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Leon Redbone - My Walking Stick Chords

Chord reference Am, Eb, E7, Dm
Rhythm tips ↓-↓↑-↑↓↑

[Am] [Eb] [Eb] [Eb] [E7] [Am] Without my [Am]walking stick, I’d go [Eb]insa[Eb]ne [Eb] I can’t look my [E7]best I feel undressed without my [Am]cane. Must have my walking stick, ’cause it may [Eb]ra[Eb]in [Eb] When it [E7]pours can’t be outdoors without my [Am]cane.

If I [Dm]ever left my house, without my walking stick, Well it [Am]would be something, [B7]I could never ex[E7]plain; [Am]Oh the thing that makes me click, on lovers [Eb]la[Eb]ne, [Eb] Would go for [E7]naught if I were caught without my [Am]cane.

[Am] [Eb] [Eb] [Eb] [E7] [Am] If I [Dm]ever left my house, without my walking stick, Well it [Am]would be something, [B7]I could never ex[E7]plain; [Am]Oh the thing that makes me click, on lovers [Eb]la[Eb]ne, [Eb] Would go for [E7]naught if I were caught without my [Am]cane. [Am] [Dm] [Am] [E7] [Am]

Artist Leon Redbone
Album On the Track
Genres Blues, Jazz
Year 1975
Key Am

How to Play My Walking Stick on Guitar?

Leon Redbone - My Walking Stick can be played in the key of Am using the Am, Eb, E7, Dm chords.

  • For Am, To play Am, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, A, high E ring open, mute D, G.
  • For Eb, To play D# | Eb, press fret 3 on the low E string with finger 3, press fret 1 on the D string with finger 2, press fret 3 on the high E string with finger 3, let G ring open, mute A, B.
  • For E7, To play E7, let low E, D, B, high E ring open, mute A, G.
  • For Dm, To play Dm, press fret 1 on the low E string with finger 2, press fret 1 on the high E string with finger 2, let A, D ring open, mute G, B.

Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat.

You can play My Walking Stick with the ↓-↓↑-↑↓↑ strumming pattern.