DIRE STRAITS WALK OF LIFE 1978 Straightjacket songs ltd BASSIST : JOHN ILSLEY Bass tab Tuning : E A D G Tempo : 152 bpm KEY SIGNATURE: E Intro: (Organ) Bass starts: 00:12 G|---------------------||---------------------|- D|---------------------||---------------------|- A|-7r------------------||-7r------------------|- E|------5r---7r---5r---||----7-5r--6-7r--7-5r-|- Bridge1: Play X2: 00:34 G|-------6-9-6------||------------------|- D|--66-9-------9-6--||-------4-7-4------|- A|-7----------------||--44-7-------7-4--|- E|------------------||-5----------------|- Yooooh hooo G|------------------||------------------|- D|-------6-9-6------||-------4-7-4------|- A|--66-9-------9-6--||--44-7-------7-4--|- E|-7----------------||-5----------------|- Verse1: 00:57 G|-------6-9-6------||-------6-9-6------|- D|--66-9-------9-6--||--66-9-------9-6--|- A|-7----------------||-7----------------|- X2 E|------------------||------------------|- Here comes Johnny singing oldies, goldies Be-Bop-A-Lua, Baby What I Say Here comes Johnny singing I Gotta Woman Down in the tunnels, trying to make it pay G|---------|---------||-------6-|-------6-|- D|-------4-|-------4-||--66-9---|--66-9---|- A|--44-7---|--44-7---||-7-------|-7-------|- E|-5-------|-5-------||---------|---------|- He got the action, he got the motion Yeah, the boy can play G|---------|---------||------------------|- D|-------4-|-------4-||------------------|- A|--44-7---|--44-7---||-7r---------------|- E|-5-------|-5-------||------------------|- Dedication devotion Turning all the night time into the day G|------------------||------------------|- D|-------6-9-6------||-------4-7-4------|- A|---6-9-------9-6--||---4-7-------7-4--|- E|-7----------------||-5----------------|- He do the song about the sweet lovin' woman He do the song about the knife G|-------6-9-6------||------------------|- D|--66-9-------9-6--||-------4-7-4------|- A|-7----------------||--44-7-------7-4--|- E|------------------||-5----------------|- He do the walk, he do the walk of life Bridge2: 01:30 G|-------6-9-6------||------------------|- D|--66-9-------9-6--||-------4-7-4------|- A|-7----------------||--44-7-------7-4--|- E|------------------||-5----------------|- Yooooh hooo G|------------------||------------------|- D|-------6-9-6------||-------4-7-4------|- A|--66-9-------9-6--||--44-7-------7-4--|- E|-7----------------||-5----------------|- Verse2: 01:41 G|-------6-9-6------||-------6-9-6------|- D|--66-9-------9-6--||--66-9-------9-6--|- A|-7----------------||-7----------------|- X2 E|------------------||------------------|- Here comes Johnny and he'll tell you the story Hand me down mu walkin' shoes Here come Johnny with the power and the glory Backbeat the talkin' blues G|---------|---------||-------6-|-------6-|- D|-------4-|-------4-||--66-9---|--66-9---|- A|--44-7---|--44-7---||-7-------|-7-------|- E|-5-------|-5-------||---------|---------|- He got the action, he got the motion Yeah, the boy can play G|---------|---------||------------------|- D|-------4-|-------4-||------------------|- A|--44-7---|--44-7---||-7r---------------|- E|-5-------|-5-------||------------------|- Dedication devotion Turning all the night time into the day G|------------------||------------------|- D|-------6-9-6------||-------4-7-4------|- A|---6-9-------9-6--||---4-7-------7-4--|- E|-7----------------||-5----------------|- He do the song about the sweet lovin' woman He do the song about the knife G|-------6-9-6------||------------------|- D|--66-9-------9-6--||-------4-7-4------|- A|-7----------------||--44-7-------7-4--|- E|------------------||-5----------------|- He do the walk, he do the walk of life Bridge3: 02:15 (Play X2) G|-------6-9-6------||------------------|- D|--66-9-------9-6--||-------4-7-4------|- A|-7----------------||--44-7-------7-4--|- E|------------------||-5----------------|- Yooooh hooo G|------------------||------------------|- D|-------6-9-6------||-------4-7-4------|- A|--66-9-------9-6--||--44-7-------7-4--|- E|-7----------------||-5----------------|- Verse3: 02:37 G|-------6-9-6------||-------6-9-6------|- D|--66-9-------9-6--||--66-9-------9-6--|- A|-7----------------||-7----------------|- X2 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 G|---------|---------||-------6-|-------6-|- D|-------4-|-------4-||--66-9---|--66-9---|- A|--44-7---|--44-7---||-7-------|-7-------|- E|-5-------|-5-------||---------|---------|- He got the action, he got the motion Yeah, the boy can play G|---------|---------||------------------|- D|-------4-|-------4-||------------------|- A|--44-7---|--44-7---||-7r---------------|- E|-5-------|-5-------||------------------|- Decidation devotion Turning all the night time into the day G|------------------||------------------|- D|-------6-9-6------||-------4-7-4------|- A|---6-9-------9-6--||---4-7-------7-4--|- E|-7----------------||-5----------------|- And after all the violence and double talk There's just a song in the trouble and the strife G|-------6-9-6------||------------------|- D|--66-9-------9-6--||-------4-7-4------|- A|-7----------------||--44-7-------7-4--|- E|------------------||-5----------------|- You do the walk, you do the walk of life Bridge3: 03:10 (Play X4) G|-------6-9-6------||------------------|- D|--66-9-------9-6--||-------4-7-4------|- A|-7----------------||--44-7-------7-4--|- E|------------------||-5----------------|- Yooooh hooo G|------------------||------------------|- D|-------6-9-6------||-------4-7-4------|- A|--66-9-------9-6--||--44-7-------7-4--|- fading out... E|-7----------------||-5----------------|- End: 04:08 Tablature Legend ---------------- | S slap | P pop | x mute note | . full stop | / slide up | \ slide down | h hammer-on | p pull-off | g grace note | ~ vibrato | ^ brush up

Dire Straits - Walk of life