Walk of Life

Walk of Life chords
Dire Straits  1985 (Brothers in Arms) *
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walk_of_Life
 
[Intro]
 
E A  B A  B
E A  B A  B
E A  B A  B
E A  B A  B
 
Woo hoo Woo hoo
 
[Verse 1]
 
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
 Oh yeah, the boy can play
A
 Dedication, devotion;
E
turning all the night time into the day
 

{ CHORUS }
 
E                                     B
He do the song about the sweet lovin' woman
          E              A
He do the song about the knife
          E    B                   A
He do the walk,  he do the walk of life
B                        E
 Yeah, he do the walk of life
E A        B A  B
    Woo hoo 
 
[Verse 2]
 
E
Here comes Johnny gonna 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
 Oh yeah, the boy can play
A
 Dedication, devotion;
E
turning all the night time into the day
 
{ CHORUS }
 
E                                     B
He do the song about the sweet lovin' woman
          E              A
He do the song about the knife
          E    B                   A
He do the walk,  he do the walk of life
B                        E
 Yeah, he do the walk of life
E A        B A  B
    Woo hoo hoo 
 
[Verse 1]
 
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
 Oh yeah, the boy can play
A
 Dedication, devotion;
E
turning all the night time into the day
 
[Outro]
 
    E                          B
And after all the violence and double talk
               E                               A
There's just a song in all the trouble and the strife
           E     B                       A
You do the walk, yeh, you do the walk of life;
B                   E
 you do the walk of life
E A        B A  B
    Woo hoo 
 
* Alternates:
 
Capo II
 
E = D
A = G
B = A
 
Capo IV
 
E = C
A = F
B = G
 
Open (These chords are not in the original key)
 
E = A
A = D
B = E
 
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