[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--------------
[Vox 2 - 5th below, vox 3 - 5th below and 3rd up - increase mix of harmony - make sure double on main vox] [Intro BPM 95 ] Drums B..B B+S... A..A .A.A A.G#m. C#m... (Stop playing C#m to play Keyboard riff)
[Verse 1] [B] I hear the drums [D#m] echoing [G#m] tonight She [G#m/F#-224444] hears only [A] whispers of some [C#m] quiet con [G#m] versa [A] tion [A][G#m][C#m] [B] She's coming [D#m] in, twelve thirty [G#m] flight The moonl [G#m/F#] it wings [A] reflect the stars that [C#m] guide me towards [G#m] salva [A] tion [G#m][C#m] [B] I stopped an [D#m] old man along the [G#m] way Hoping [G#m/F#] to find some [A] old forgotten [C#m] words or ancient [G#m] melo [A] dies [A][G#m][C#m] [B] He turned to [D#m] me as if to [G#m] say [G#m/F#] Hurry boy, it's [A] waiting there for you [A][G#m][C#m] (Drum fill)
[Chorus - Guido in one second line] [F#m] It's gonna take a [D] lot to drag me [A] away from [E] you [F#m] There's nothing that a [D] hundred men or [A] more could ever [E] do [F#m] I bless the [D] rains down [A] in Afri [E] ca [F#m] Gonna take some [D] time to do the [A] things we never [C#m] Ha-- a a[E]ad a a [F#m] ad [E] oo, [A] ooo [G#m][C#m]
[Link] A (G#m C#m) X 2
[Verse 2] [B] The wild dogs [D#m] cry out in the [G#m] night As [G#m/F#] they grow restless [A] longing for some [C#m] solitary [G#m] compa [A] ny [A][G#m][C#m] [B] I know that [D#m] I must do what's [G#m] right As sure as [G#m/F#] Kilimanjaro [A] rises like O [C#m] lympus above the [G#m] Serenge [A] ti [A][G#m][C#m] [B] I seek to [D#m] cure what's deep in [G#m] side... [G#m/F#] Frightened of this [A] thing that I've become [A][G#m][C#m] (Drum fill)
[Chorus - Guido in one second line] [F#m] It's gonna take a [D] lot to drag me [A] away from [E] you [F#m] There's nothing that a [D] hundred men or [A] more could ever [E] do [F#m] I bless the [D] rains down [A] in Afri [E] ca [F#m] Gonna take some [D] time to do the [A] things we never [C#m] Ha-- a a[E]ad a a [F#m] ad [E] oo, [A] ooo
[Link] A (G#m C#m) X 2
[Music Break] B D#m G#m B A C#m G#m A (G#m C#m)
[B][D#m][G#m] H [G#m/F#] urry boy, she's [A] waiting there for you [A][G#m][C#m] (Drum fill)
[Chorus - Guido in one second line] [F#m] It's gonna take a [D] lot to drag me [A] away from [E] you [F#m] There's nothing that a [D] hundred men or [A] more could ever [E] do [F#m] I bless the [D] rains down [A] in Afri [E] ca [F#m] I bless the [D] rains down [A] in Afri [E] ca [F#m] I bless the [D] rains down [A] in Afri [E] ca [F#m] I bless the [D] rains down [A] in Afri [E] ca [F#m] Gonna take some [D] time to do the [A] things we never [C#m] Ha-- a a[E]ad a a [F#m] ad [E] oo, [A] ooo [G#m][C#m]
[Outro] A (G#m C#m) til fade
[Keyboard riff - Pick individually and ring notes together to make bigger sound] E ---0~~~~~~~~~~~ B ---75~-75~-75~- G -66~-66~-66~-6~ D --------------- A --------------- E ---------------
