E5 A5 B5 E5 He sang a walk on the wildside lasts a lifetime with me E5 A5 E5 B5 E5 I was born and raised in my father's house A5 E5 B5 Can catching rain in the kitchen A5 E5 B5 E5 He said a good song never comes to those who chase A5 E5 B5 It comes to those who listen And I'd listen to him A5 E5 B5 E5 Waking up in the middle of the night A5 E5 B5 I know he thought we were sleeping A5 E5 B5 E5 And with an old melody and a guitar in hand A5 E5 B5 Somewhere between dreaming and weeping A5 B5 E5 He'd sing a walk on the wildside lasts a lifetime with me A5 E5 B5 E5 I grew up quick in my father's house A5 E5 B5 Mama she gave him no daughters F#5 E5 B5 E5 Just a look in the eye of a woman in need A5 E5 B5 To be free of a love grown harder F#5 E5 B5 E5 So she hit the road in a Galaxy Ford A5 E5 B5 The one that my daddy had bought her F#5 E5 B5 C#5 And she crossed the tracks and never looked back A5 E5 B5 She was hummin' a song he had taught her A5 B5 E5 She sang a walk on the wildside lasts a lifetime with me SOLO B5 A5 E5 B5 E5 There was this big black trunk in my father's house A5 E5 B5 Where he kept all the ledgers he'd write in F#5 E5 B5 E5 So I broke into it before I moved out A5 E5 B5 To see if I could find out more about him F#5 E5 B5 E5 There were letters written, never sent to my mom A5 E5 B5 It's a wonder it never killed him F#5 C#5 B5 E5 And there were lines, and songs, and poetry A5 E5 B5 Damn near as good as Hank Williams A5 B5 E5 Sing a walk on the wildside lasts a lifetime with me From Darrell Scott