Walk on the Wild Side

C F

Holly came from Miami, F.L.A.

C F

Hitch-hiked her way across the USA

C Dm

Plucked her eyebrows on the way

F Dm

Shaved her legs and then he was a she

C

She says, Hey babe

F

Take a walk on the wild side

C

Hey honey

F

Take a walk on the wild side

C F

Candy came from out on the Island

C F

In the backroom she was everybody's darlin'

C Dm

But she never lost her head

F Dm

Even when she was giving head

C

She says, Hey babe

F

Take a walk on the wild side

C

I Said, Hey baby

F

Take a walk on the wild side

And the coloured girls go

C F

doo do doo do doo do do doo..

C F

Little Joe never once gave it away

C F

Everybody had to pay and pay

C Dm

A hustle here and a hustle there

F Dm

New York City's the place where they say,

C F

Hey babe, take a walk on the wild side

C

I said, Hey Joe

F

Take a walk on the wild side

C F

Sugar Plum Fairy came and hit the streets

C F

Lookin' for soul food and a place to eat

C Dm

Went to the Apollo

F Dm

You should've seen em go go go

C F

They said, Hey shuga Take a walk on the wild side

C

I Said, Hey babe

F

Take a walk on the wild side

C

All right, huh

C F

Jackie is just speeding away

C F

Thought she was James Dean for a day

C Dm

Then I guess she had to crash

F Dm

Valium would have helped that bash

C

Said, Hey babe,

F

Take a walk on the wild side

C

I said, Hey honey,

F

Take a walk on the wild side

and the coloured girls say,

C F

doo do doo do doo do do doo