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Walk Of Life

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Song: Walk of Life
Artist: Dire Straits
Album: Brothers in arms
Intro
tabbed by Francy [ITA]
My name is Francesco Giampiccolo, if you have any question ask me... My e-mail address 
francesco.giampiccolo@virgilio.it
[INTRO]
part 1
(arranged for guitar, it's very quite, a organ, I think)
e---------------------------------------------------|
b-9~--7~--5~--9~--7~--4--5--9--7--------------------|
g---------------------------------------------------|
d---------------------------------------------------|
a---------------------------------------------------|
E---------------------------------------------------|
[INTRO]
part 2
  E                A        B                 A    B            E
e------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
b-9-9---7-9-12-9-7----7-9-12-12--7-9-12-9-7----7-9-12-9-7--12-12--7-9-12-9-7---|
g------------------9-9------------------------9-9------------9-----------------| x4
d------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
a------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A       B        A       B
[Verse 1]
E
Here comes Johnny singing oldies, goldies  Be-Bop-A-Lula, Baby What I Say
Here comes Johnny singing I Gotta Woman
Down in the tunnels, trying to make it pay
A                                       E
He got the action, He got the motion    Yeah the boy can play
A                      E
Dedication, devotion   Turning all the night time into the day.
[Chorus]
E                                     B
He do the song about the sweet lovin' woman
          E                     A
He do the song about the knife
          E7   B                  A         B                   E    A  B  A B
He do the walk, he do the walk of life. Yeah, he do the walk of life
[Verse 2]
E
Here comes Johnny and he'll tell you the story
Hand me down my walkin' shoes
Here come Johnny with the power and the glory
Backbeat the talkin' blues
A
He got the action, He got the motion
E
Yeah the boy can play
A
Dedication, devotion
E
Turning all the night time into the day
[Chorus]
E                                     B
He do the song about the sweet lovin' woman
          E
He do the song about the knife
          E7  B                   A      B                       E  A B A B
He do the walk, he do the walk of life.  Yeah, he do the walk of life
[Verse 1]
E
Here comes Johnny singing oldies, goldies  Be-Bop-A-Lula, Baby What I Say
Here comes Johnny singing I Gotta Woman
Down in the tunnels, trying to make it pay
A
He got the action, He got the motion
E
Yeah the boy can play
A
Dedication, devotion
E
Turning all the night time into the day
[Outro]
E                              B
And after all the violence and double talk
               E                               A
There's just a song in all the trouble and the strife
           E7  B                    A        B                     E  A B A B
You do the walk, you do the walk of life. Yeah, you do the walk of life
life

Walk Of Life chords and lyrics

Free chords for Walk Of Life by Dire Straits. Scroll the interactive sheet above or read the chord names inline below.

Song: Walk of Life
Artist: Dire Straits
Album: Brothers in arms
Intro
tabbed by Francy [ITA]
My name is Francesco Giampiccolo, if you have any question ask me... My e-mail address 
francesco.giampiccolo@virgilio.it
[INTRO]
part 1
[INTRO]
part 2
A       B        A       B
[Verse 1]
Here comes Johnny singing I Gotta Woman
Down in the tunnels, trying to make it pay
[Chorus]
[Verse 2]
Hand me down my walkin' shoes
Here come Johnny with the power and the glory
Backbeat the talkin' blues
[Chorus]
[Verse 1]
Here comes Johnny singing I Gotta Woman
Down in the tunnels, trying to make it pay
[Outro]
life

Walk Of Life Chords by Dire Straits

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The chords for "Walk Of Life" show the original chord names (including E, A, B, E7). Use transpose to move the song into any key that fits your voice or capo.