Diatonic Harmonica Tabs

5  6   6     6  6 6 6  5 4-3"
Holly came from Miami, F.L.A.

  5    6     6   6   6  6   6  5 4-4 
Hitch-hiked her way across the U.S.A.
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Plucked her eyebrows on the way
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Shaved her legs and then he was a she
-3   -3     4    -3 
She says, "Hey, babe,
  5  5  5   -4  4   -4   -3"    
Take a walk on the wild side."
  5     6    5 5  
Said, "Hey, honey,
 5  5  5   -4  4   -4   -3" 
Take a walk on the wild side."

 5 6   6     5   5  -4 -3"  -4 4
Candy came from out on the Island
 5  6   6    6    5   6   6 6 5-3"    -4 4 
In the back room she was everybody's darling
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But she never lost her head
4 4   4   -3"  4   -4 4   4
Even when she was giving head
-3"  4      4    -3"
She says, "Hey, babe,
  5  5  5   -4  4   -4  -3"
Take a walk on the wild side."
  5     6    5
Said, "Hey, babe,
  5  5  5   -4  4   -4   -3"
Take a walk on the wild side."

-4  -4   -4 4    -4   4
And the colored girls go
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"Doo do-doo do-doo do do doo..."
  4  4   4   4  4  4  -4  5
"Doo do-doo do-doo do do doo..."
  5  5   5   5  5  5  -4  4
 "Doo do-doo do-doo do do doo..."
  4  4   4   4  4  4  -4  5
"Doo do-doo do-doo do do doo..."

(65) (65)(65) (65)(65) (65)(65) (65)
"Doo  do-doo   do-doo   do  do  doo..."
-(65) -(65)-(65) -(65)-(65) -(65)-(65) -(65)
"Doo   do - doo   do - doo    do   do   doo..."
(65) (65)(65) (65)(65) (65)(65) (65)
"Doo  do-doo   do-doo   do  do  doo..."
-(65) -(65)-(65) -(65)-(65) -(65)-(65) -(65)
"Doo   do - doo   do - doo    do   do   doo..."
(65)
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Harmonica Tabs Song Info
Title Walk on the Wild Side
Artist Lou Reed
Key C
Harp Type Diatonic

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