Walk on the Wild Side

[Intro]
B E 4x


[Verse]
B                          E
Holly came from Miami, F.L.A.
B                  
  Hitchhiked her way
                E
across the U.S.A.
B                    C#m
Plucked her eyebrows on the way
E                   
  Shaved her legs and
      C#m
then he was a she

She says


[Chorus]
B                
  Hey babe, take a
             E
walk on the wild side
B                    
  Said hey honey, take
               E
a walk on the wild side


[Interlude]
B E 2x


[Verse]
B                          E
Candy came from out on the island
B                   
  In the backroom she
                 E
was everybody's darling
B             C#m
But she never lost her head
E                 C#m
Even when she was giving head

She says


[Chorus]
B                
  Hey babe, take a
             E
walk on the wild side
     B              
  Said hey babe, take
               E
a walk on the wild side
                      B
And the colored girls go
                   E
Do do-do, do-do do-do-do-do
                         B
Do do-do, do-do do-do-do-do-do-do
                   E
Do do-do, do-do do-do-do-do
                         B
Do do-do, do-do do-do-do-do-do-do
                   E
Do do-do, do-do do-do-do-do
                         B
Do do-do, do-do do-do-do-do-do-do
                   E
Do do-do, do-do do-do-do-do
                         B  E  B  E
Do do-do, do-do do-do-do-do


[Verse]
B                              E
Little Joe never once gave it away
B                        E
Everybody had to pay and pay
B                   C#m
A hustle here and a hustle there
E                C#m
New York City is the place where

They say


[Chorus]
B                
  Hey babe, take a
             E
walk on the wild side
B                  
  Said hey Joe, take
               E
a walk on the wild side


[Interlude]
B E 2x


[Verse]
B                     
  Sugar Plum Fairy came
              E
and hit the streets
B                     
  Looking for soul food
                E
and a place to eat
B           C#m          E      
  Went to the Apollo, you should
               C#m
have seen him go, go go

They said


[Chorus]
B                 
  Hey Sugar, take a
             E
walk on the wild side
B                   
  Said hey babe, take
               E
a walk on the wild side
            B   E  B  E
All right... huh


[Verse]
B                        E
Jackie is just speeding away
B               
  Thought she was
                  E
James Dean for a day
B                C#m
Then I guess she had to crash
E                 C#m
Valium would have helped that fast

She said


[Chorus]
B                
  Hey babe, take a
             E
walk on the wild side
B                    
  Said hey honey, take
               E
a walk on the wild side
                          B
And the colored girls say
                   E
Do do-do, do-do do-do-do-do
                         B
Do do-do, do-do do-do-do-do-do-do
                   E
Do do-do, do-do do-do-do-do
                         B
Do do-do, do-do do-do-do-do-do-do
                   E
Do do-do, do-do do-do-do-do
                         B
Do do-do, do-do do-do-do-do-do-do
                   E
Do do-do, do-do do-do-do-do
                         B
Do do-do, do-do do-do-do-do
                   E
Do do-do, do-do do-do-do-do
                         B
Do do-do, do-do do-do-do-do
                   E
Do do-do, do-do do-do-do-do
                         B
Do do-do, do-do do-do-do-do


[Outro]
B E 6x