Walk on the Wild Side

[Intro]
C F 4x


[Verse]
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Holly came from Miami, F.L.A.
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  Hitchhiked her way
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across the U.S.A.
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Plucked her eyebrows on the way
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  Shaved her legs and
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then he was a she

She says


[Chorus]
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  Hey babe, take a
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walk on the wild side
C                    
  Said hey honey, take
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a walk on the wild side


[Interlude]
C F 2x


[Verse]
C                          F
Candy came from out on the island
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  In the backroom she
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was everybody's darling
C             Dm
But she never lost her head
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Even when she was giving head

She says


[Chorus]
C                
  Hey babe, take a
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walk on the wild side
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  Said hey babe, take
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a walk on the wild side
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And the colored girls go
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Do do-do, do-do do-do-do-do
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Do do-do, do-do do-do-do-do-do-do
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Do do-do, do-do do-do-do-do
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Do do-do, do-do do-do-do-do-do-do
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Do do-do, do-do do-do-do-do
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Do do-do, do-do do-do-do-do-do-do
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Do do-do, do-do do-do-do-do
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Do do-do, do-do do-do-do-do


[Verse]
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 is the place where

They say


[Chorus]
C                
  Hey babe, take a
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walk on the wild side
C                  
  Said hey Joe, take
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a walk on the wild side


[Interlude]
C F 2x


[Verse]
C                     
  Sugar Plum Fairy came
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and hit the streets
C                     
  Looking for soul food
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and a place to eat
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  Went to the Apollo, you should
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have seen him go, go go

They said


[Chorus]
C                 
  Hey Sugar, take a
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walk on the wild side
C                   
  Said hey babe, take
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a walk on the wild side
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All right... huh


[Verse]
C                        F
Jackie is just speeding away
C               
  Thought she was
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James Dean for a day
C                Dm
Then I guess she had to crash
F                 Dm
Valium would have helped that fast

She said


[Chorus]
C                
  Hey babe, take a
             F
walk on the wild side
C                    
  Said hey honey, take
               F
a walk on the wild side
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And the colored girls say
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Do do-do, do-do do-do-do-do
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Do do-do, do-do do-do-do-do-do-do
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Do do-do, do-do do-do-do-do
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Do do-do, do-do do-do-do-do-do-do
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Do do-do, do-do do-do-do-do
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Do do-do, do-do do-do-do-do-do-do
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Do do-do, do-do do-do-do-do
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Do do-do, do-do do-do-do-do
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Do do-do, do-do do-do-do-do
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Do do-do, do-do do-do-do-do
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Do do-do, do-do do-do-do-do
                         C
Do do-do, do-do do-do-do-do


[Outro]
C F 6x