[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--------------
BPM 123 - drop D tuning v1 - use second harmonizer - double - 100% wet and lots of reverb and mid way delay
[Intro] Start with percussive guitar and bass drum D x 4 G x 4 D x 4 G x 4 Bm x 2 A x 2 D x 4 (open up D percussive chord to more open for start)
[Verse 1 - Bm7 works - muted low strings] (Lift thumb but do not rotate wrist so can maintain mute and have loud snare) I want to [D] run I want to [D] hide I want to [D] tear down the walls That hold me in [G-5x0003] side I want to reach [Bm-9x5555] out And touch the [A] flame Where the [C] streets have no name I, I, I, I want to [D] feel, sunlight on my [D] face I see the [D] dust cloud disappear without a [G] trace I want to take [Bm] shelter from the poison [A] rain Where the [C] streets have no name Oh Ah Where the streets have no
[Chorus - D triad at 2nd fret - play 5 3 then 2 on high E] [D] name ............. [D] Where the streets have no name (Head voice, lips tight) We're still building Then [G] burning down love, burning down love And when I [Bm] go there I go there with [A] you... (it's all I can [D] do) [Play high D octave 7 10 no B and lower notes for vamp]
[Verse 2] The city's a [D] flood And our love turns to [D] rust We're beaten and [D] blown by the wind Trampled in [G] dust I'll show you a [Bm] place High on a [A] desert plain Where the [C] streets have no name Oh Ah Where the streets have no
[Chorus] [D] Name ...... Where the streets have no name We're still building [G] Then burning down love, burning down love [Bm] And when I go there [A] I go there with you... [D] it's all I can do [D] Our love turns to rust [D] We're beaten and [G] blown by the wind, blown by the wind Oh when I [Bm] go there, I go there [A] with you It's all I can [D] d
[Outro as per intro] D x 4 G x 4 D x 4 G x 4 Bm x 4 A x 2 then D
[Additional notes] E-7710 10 8 7 8 10 - Play lower notes for verse - then full chords for chorus Try plucking with low open D ringing - 1010 > 107 78 77 78 < [Intro] (Synth) D G Bm A D G D G Bm A (Guitar) D (over synth) D D G D G Bm A C