{"id":29116,"date":"2026-01-11T23:21:37","date_gmt":"2026-01-11T23:21:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/?p=29116"},"modified":"2026-01-11T23:21:37","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T23:21:37","slug":"walk-on-boy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/walk-on-boy\/","title":{"rendered":"Walk on Boy"},"content":{"rendered":"
From the album \"Southbound\"\r\n \r\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2HWaFnFefTc\r\n \r\ncapo 3  original key Cm\r\n \r\n \r\n[Verse 1]\r\nAm<\/span>             E7<\/span>\r\nI was born one mornin',\r\n    Am<\/span>             E7<\/span>\r\nThe rain a-pourin' down,\r\nAm<\/span>       Am\/G<\/span>  C<\/span>         F<\/span>\r\nHeard my mammy say to my pappy,\r\n       E7<\/span>            Dm\/F<\/span>  Am<\/span>\r\n\"Let's call him John Henry Brown.\" Walk on boy.\r\n \r\n{ CHORUS }\r\nAm<\/span>      Am\/G<\/span>     E7<\/span>\r\nWalk on down the road\r\nAm<\/span>      Am\/G<\/span>         C<\/span>          F<\/span>\r\nAin't nobody in this whole wide world\r\n        E7<\/span>       Dm\/F<\/span>       Am<\/span>\r\nA-gonna help you carry your load.\r\n \r\n[Instrumental]\r\n\r\nAm<\/span> E7<\/span>\r\n \r\nAm<\/span> Am\/G<\/span>  E7<\/span>\r\n \r\nAm<\/span> Am\/G<\/span> C<\/span> F<\/span>\r\n \r\nE7<\/span> Dm\/F<\/span>  Am<\/span>\r\n \r\nAm<\/span> Am\/G<\/span>  E7<\/span>\r\n \r\nAm<\/span> Am\/G<\/span> C<\/span> F<\/span>\r\n \r\nE7<\/span> Dm<\/span> Am<\/span>\r\n \r\n[Verse 2]\r\nAm<\/span>        Am\/G<\/span>     E7<\/span>\r\nI left my mammy and pappy\r\nAm<\/span>             Am\/G<\/span>   E7<\/span>\r\nJust about the age of ten\r\n        Am<\/span>       Am\/G<\/span>   C<\/span>             F<\/span>\r\nLord, I got me a job a-workin' on the levee\r\n       E7<\/span>            Dm\/F<\/span>         Am<\/span>\r\nTotin' water for the hard workin' men. Walk on boy.\r\n \r\n{ CHORUS }\r\nAm<\/span>      Am\/G<\/span>     E7<\/span>\r\nWalk on down the road\r\nAm      Am\/G         C          F\r\nAin't nobody in this whole wide world\r\n        E7       Dm\/F       Am\r\nA-gonna help you carry your load.\r\n \r\n[Instrumental]\r\nAm E7\r\n \r\nAm Am\/G  E7\r\n \r\nAm Am\/G C F\r\n \r\nE7 Dm\/F  Am\r\n \r\nAm Am\/G  E7\r\n \r\nAm Am\/G C F\r\n \r\nE7 Dm Am\r\n \r\n[Verse 3]\r\nAm         Am\/G      E7\r\nOne day my pappy told me,\r\n        Am           Am\/G   E7\r\n\"Some advice I wanna give to you\r\nAm          Am\/G           C       F\r\nSon, find a good woman, be good to her,\r\n    E7            Dm\/F     Am\r\nAn' she's gonna be good to you.\"\r\n \r\n{ CHORUS }\r\nAm\r\nWalk on, boy.\r\nAm      Am\/G     E7\r\nWalk on down the road\r\n      Am      Am\/G         C          F\r\nThere ain't nobody in this whole wide world\r\n        E7       Dm\/F       Am\r\nA-gonna help you carry your load.\r\n \r\n[Instrumental]\r\nAm E7\r\n \r\nAm Am\/G  E7\r\n \r\nAm Am\/G C F\r\n \r\nE7 Dm\/F  Am\r\n \r\nAm Am\/G  E7\r\n \r\nAm Am\/G C F\r\n \r\nE7 Dm Am\r\n \r\n[Verse 4]\r\nAm        Am\/G         E7\r\nIf anyone ever should  ask you,\r\n      Am          Am\/G  E7\r\n\"Just who is that fella Brown?\"\r\n        Am               Am\/G    C               F\r\nYou can tell him I'm the boy who left his hammer smokin'\r\n         E7        Dm\/F        Am\r\nWhere he beat that steam drill down. Walk on, boy\r\n \r\n[Outro]\r\nAm      Am\/G     E7\r\nWalk on down the road\r\n      Am      Am\/G         C          F\r\nThere ain't nobody in this whole wide world\r\n        E7       Dm\/F       Am\r\nA-gonna help you carry your load.\r\nAm                                      Am6\r\nWalk on boy, walk on boy, walk on, boy.\r\n \r\n*****************************************************\r\n \r\nVersion on the album \"3rd Generation Blues\"\r\n \r\n