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Walk on the Wild Side

by lou reed · posted by toggle2

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How to read this tab — notation key
+
Blow note
−
Draw note
b or '
Half-step bend
bb or ''
Two half-step bend
bbb or '''
Three half-step bend
(###)
Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
< or *
Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)

Full reference and posting tips in the tab guide.

Tab

5  6   6     6  6 6 6  5 4-3"
Holly came from Miami, F.L.A.

  5    6     6   6   6  6   6  5 4-4 
Hitch-hiked her way across the U.S.A.
  5      5   5   5   5  -4  -4      
Plucked her eyebrows on the way
  4    -3   4   -3   4   -4 -4  4 -4   
Shaved her legs and then he was a she
-3   -3     4    -3 
She says, "Hey, babe,

  5  5  5   -4  4   -4   -3"    
Take a walk on the wild side."

  5     6    5 5  
Said, "Hey, honey,

 5  5  5   -4  4   -4   -3" 
Take a walk on the wild side."


 5 6   6     5   5  -4 -3"  -4 4
Candy came from out on the Island

 5  6   6    6    5   6   6 6 5-3"    -4 4 
In the back room she was everybody's darling

 5   5   5 5   5   -4   -4
But she never lost her head

4 4   4   -3"  4   -4 4   4
Even when she was giving head

-3"  4      4    -3"
She says, "Hey, babe,

  5  5  5   -4  4   -4  -3"
Take a walk on the wild side."

  5     6    5
Said, "Hey, babe,

  5  5  5   -4  4   -4   -3"
Take a walk on the wild side."

-4  -4   -4 4    -4   4
And the colored girls go

  5  5   5   5  5  5  -4  4
"Doo do-doo do-doo do do doo..."
  4  4   4   4  4  4  -4  5
"Doo do-doo do-doo do do doo..."
  5  5   5   5  5  5  -4  4
"Doo do-doo do-doo do do doo..."
  4  4   4   4  4  4  -4  5
"Doo do-doo do-doo do do doo..."

(65) (65)(65) (65)(65) (65)(65) (65)
"Doo  do-doo   do-doo   do  do  doo..."
-(65) -(65)-(65) -(65)-(65) -(65)-(65) -(65)
"Doo   do - doo   do - doo    do   do   doo..."

(65) (65)(65) (65)(65) (65)(65) (65)
"Doo  do-doo   do-doo   do  do  doo..."

-(65) -(65)-(65) -(65)-(65) -(65)-(65) -(65)
"Doo   do - doo   do - doo    do   do   doo..."

(65)
doooo

Play on a harmonica— watch which holes to blow & draw, with sound

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