{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1879022,"song":"Walk Tall","artist":"Val Doonican","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11421865-walk-tall-chords-by-val-doonican/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1879022?type=chord","rating":5,"votes":54,"content":"Reached no 3 in the UK charts in 1964\r\n\r\n(Intro)\r\nN.C. D\r\nWalk tall\r\n\r\n(Chorus)\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                               [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWalk tall walk straight and look the world right in the eye[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThat's what my mama told me when I was about knee high[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nShe said son be a proud man and hold your head up high[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                     [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWalk tall walk straight and look the world right in the eye[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n(Verse 1)\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                       [ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAll through the years that I grew up ma taught these things to me[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                                [ch]G[/ch]                             \r\nBut I was young and foolish then and much too blind to see[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI ignored the things she said as if I'd never heard[/tab]\r\n[tab]                             [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNow I see and understand the wisdom of her words[/tab]\r\n\r\n(Chorus)\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                               [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWalk tall walk straight and look the world right in the eye[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThat's what my mama told me when I was about knee high[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nShe said son be a proud man and hold your head up high[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                     [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWalk tall walk straight and look the world right in the eye[/tab]\r\n\r\n(Verse 2)\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                [ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch] \r\nI started goin' places where the youngsters shouldn't go[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]                                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI got to know the kind of girls it's better not to know[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]                            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI fell in with a bad crowd and laughed and drank with them[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                        [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThrough the laughter mama's words would echo now and then[/tab]\r\n\r\n(Chorus)\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                               [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWalk tall walk straight and look the world right in the eye[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThat's what my mama told me when I was about knee high[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nShe said son be a proud man and hold your head up high[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                     [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWalk tall walk straight and look the world right in the eye[/tab]\r\n\r\n(Verse 3)\r\n[tab]  [ch]A[/ch]                               [ch]E[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI got in trouble with the law and I'm in prison now[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThrough these prison bars I see things so much different now[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI've got one year left to serve and when my time is done[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                        [ch]E[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI'll walk tall and straight and make ma proud to call me son[/tab]\r\n\r\n(Chorus)\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                    [ch]E[/ch]                  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWalk tall walk straight and look the world right in the eye[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]                         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThat's what my mama told me when I was about knee high[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nShe said son be a proud man and hold your head up high[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                     [ch]E[/ch]                  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWalk tall walk straight and look the world right in the eye[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                     [ch]E[/ch]                  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWalk tall walk straight and look the world right in the eye[/tab]\r\n     E       N.C. A\r\nWalk tall    walk tall","plain_text":"Reached no 3 in the UK charts in 1964\n\n(Intro)\nN.C. D\nWalk tall\n\n(Chorus)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n(Verse 1)\n\n\n\n\n\n(Chorus)\n\n\n\n\n\n(Verse 2)\n\n\n\n\n\n(Chorus)\n\n\n\n\n\n(Verse 3)\n\n\n\n\n\n(Chorus)\n\n\n\n\n\n     E       N.C. A\nWalk tall    walk tall","chords":["C","D","G","E","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}