Walk On The Wild Side - Lou Reed
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Tuning: C, D G C F A D
Song: Walk on the wild side
Artist: Lou Reed
Composer: Lou Reed
Album: Transformer
by DJ 23rd Aug 2016
The song is simple enough played in C,
but a C to F6 isn't as effective on guitar as
Lou's Reed's D to G6.
Here's how he played it on the record...
DROPPED TUNING: D-G-C-F-A-d
To play along with the original recording you need to
tune all the strings down a full tone.
Use a chromatic tuner to get the pitch more accurate.
The chords will then sound in the recorded key of C
Copy and paste this link to hear the original track:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oG6fayQBm9w
Lou has also played it in D, (a whole tone higher
than the original record) which he did in most live
performances, so no detuning is needed:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKOQapYcyhE
Chord shapes are named as if still in standard tuning
D = xx0232 G6 = 320030 Em = 022000 G = 320033
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[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
Holly came fro
m Miami, F. L.
A.
Hitch-hiked he
r way across t
he U. S. A.
Plucked her ey
ebrows on the
way,
Shaved her leg
s, and then he
was a she
[Chorus]
She says, 'Hey
, babe,
Take a walk on
the wild side
,
Said, 'Hey, ho
ney, take a wa
lk on the wild
side!'
[Verse 2]
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Candy came ...
from out on th
e Island,
In the backroo
m she was ever
ybody's darlin
g,
But she never
lost her head,
Even when she
was giving hea
d
[Chorus]
She says, 'Hey
, babe,
Take a walk on
the wild side
,
Said, 'Hey, ba
be, take a wal
k on the wild
side!'
[Verse 3]
And the co
loured girls g
o...
'Doo, da-doo,
da-doo, doo, d
a-doo!
Doo, da-doo, d
a-doo, doo, da
-doo!
Doo, da-doo, d
a-doo, doo, da
-doo!
Doo, da-doo, d
a-doo, doo, da
-doo!'
('Doo, da-doo,
da-doo, doo,
da-doo!
Doo, da-doo, d
a-doo, doo, da
-doo!
Doo, da-doo, d
a-doo, doo, da
-doo!
Doo, da-doo, d
a-doo, doo, da
-doo, doo---!'
)
[Verse 4]
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Little Joe nev
er once gave i
t a - way,
Everybody had
to pay and pay
,
A hustle here,
and a hustle
there,
New York City'
s the place wh
ere ...they sa
id...
[Chorus]
'Hey, babe, ta
ke a walk on t
he wild side!'
,
I said, 'Hey,
Joe, take a wa
lk on the wild
side!'
[Verse 5]
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Sugar Plum Fai
ry came and hi
t the streets,
Looking for so
ul food, and a
place to eat
Went to the ..
.Apollo,
You should hav
e seen him go
-go -go, they
said...
[Chorus]
'Hey, sugar, t
ake a walk on
the wild side!
I said, 'Hey,
babe,
Take a walk on
the wild side
!' Alright!
[Verse 6]
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Jackie is just
...speeding a
- way,
Thought she wa
s James Dean f
or a day,
Then, I guess,
she had to cr
ash,
Valium would h
ave helped tha
t bash!
[Chorus]
I said..., 'He
y, babe,
Take a walk on
the wild side
!'
I said, 'Hey,
honey, take a
walk on the wi
ld side!'
[Verse 7]
And the co
loured girls s
ay...
'Doo, da-doo,
da-doo, doo, d
a-doo!
Doo, da-doo, d
a-doo, doo, da
-doo!
Doo, da-doo, d
a-doo, doo, da
-doo!
Doo, da-doo, d
a-doo, doo, da
-doo!'
('Doo, da-doo,
da-doo, doo,
da-doo!
Doo, da-doo, d
a-doo, doo, da
-doo!
Doo, da-doo, d
a-doo, doo, da
-doo!
Doo, da-doo, d
a-doo, doo, da
-doo!
Doo, da-doo, d
a-doo, doo, da
-doo!
Doo, da-doo, d
a-doo, doo, da
-doo!
Doo, da-doo, d
a-doo, doo, da
-doo!
Doo, da-doo, d
a-doo, doo, da
-doo, doo---!'
)
[Coda]
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-end on D]