C F
Holly came from Miami, FLA,
C F
hitchhiked her way across the USA.
C Dm
Plucked her eyebrows on the way
F Dm
Shaved her legs and then he was a she. She says :
C F
Hey babe, take a walk on the wild side,
C F C – F – C – F
said, hey honey, 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 darling.
C Dm
But she never lost her head,
F Dm
even when she was giving head. She says:
C F
Hey babe, take a walk on the wild side,
C F
she said, hey babe, take a walk on the wild side.
And the colored girls go
C F C F – C – F
Do do do … do do do … (4x) 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 is the place where they said :
C F
Hey babe, take a walk on the wild side,
C F C – F – C – F
I said, hey Joe, take a walk on the wild side.
C F
Sugar Plum Fairy came and hit the streets,
C F
looking for soul food and a place to eat.
C Dm
Went to the Apollo,
F Dm
you should have seen him go, go go, they said:
C F
Hey Sugar, take a walk on the wild side,
C F
I said, hey babe, take a walk on the wild side.
C F – C – F
All right! Ha!
C F
5. 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 fast, she said :
C F
Hey babe, take a walk on the wild side,
C F
I said, hey honey, take a walk on the wild side.
And the colored girls say
C F C F – C – F
Do do do … do do do … (6x) Doo.
