[Intro - key pads - BPM 172 - E = 476454 before move to other chords] E x x B A x x E B x x E A x E B
[Keyboard riff x 2 then 3rd time with drums - WHISTLE OVER TOP SOMETIMES HARMONIES] E x x x - A x x x - B x x x - A x B x
[Verse 1] [E] Here comes Johnny singing oldies, goldies BeBopALula, 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] Oh yeah, the boy can play [A] Dedication, devotion (drums just to bass drum) [E] Turning all the night time into the day
[Chorus - Stevie Ray - play G# on low E going to B] He do the [E] song about the sweet lovin' [B] woman He do the [E] song about the knife [A] Well, he do the [E] walk, [B] do the walk of life [A] Yeah, [B7] he do the walk of life [E]
[Interlude - keyboard riff] E x x x - A x x x - B x x x - A x B x Wo ho hoo bit
[Verse 2] [E] Here comes Johnny and he'll tell you the story Hand me down my walkin' shoes Here comes Johnny with the power and the glory Backbeat the talkin' blues [A] He got the action, he got the motion [E] Oh yeah, the boy can play [A] Dedication, devotion (drums just to bass drum) [E] Turning all the night time into the day
[Chorus] He do the [E] song about the sweet lovin' [B] woman He do the [E] song about the knife [A] Well, he do the [E] walk, [B] do the walk of life [A] Yeah, [B7] he do the walk of life [E]
[Interlude - Keyboard Riff] E x x x - A x x x - B x x x - A x B x Wo ho hoo bit
[Verse 3] [E] Here comes Johnny singing oldies, goldies BeBopALula, Baby What I Say Here comes Johnny singng I Gotta Woman Down in the tunnels, trying to make it pay [A] He got the action, he got the motion [E] Oh yeah, the boy can play [A] Dedication, devotion (drums just to bass drum) [E] Turning all the night time into the day
[Chorus] And [E] after all the violence and [B] double talk There's just a [E] song in all the trouble and the [A] strife You do the [E] walk, yeah, [B] you do the walk of life [A] Mmm, [B7] you do the walk of life [E]
[Outro] E x x x - A x x x - B x x x - A x B x Wo ho hoo bit (repeat until end) [End]
[Notes] v1 - 2 - proximity, v2 - 3 for some bits 'oh yeah' and 'turning..' [Tab for intro - CHECK THIS] [E][A][B][A][B] E ----------------------------------7--------7----------------7--------7----- B -9----9-12---9-----5--------5--7--7--7--9----9--7---5-------7--7--9----9--7 G -9--11---------11--6--------------8-----------------6-------8-------------- D -9-----------------7--------------9-----------------7-------9-------------- A -------------------0--------------9-------------------------9-------------- E -0--------------------------------7-------------------------7--------------
[Kenny] [C] Baby when I met you there was [C6-x3555] peace un [C] known I set out to get you with a [C6] fine tooth [C7] comb. I was [F] soft inside there was something going [C] on. [C][F\C]
(Both) [C] You do something to me that I [C6] can't ex [C] plain Hold me closer and I [C6] feel no [C7] pain every [F] beat of my heart .. We got something going [C] on.
(Kenny) Tender love is [Fmaj7] blind .. It requires a dedi [F]cation.
(Both) [Fm] All this love we feel needs no conversation.
[Chorus] We [C] ride it together uh huh Making love with each other uh huh.
[C] Islands in the stream [C6] That is what we [F] are No one in be [Dm] tween how can we [Dm7] be wrong? Sail a [C] way with me [C6] to a [F] nother world And we re [C] ly on each other uh huh From one [Dm] lover to another uh [C] huh.
[########## KEY CHANGE ############] (Dolly) [Ab] I can't live without you if the love is gone Everything is nothing if you got no one And you did [Db] walk in the night [Db] Slowly losing sight of the [Ab] real thing.
(Both) But [Ab] that won't happen to us and we got no doubt Too deep in love and we got no way out And the [Db] messages is clear [Db] This could be the year of the [Ab] real thing.
(Dolly) [Ab] No more will you [Dbmaj7] cry baby I will hurt you [Db] never.
(Both) We [Dbm] start and end as one in love forever We can [Ab] ride it together [Db] uh [Ab] huh Making love with each other [Db] uh [Ab] huh.
[Ab] Islands in the stream That is what we [Db] are No one [Bbm] in between how can [Bbm7] we be wrong? [Ab] Sail away with me to a [Db] nother world And we re [Ab] ly on each other [Db] uh [Ab] huh From one [Bbm] lover to another uh [Ab] huh
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[Ab] Islands in the stream That is what we [Db] are No one [Bbm] in between how can [Bbm7] we be wrong? [Ab] Sail away with me to a [Db] nother world And we re [Ab] ly on each other [Db] uh [Ab] huh From one [Db] lover to another uh [Ab] huh.
[Ab] Islands in the stream That is what we [Db] are No one in [Bbm] between how can [Bbm7] we be wrong? [Ab] Sail away with me to a [Db] nother world And we re [Ab] ly on each other [Db] uh [Ab] huh From one [Bbm] lover to another uh [Ab] huh. . . .
