Walk Of Life By Dire Straits – Walk Of Life Chords
Intro
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Woo hoo Woo hoo
Walk Of Life Chords/Lyrics/Verse
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Here comes Johnny singing oldies, goldies
Be-Bop-A-Lula, Baby What I Say
Here comes Johnny singing I Gotta Woman
down in the tunnels, trying to make it pay
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He got the action, he got the motion;
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Oh yeah, the boy can play
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Dedication, devotion;
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turning all the night time into the day
Walk Of Life Chords/Lyrics/Chorus
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He do the song about the sweet lovin’ woman
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He do the song about the knife
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He do the walk, he do the walk of life
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Yeah, he do the walk of life
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—-Woo hoo
Walk Of Life Chords/Lyrics/Verse 2
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Here comes Johnny gonna tell you the story;
hand me down my walkin’ shoes
Here come Johnny with the power and the glory;
backbeat the talkin’ blues
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He got the action, he got the motion;
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Oh yeah, the boy can play
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Dedication, devotion;
E
turning all the night time into the day
Walk Of Life Chords/Lyrics/Chorus
B
He do the song about the sweet lovin’ woman
E A
He do the song about the knife
E B A
He do the walk, he do the walk of life
B E
Yeah, he do the walk of life
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—-Woo hoo hoo
Walk Of Life Chords/Lyrics/Verse 3
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Here comes Johnny singing oldies, goldies
Be-Bop-A-Lula, Baby What I Say
Here comes Johnny singing I Gotta Woman
down in the tunnels, trying to make it pay
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He got the action, he got the motion;
E
Oh yeah, the boy can play
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Dedication, devotion;
E
turning all the night time into the day
Walk Of Life Chords/Lyrics/Outro
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And after all the violence and double talk
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There’s just a song in all the trouble and the strife
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You do the walk, yeh, you do the walk of life;
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you do the walk of life
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—-Woo hoo
Dire Straits
Dire Straits were a British rock band formed in London in 1977 by Mark Knopfler (lead vocals and lead guitar), David Knopfler (rhythm guitar and backing vocals), John Illsley (bass guitar and backing vocals), and Pick Withers (drums and percussion). They were active from 1977 to 1988 and again from 1991 to 1995. Dire Straits are one of the world’s best-selling music artists, with album sales of over 100 million.
Their first single, “Sultans of Swing”, from their 1978 self-titled debut album, reached the top ten in the UK and US charts. It was followed by hit singles including “Romeo and Juliet” (1981), “Private Investigations” (1982), “Twisting by the Pool” (1983), “Money for Nothing” (1985), and “Walk of Life” (1985). Their most commercially successful album, Brothers in Arms (1985), has sold more than 30 million copies; it was the first album to sell a million copies on compact disc, and is the eighth-bestselling album in UK history. According to the Guinness Book of British Hit Albums, Dire Straits have spent over 1,100 weeks on the UK albums chart, the fifth most of all time.
Dire Straits’ sound draws from various influences including country, folk, the blues rock of J. J. Cale, and jazz. Their stripped-down sound contrasted with punk rock and demonstrated a roots rock influence that emerged from pub rock. There were several changes in personnel, with Mark Knopfler and Illsley being the only consistent members. After their first break up in 1988, Knopfler told Rolling Stone: “A lot of press reports were saying we were the biggest band in the world. There’s not an accent then on the music, there’s an accent on popularity. I needed a rest.” After disbanding once again in 1995, Knopfler launched his solo career full-time. He has since declined reunion offers.
Called “the biggest British rock band of the 80s” by Classic Rock magazine, their 1985–1986 world tour, which included a performance at Live Aid in July 1985, set a record in Australasia. Their final world tour from 1991 to 1992 sold 7.1 million tickets. Dire Straits won four Grammy Awards, three Brit Awards (Best British Group twice), two MTV Video Music Awards, and various other awards. They were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2018.
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