Walk On Boy - Billy Strings
Tuning: , E A D G B E
Song: Walk on Boy
Artist: Billy Strings
Original Composers: Mel Tillis & Wayne Walker
Tab By: Nick Cassidy
*Standard Tuning
*No Capo
Chords used:
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B|--3-----2---
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[Riff 1]
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[Riff 2]
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[Intro]
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I waaaas born
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one morning.
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The rain came
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pouring down.
Well I heard m
y mama say to
my papa, "Let’
s call him Joh
n Henry Brown"
[Chorus]
Walk on boy [R
iff 1]
Walk on down t
he road
Well there ain
't nobody in t
he whole wide
world who's go
nna help you c
arry your load
[Riff 2]
[Verse 2]
Well I left my
mom and papa
Just about the
age of ten
And I got me a
job workin' o
n the levee to
tin' water for
the hard-work
in' men
[Chorus]
Walk on boy [R
iff1]
Walk on down t
he road
Well there ain
't nobody in t
he whole wide
world who's go
nna help you c
arry your load
[Riff 2]
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[ Guitar 1: Solo 1 ] *Played on a mandolin in the recording
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[Verse 3]
Well one day m
y papa he told
me
Some advice I'
d like to give
to you
Son, find you
a woman, be go
od to her, and
she's gonna b
e good to you
[Chorus]
Walk on boy [R
iff 1]
Walk on down t
he road
Well there ain
't nobody in t
he whole wide
world who's go
nna help you c
arry your load
[Riff 2]
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[ Guitar 2: Solo 1 ]
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[ Guitar 1: Solo 2 ] *Played on a mandolin in the recording
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[Verse 3]
If anyone shou
ld ever ask yo
u
Who is that fe
lla 'Brown'?
Well you can t
ell 'em I'm th
e fella that l
eft my hammer
smokin' where
I beat that ol
' steam drill
down
[Chorus]
Walk on boy [R
iff1]
Walk on down t
he road
Well there ain
't nobody in t
he whole wide
world who's go
nna help you c
arry your load
[Riff 2]
[Chorus]
Walk on boy [R
iff1]
Walk on down t
he road
Well there ain
't nobody in t
he whole wide
world who's go
nna help you c
arry your load
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| p Pull-off
| / Slide up
| x Dead note
| \ Slide down
| h Hammer-on
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