Status Quo - Wild Side of Life: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "Wild Side of Life" on your guitar with our detailed chord guide and lyrics. 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.

Learn Wild Side of Life Guitar Chords and Lyrics by Status Quo

This section will guide you through each part of the song, providing the guitar chords placed directly above the lyrics for easy playing. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced player, these elements will help you perform "Wild Side of Life" smoothly on your guitar.

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

          A#                            D#
Well you wouldn't read my letters if I wrote you
    F7                               A#
You asked me not to call you on the phone
              A#                  A#7            D#
Well there's something I've been waiting for to tell you
      F7                         A#
So I wrote it in the words of a song

Now the glamour of the gay night-life has lured you
To the places where the wine and liquor flow
Well you went to be somebody else's baby
And forget the truest love you've ever known

I never knew there were honky-tonk angels
Oh I might have known you'd never make a wife
You gave up the only one who ever loved you
And went back to that wild side of life

Now the glamour of the gay night-life has lured you
To the places where the wine and liquor flow
Well you went to be somebody else's baby
And forget the truest love you've ever known

I never knew there were honky-tonk angels
Oh I might have known you'd never make a wife
You gave up the only one who ever loved you
And went back to that wild side of life

I never knew there were honky-tonk angels
Oh I might have known you'd never make a wife
You gave up the only one who ever loved you
And went back to that wild side of life


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

A#

Guitar chord A#

A#7

Guitar chord A#7

D#

Guitar chord D#

F7

Guitar chord F7

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 "Wild Side of Life" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Wild Side of Life" by Status Quo.

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