How to Play Walk Of Life on Guitar?

Dire Straits - Walk Of Life can be played in the key of D using the D, G, A chords. For D, To play D, press fret 2 on the low E string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the G string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the high E string with finger 2, let A, D ring open, mute B. For G, To play G, press fret 2 on the A string with finger 2, let D, G, B ring open, mute low E, high E. For A, To play A, press fret 2 on the D string with finger 2, let low E, A, high E 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 Walk Of Life with the ↓-↓↑-↑↓↑ strumming pattern.

Dire Straits - Walk Of Life Chords

Chord reference D, G, A

Rhythm tips ↓-↓↑-↑↓↑

[D] [G] [A] [G] [A] [D] [G] [A] [G] [A]

[D]Here comes Johnny singing oldies goldies [D]Be Bop A Lula Baby What I Say [D]Here comes Johnny singing I Gotta Woman [D]Down in the tunnels trying to make it pay

[G]He got the action he got the motion [D]oh yeah the boy can play [G]Dedication devotion [D]turning all the night time into the day [D]He do the song about the sweet lovin’ [A]woman He do the [D]song about the [G]knife He do the [D]walk [A]He do the walk of [G]life [A]He do the walk of [D]life [D] [G] [A] [G] [A]

[D]Here comes Johnny and he’ll tell you the story [D]Hand me down my walkin’ shoes [D]Here come Johnny with the power and the glory [D]Backbeat the talkin’ blues

[D]Here comes Johnny singing oldies goldies [D]Be Bop A Lula Baby What I Say [D]Here comes Johnny singing I Gotta Woman [D]Down in the tunnels trying to make it pay

[G]He got the action he got the motion [D]oh yeah the boy can play [G]Dedication devotion [D]turning all the night time into the day [D]And after all the violence and [A]double talk There’s just a [D]song in all the trouble and the [G]strife You do the [D]walk [A]You do the walk of [G]life [A]You do the walk of [D]life [D] [G] [A] [G] [A]

Artist Dire Straits

Album Brothers in Arms

Genres Rock

Year 1985

Key D

Dire Straits - Walk Of Life can be played in the key of D using the D, G, A chords.

For D, To play D, press fret 2 on the low E string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the G string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the high E string with finger 2, let A, D ring open, mute B.
For G, To play G, press fret 2 on the A string with finger 2, let D, G, B ring open, mute low E, high E.
For A, To play A, press fret 2 on the D string with finger 2, let low E, A, high E 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 Walk Of Life with the ↓-↓↑-↑↓↑ strumming pattern.