Walk On The Wild Side
Words & Music:
Lou Reed
C F6 C F6
C
F6 C
F6
Holly came from
Miami, FLA; hitchhiked her way across the U.S.A.
C
D F
D
Plucked her
eyebrows on the way, shaved her legs and then he was a she
CHORUS:
C
F6
She said: "Hey
babe, take a walk on the wild side."
C
F6
Said, "Hey honey,
take a walk on the wild side."
Candy came from
out on the island, in the backroom she was everybody's darling.
But she never lost
her head, even when she was giving head.
CHORUS:
BRIDGE:
And the colored
girls go:
C
F6
Do-do-do, do,
do-do-do. Do-do-do, do, do-do-do.
C
F6
C
Do-do-do, do,
do-do-do. Do-do-do, do,
do-do-do. DoooooÉ
Little Joe never
once gave it away. Everybody had
to pay and pay.
A hustle here and
a hustle there, New York City is the place where
CHORUS:
Sugar Plum Fairy
came & hit the streets, looking for soul food & a place to eat.
Went to the
Apollo, you should have seen him go, go go.
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Jackie is just
speeding away. Thought she was
James Dean for a day.
Then I guess she
had to crash. Valium would have
helped that fast.
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BRIDGE:
[OUTRO: solo over C F6 vamp]