Walk of Life Chords
by Dire Straits
Walk of Life by Dire Straits is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of E. It uses the chords E, A, B and E7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
E A B A B
E
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
A
He got the action, He got the motion Yeah the boy can play
A E
Dedication, devotion Turning all the night time into the day
E B
He do the song about the sweet lovin' woman
E A
He do the song about the knife
E7 B A B E A B A B
He do the walk, he do the walk of life. Yeah, he do the walk of life
E
Here comes Johnny and he'll tell you the story
Hand me down my walkin' shoe
Here come Johnny with the power and the glory
Backbeat the talkin' blues
A
He got the action, He got the motion
E
Yeah the boy can play
A
Dedication, devotion
E
Turning all the night time into the day
E B
He do the song about the sweet lovin' woman
E A
He do the song about the knife
E7 B A B E A B A B
He do the walk, he do the walk of life. Yeah, he do the walk of life
E
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
A
He got the action, He got the motion
E
Yeah the boy can play
A
Dedication, devotion
E
Turning all the night time into the day
E B
And after all the violence and double talk
E A
There's just a song in all the trouble and the strife
E7 B A B E A B A B
You do the walk, you do the walk of life. Yeah, you do the walk of life