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Walk Of Life Tabs

(ver. 1)
Dire Straits
INTRO part1
(quiet, a rock organ I think)
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INTRO part2

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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
E                                     B
He do the song about the sweet lovin' woman
          E                     A
He do the song about the knife                                  (INTRO part2)
          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
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
E                                     B
He do the song about the sweet lovin' woman
          E
He do the song about the knife                                   (INTRO part2)
          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
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
E                              B
And after all the violence and double talk
               E                               A
There's just a song in all the trouble and the strife              (INTRO part2 fade out)
           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
            
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