von Lou Reed

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-- Verse
            
                G
                 
                Holly came from Miami FL
                
                C
                 
                A 
                
                D
                 
                G
                 
                Hitch-hiked her way across the US
                
                C
                 
                A. 
                
                D
                 
                G
                 
                Plucked her eyebrows 
                
                A
                 
                on the way
                
                C
                 
                Shaved her leg and then 
                
                A
                 
                he was a she
                
                She said, 
                
                G
                 
                hey babe, take a walk on the 
                
                C
                 
                wild side, 
                
                D
                 
                Said, 
                
                G
                 
                hey honey, take a walk on the 
                
                C
                 
                wild side. 
                
                D

-- Verse
            
                Candy came from out on the island,
                
                In the backroom she was everybody′s darling,
                
                But she never lost her head
                
                Even when she was given head
                
                She said, hey baby, take a walk on the wild side
                
                She said, hey babe, take a walk on the wild side
                
                And the coloured girls go, doo doo doo, doo ...

-- Verse
            
                Little Joe never once gave it away
                
                Everybody had to pay and pay
                
                A hustle here and a hustle there
                
                New York city is the place where they said:
                
                Hey babe, take a walk on the wild side
                
                I Said hey Joe, take a walk on the wild side

-- Verse
            
                Sugar Plum Fairy came and hit the streets
                
                Lookin' for soul food and a place to eat
                
                Went to the Apollo
                
                You should have seen him go go go
                
                They said, hey Sugar, take a walk on the wild side
                
                I said, hey honey, take a walk on the wild side

-- Verse
            
                Jackie is just speeding away
                
                Thought she was James Dean for a day
                
                Then I guess she had to crash
                
                Valium would have helped that dash
                
                She said, hey babe, take a walk on the wild side
                
                I said, hey honey, take a walk on the wild side
                
                And the coloured girls say doo doo doo, doo ...