More songs by Dire Straits

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"WALK OF LIFE" by Dire Straits www.direstraits.com
From their 1985 album Brothers in Arms
Written by Mark Knopfler www.markknopfler.com
Transcribed by T-rev www.t-rev.net

E         A         B         A    B
  Woo-hoo   Woo-hoo

    E
    Here come Johnny singing oldies goldies
  E
    "Be-Bop-A-Lula" baby "What'd I Say"
    E
    Here come Johnny singing "I Got a Woman"
    E
    Down in the tunnel trying to make it pay

      A
        He got the action, he got the motion
      E
        Oh yeah the boy can play
      A
        Dedication, devotion
           E
        He turning all the night-time into the day

          E                           B
He do the song about the sweet loving woman
          E                    A
He do the song about the knife
               E    B
Then he do the walk
               A     B                      (E)
Do the walk of life, yeah he do the walk of life

E         A         B         A    B
                      Woo-hoo

    E
    Here come Johnny gonna tell you the story
    E
    Hand me down my walking shoes
    E
    Here come Johnny with the power and the glory
  E
    Backbeat, the talking blues

      A
        He got the action, he got the motion
      E
        Oh yeah the boy can play
      A
        Dedication, devotion
           E
        He turning all the night-time into the day

          E                           B
He do the song about the sweet loving woman
          E                    A
He do the song about the knife
               E    B
Then he do the walk
               A     B                      (E)
Do the walk of life, yeah he do the walk of life

E         A             B         A    B
            Woo-hoo-hoo

    E
    Here come Johnny singing oldies goldies
  E
    "Be-Bop-A-Lula" baby "What'd I Say"
    E
    Here come Johnny singing "I Got a Woman"
    E
    Down in the tunnel trying to make it pay

      A
        He got the action, he got the motion
      E
        Oh yeah the boy can play
      A
        Dedication, devotion
           E
        He 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
           E    B
You do the walk
                        A     B                      (E)
Yeah you do the walk of life, mm they do the walk of life

E         A         B         A    B
            Woo-hoo

Transcribed 2026-09-06 by T-rev
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x24442 B

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