Tom: C5

Intro: C5 - F5 - C5 - F5 - C5 - F5 - C5 - F5

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1.  Holly came from Miami, FLA,
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    hitchhiked her way across the USA.
      C5                   D5
    Plucked her eyebrows on the way
        F5                       D5
    Shaved her legs and then he was a she. She says :
 C5                            F5             
Hey babe, take a walk on the wild side,
         C5                             F5           - C5 - F5 - C5 - F5
said, hey honey, take a walk on the wild side.
    C5                          F5
2. Candy came from out on the island,
     C5                                   F5
    in the backroom she was everybody's darling.
     C5             D5
    But she never lost her head,
     F5                 D5
    even when she was giving head.  She says :  
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Hey babe, take a walk on the wild side,
         C5                            F5             
said, hey babe, take a walk on the wild side.

   And the colored girls go
     C5            F5                      C5    - F5 - C5 - F5
    Do do do ... do do do ...  (4x)     Doo.
    C5                              F5
3. Little Joe never once gave it away,
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    everybody had to pay and pay.
       C5                 D5
    A hustle here and a hustle there,
     F5                     D5
    New York City is the place where they said :   
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Hey babe, take a walk on the wild side,
           C5                           F5          - C5 - F5 - C5 - F5
I said, hey Joe, take a walk on the wild side.
    C5                                   F5
4. Sugar Plum Fairy came and hit the streets,
     C5                                    F5
    looking for soul food and a place to eat.
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    Went to the Apollo, 
          F5                    D5
    you should have seen him  go, go go, they said :
 C5                             F5
Hey Sugar, take a walk on the wild side,
         C5                            F5
I said, hey babe, take a walk on the wild side.
         C5           - F5   -  C5    - F5
    All right! Ha!
    C5                        F5
5. Jackie is just speeding away,
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    thought she was James Dean for a day.
      C5               D5
    Then I guess she had to crash,
     F5                 D5
    Valium would have helped that fast, she said :
 C5                            F5             
Hey babe, take a walk on the wild side,
           C5                             F5             
I said, hey honey, take a walk on the wild side.

    And the colored girls say
     C5            F5                   C5    - F5 - C5 - F5 ..../
    Do do do ... do do do ...  (6x)  Doo.
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