He do The [E]Walk [B]Yeah, He do The Walk of [A]Life [B] Hmmm, he do The Walk of [E]Life
(Do The Walk) (Walk of Liiiii-ife)
[E] [B] [E] [A] [E] [B] [A] [B]
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[CODA] (Repeat & Fade)
[E] [E] [A] [A] [B] [B] [A] [B] [E] [E] [A] [A] [B] [B] [A] [B]
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Tabbed by Michael Oxner
moxner@nbnet.nb.ca
March 31, 2011
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