How to Play Walk On The Wild Side on Guitar?

Lou Reed - Walk On The Wild Side can be played in the key of C using the C, F, Dm chords. For C, To play C, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, G, high E ring open, mute A, D. For F, To play F, barre fret 1 from the B string to the high E string with finger 1, press fret 1 on the low E string with finger 4, let A ring open, mute D, 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 Walk On The Wild Side with the ↓-↓↑-↑↓↑ strumming pattern.

Lou Reed - Walk On The Wild Side Chords

Chord reference C, F, Dm

Rhythm tips ↓-↓↑-↑↓↑

[C] [F] [C] [F] [C] [F] [C] [F] [C]Holly came from Miami, F L [F]A [C]Hitch-hiked her way across the U S [F]A [C]Plucked her eyebrows [Dm]on the way, [F]shaved her legs and then [Dm]he was a she She says [C]hey babe, take a walk on the [F]wild side [C]Hey honey, take a walk on the [F]wild side

[C] [F] [C] [F] [C]Candy came from out on the [F]Island [C]In the backroom she was everybody’s [F]darlin’ [C]But she never [Dm]lost her head [F]even when she was [Dm]giving head She says [C]hey babe, take a walk on the [F]wild side I said [C]hey babe, take a walk on the [F]wild side, and the colored girls go

[C]doo, do doo, do doo, do do doo [F]doo, do doo, do doo, do do doo [C]doo, do doo, do doo, do do doo [F]doo, do doo, do doo, do do doo [C]doooo [F] [C] [F]

[C]Little Joe never once gave it a[F]way, [C]everybody had to pay and [F]pay A [C]hustle here and a [Dm]hustle there, [F]New York City’s [Dm]the place where they said, [C]Hey babe, take a walk on the [F]wild side I said [C]hey Joe, take a walk on the [F]wild side

[C] [F] [C] [F]

[C]Sugar Plum Fairy came and hit the [F]streets, [C]lookin’ for soul food and a place to [F]eat [C]Went to the [Dm]Apollo, [C]you should’ve seen ‘em [Dm]go, go, go They said [C]hey sugar, take a walk on the [F]wild side I said [C]hey babe, take a walk on the [F]wild side, all right

[C]huh [F] [C] [F]

[C]Jackie is just speeding a[F]way [C]Thought she was James Dean for a [F]day [C]Then I guess she [Dm]had to crash, [F]Valium would have [Dm]helped that bash She said [C]hey babe, take a walk on the [F]wild side I said [C]hey honey, take a walk on the [F]wild side, and the colored girls say

[C]doo, do doo, do doo, do do doo [F]doo, do doo, do doo, do do doo [C]doo, do doo, do doo, do do doo [F]doo, do doo, do doo, do do doo [C]doooo [F] [C] [F] [C]

Artist Lou Reed

Album Transformer

Genres Pop

Year 1972

Key C

Lou Reed - Walk On The Wild Side can be played in the key of C using the C, F, Dm chords.

For C, To play C, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, G, high E ring open, mute A, D.
For F, To play F, barre fret 1 from the B string to the high E string with finger 1, press fret 1 on the low E string with finger 4, let A ring open, mute D, 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 Walk On The Wild Side with the ↓-↓↑-↑↓↑ strumming pattern.