Walk of life

Dire Straits

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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                                       E
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' shoes

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
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

Zo speel je dit nummer

Leer de akkoorden van Walk of life van Dire Straits op je gitaar. Dit popklassieke nummer uit 1985 staat op het album Brothers in Arms en behoort tot de meest toegankelijke songs om mee te beginnen. Met zijn eenvoudige akkoordenschema en groovy feel is het een perfecte eerste stap voor elke gitarist.

Walk of life ligt op beginner-niveau (1 van 10) en werkt met slechts vier veelgebruikte akkoorden: E, A, B en E7. Het format is akkoorden, zodat je direct aan het meespelen kunt gaan zonder gedoe. Pak je gitaar, zet deze klassieke hit in en voel zelf waarom dit nummer decennialang in de vingers zit van gitaristen overal.

How to practise this song

1
Practise the barre chord B
B is a barre chord. Lay your index finger flat across all strings and press firmly; practise it on its own until every string rings clearly before you use it in the song.
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Practise the change: B ↔ A
Play each chord for 4 beats, then 2, then 1 — with the metronome at 60-70 bpm. Only push the tempo once the change is clean and on time.
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Great first song
Focus on clean chords — let every string ring. Speed comes by itself once the shapes are right.