Walk On The Wild Side Chords

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]
     D              G6
||:  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  /  :||[x4]
 
[Verse 1]
D                            G6
Holly came from Miami, F. L. A.
D                                    G6
Hitch-hiked her way across the U. S. A.
D                    Em
Plucked her eyebrows on the way,
G                         Em
Shaved her legs, and then he was a she
 
[Chorus]
           D
She says, 'Hey, babe,
                   G6
Take a walk on the wild side,
       D                              G6
Said, 'Hey, honey, take a walk on the wild side!'
 
[Verse 2]
     D              G6
||:  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  /  :||[x2]
 
D                             G6
Candy came ...from out on the Island,
D                                   G6
In the backroom she was everybody's darling,
D             Em
But she never lost her head,
G                 Em
Even when she was giving head
 
[Chorus]
            D
She says, 'Hey, babe,
                    G6
Take a walk on the wild side,
       D                              G6
Said, 'Hey, babe, take a walk on the wild side!'
 
[Verse 3]
G6
    And the coloured girls go...
 D
'Doo, da-doo, da-doo, doo, da-doo!
G6
Doo, da-doo, da-doo, doo, da-doo!
D
Doo, da-doo, da-doo, doo, da-doo!
G6
Doo, da-doo, da-doo, doo, da-doo!'
 
  D
('Doo, da-doo, da-doo, doo, da-doo!
G6
Doo, da-doo, da-doo, doo, da-doo!
D
Doo, da-doo, da-doo, doo, da-doo!
G6                                D         G6
Doo, da-doo, da-doo, doo, da-doo, doo---!')
 
[Verse 4]
   D              G6
|  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  /  |
 
D                                 G6
Little Joe never once gave it a - way,
D                        G6
Everybody had to pay and pay,
  D                  Em
A hustle here, and a hustle there,
G               Em
New York City's the place where ...they said...
 
[Chorus]
 D                             G6
'Hey, babe, take a walk on the wild side!',
         D                            G6
I said, 'Hey, Joe, take a walk on the wild side!'
 
[Verse 5]
     D              G6
||:  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  /  :||[x2]
 
D                                 G6
Sugar Plum Fairy came and hit the streets,
D                                     G6
Looking for soul food, and a place to eat
D              Em
Went to the ...Apollo,
    G                    Em
You should have seen him go -go -go, they said...
 
[Chorus]
 D                              G6
'Hey, sugar, take a walk on the wild side!
         D
I said, 'Hey, babe,
                   G6
Take a walk on the wild side!'   Alright!
 
[Verse 6]
      D             G6
||:  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  /  :||[x2]
 
D                              G6
Jackie is just ...speeding a - way,
D                                G6
Thought she was James Dean for a day,
D                  Em
Then, I guess, she had to crash,
G                 Em
Valium would have helped that bash!
 
[Chorus]
            D
I said..., 'Hey, babe,
                   G6
Take a walk on the wild side!'
         D                              G6
I said, 'Hey, honey, take a walk on the wild side!'
 
[Verse 7]
G6
    And the coloured girls say...
 D
'Doo, da-doo, da-doo, doo, da-doo!
G6
Doo, da-doo, da-doo, doo, da-doo!
D
Doo, da-doo, da-doo, doo, da-doo!
G6
Doo, da-doo, da-doo, doo, da-doo!'
 
  D
('Doo, da-doo, da-doo, doo, da-doo!
G6
Doo, da-doo, da-doo, doo, da-doo!
D
Doo, da-doo, da-doo, doo, da-doo!
G6
Doo, da-doo, da-doo, doo, da-doo!
 
D
Doo, da-doo, da-doo, doo, da-doo!
G6
Doo, da-doo, da-doo, doo, da-doo!
D
Doo, da-doo, da-doo, doo, da-doo!
G6                                D          G6
Doo, da-doo, da-doo, doo, da-doo, doo---!')
 
[Coda]
      D             G6
||:  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  /  :||[Repeat -end on D]
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