Dire Straits - Walk of Life: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "Walk of Life" on your guitar with our chord guide. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.

E
Here comes Johnny singing oldies, goldies
Be-Bop-A-Lula, 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;
 E
turning all the night time into the day

Chorus:
                                       B
He do the song about the sweet lovin' woman
           E               A
He do the song about the knife
           E   B                   A
He do the walk, he do the walk of life
 B                       E
Yeah, he do the walk of life

Here come Johnny gonna tell you the story
Hand me down my walkin' shoes
Here come Johnny with the power and the glory
Backbeat, the talkin' blues
He got the action, he got the motion
Oh, yeah, the boy can play
Dedication, devotion
Turnin' all the night time into the day

Chorus

Here comes Johnny singin' oldies, goldies
Be-Bop-A-Lula, baby what I say
Here comes Johnny singin' "I gotta woman"
Down in the tunnels, tryna make it pay
He got the action, he got the motion
Oh, yeah, the boy can play
The dedication, devotion
Turnin' all the night time into the day

Chorus:
And after all the violence and double talk
There's just a song in all the trouble and the strife
You do the walk, yeah, you do the walk of life
Mmm, they do the walk of life


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

A

Guitar chord A

E

Guitar chord E

B

Guitar chord B

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play "Walk of Life" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Walk of Life" by Dire Straits.