Walk Of Life - Dire Straits
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Tabs and lyrics
Tunning: Standard (E A D G B e)
Artist: Dire Straits
Song: Walk of Life
Album: Money for Nothing

Intro:
Play this 4 times:


e-7-7----7--------------7-7----7-------------7------77-|
b-----57---7~-5-55--5-7-----57---7~-5-55-5-7---7-55----|
g------------------------------------------------------|
d------------------------------------------------------|
a------------------------------------------------------|
e------------------------------------------------------|

Then play that:

[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]Yeah, the boy can play
[A]Dedication devotion
[E]Turning all the night time into the day
[E]He do the song about the sweet lovin' [B]woman
He do the [E]song about the knife[A]
He do the [E]walk,[B] he do the walk of [A]life
Yeah,[B] he do the walk of [E]life

HERE PLAY THE INRTO AGAIN!

(The next two verses same like the first)

Here comes Johnny and he'll 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
Yeah, the boy can play
Dedication devotion
Turning all the night time into the day
He do the song about the sweet lovin' woman
He do the song about the knife
He do the walk, he do the walk of life

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
He got the action, he got the motion
Yeah the boy can play
Decidation devotion
Turning all the night time into the day
And after all the violence and double talk
There's just a song in the trouble and the strife
You do the walk, you do the walk of life

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Tunning: Standard (E A D G B e)
Dire Straits - Walk of Life
transcripted by Stefan Arheilger

Key E (f#,c#,g#,d#)

(Chords)

E (022100)
A (x02220)
B (x2444x)
B7(x2424x)*

*Normally 2nd Guitar plays B instead of B7, but Organ plays B7...
But I prefer B7 also for Guitar. Just try it, if you want ;)

4/4 - Time


[Intro]
(arranged for guitar, or play it one or two octavs higher)

G|-1-|-----|---|------|---|-----|-------|---|
D|-2-|---4-|-2-|------|-4-|---1-|-2-4s6-|-4-|
A|-2-|---6-|-4-|--4s6-|-6-|---2-|-4---7-|-6-|
E|---|-----|-5-|------|-7-|---4-|-5-----|-7-|
1 1 3 1 1 3 1 1 3 1 4 1

Now (2nd) guitar starts to play following Chords (strum only one time and let ring)

E A B A B7
G|-1-|-----|---|------|---|-----|-------|---|
D|-2-|---4-|-2-|------|-4-|---1-|-2-4s6-|-4-| play
A|-2-|---6-|-4-|--4s6-|-6-|---2-|-4---7-|-6-| twice
E|---|-----|-5-|------|-7-|---4-|-5-----|-7-|
1 1 3 1 1 3 1 1 3 1 4 1


2nd Guitar plays following riff over and over:
e|-0---0-0-0-0-0---|---|-0---0-0-0-0-0---|---|-----------------|---|
B|-0---0-0-0-0-0---|---|-2---2-2-2-2-2---|---|-4---4-4-4-4-4---|---|
G|-1---1-1-1-1-1---|-%-|-2---2-2-2-2-2---|-%-|-4---4-4-4-4-4---|-%-|
D|-2---2-2-2-2-2---|---|-2---2-2-2-2-2---|---|-4---4-4-4-4-4---|---|
A|-2---2-2-2-2-2---|---|-0---0-0-0-0-0---|---|-2---2-2-2-2-2---|---|
E|-0---0-0-0-0-0---|---|-----------------|---|-----------------|---|

e|-0---0-0-0-0-0---|-----------------|
B|-2---2-2-2-2-2---|-4---4-4-4-4-4---|
G|-2---2-2-2-2-2---|-4---4-4-4-4-4---|
D|-2---2-2-2-2-2---|-4---4-4-4-4-4---|
A|-0---0-0-0-0-0---|-2---2-2-2-2-2---|
E|-----------------|-----------------|



Now let's do the Walk ;)
Verse Riff (It's Verse and Chorus)

E A
e|---------------------|-----------------|-----------------------------------|
B|---------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|---------------------|-----------------|-----2-----------|-----------------|
D|-------------2-2-----|-2-2-4-4---------|-----4-2-2-2-4-2-|-2-2-2-4p2-------|
A|---------4-2-2-2-4-4-|-2-2-4-4p2---4-0-|-0-0-----0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0---0-4-0-|
E|-7-s-0-0-------------|-0-0-------------|-----------------|-----------------|
4 1 2 3 4 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

B A B
e|-------------b---|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-------------b---|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-----------4-b---|-4---------------|---------2-------|-----------------|
D|-----------4-b---|-4-----------4-2-|-2---2---2-2-2-0-|-----------------|
A|-2---2-2-2---b-2-|-----2-2-----0-0-|-0---4---0-0-4-0-|-2-2-0-0---0---0-|
E|-------------b---|---------4-4-----|-----------------|---------4---2---|

E A
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----2-2---------|-----4-2-----4-2-|-2-2-2-4p2-------|
A|-----4-2-2-2-4-2-|-----4-4p2-----0-|-0-0-----0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0---0-0-4-0-|
E|-0---------------|-0-----------4---|-----------------|-----------------|
ooh ooh

B A B
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-----------4-----|-4---------------|-----2-2---------|-----------------|
D|-----------4-----|-----------------|-----4-4p2-------|-2-2-------------|
A|-2-----2r------2r|-----2-2-----0-0-|-0---------0-4-0-|-2-2-0-0---0---0-|
E|-----------------|---------4-4-----|-----------------|---------4---2---|


(Verse Riff)

[Verses 1, 2]

E
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-------2---------|-2-2-------------|-------2---------|
A|-----4-4-2-2-4-2-|-------4p2-2-4-2-|-2-2-4-b-2-2-4-2-|-------4p2---4-2-|
E|-0---------------|-0-0-b-----------|-0-0-------------|-0-0-b-----------|
Here comes...

e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-------2---------|-2----2-2-2----2-|-------2---------|
A|---2-4-2-2-2-4-2-|-----2-4p2-2-4-2-|-2----2-2-2----2-|-2-2-2-4p2-2---0-|
E|-0---------------|-0---------------|-0----0-0-0----0-|-0-----------4---|

A E
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|---------2-------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|---------2-------|-------2---------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-2---4-2-2---4p2-|-----2-4p2-------|-----------------|-------2---------|
A|-0-------0---0---|-0-----------4-0-|-2---4-2-----4-2-|-----2-4p2---2-0-|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-0---------------|-0---------------|
He got... oh yeah... boy can play.

A E //////////////
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-----------------|-------2-2-------|-----------------|
D|-2-------2-2-2-2-|-----2-4p2-------|-----------------|
A|-0-----0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-----0-4-0-|-2---------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-0---------------|
dedication, devotion, turning...


//////////////////////////////// E B
e|-----------12-----------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|------------------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-14---16-----14h16-14-----12--------|-----------------|-------------4-b-|
D|-------------------------------14---|-----------------|-----4-4-4---4-b-|
A|------------------------------------|-2-2---2-----0---|-2-2---2-2-------|
E|------------------------------------|-0-0-----4-------|-----------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
He do... woman. He do the...

E A E B
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-----------------|-----2-2---------|-----------------|-----4-------4---|
D|---------4-4-----|-----4-4p2-------|---2-2-2---------|-----------------|
A|-2-----2-2-2---0-|-0-----------4---|---2-4-2-5-5p4-2-|-2-2---2-2-2-----|
E|-0-----------4---|-----------------|-0---------------|-----------------|
Well he do the walk, do the walk of life.

A B E
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-------2---------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----2-------4---|-----------------|-----------------|-----2-2-----2-0-|
A|-0---------4-----|-2-2-0-0---0---0-|-----4-2-2-2-4-2-|---2-4-4p2---4-0-|
E|---------2-------|---------4---2---|-0-0-------------|-0-0-------------|
He do...
A B
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------4-----|-4---------------|
D|-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-|-2-2-2-4p2-------|-----------4-----|-4---------------|
A|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-----4-4-|-2-----2-------2-|-----2-2-------0-|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------4-------|
end of Verse Riff

First end:
A B
e|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-------2---------|-----------------|
D|-2-----4p2-----0-|-----------------|
A|-0---------0-4-0-|-2-2-0-0---0---0-|
E|-----------------|---------4---2---|


[Play Verse Riff]

[Verse 2]


[Bridge]

A B E
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-----2-2---------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----4-4p2-------|-----------------|---------2-2-----|-----2-2---2-----|
A|-0---------0-4-0-|-2-2-0-0---0---0-|-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-|-----2-4p2-2-----|
E|-----------------|---------4---2---|-0---------------|-0-----------4-0-|

A B
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-----2-2-2-2-2-2-|-----------------|-----------4-----|-4---------------|
D|-2---4-2-2-2-4-2-|-2-2-2-4p2-------|-4-4-4-4---4-----|-4-----------4-2-|
A|-0---------------|-0-0-0-0---0-4-0-|-2-2-2---2-----2-|-----2-2-------0-|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------4-------|

A B
e|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-2---4-2---2-2-2-|---------------0-|
A|-0-0-----0-0-4-0-|-2-2-0-0---0-----|
E|-----------------|---------4---2---|


[Verse 3]

(and Chorus)

E
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-------2---------|-2-2-------------|-------2---------|
A|-----4-4-2-2-4-2-|-------4p2-2-4-2-|-2-2-4-b-2-2-4-2-|-------4p2---4-2-|
E|-0---------------|-0-0-b-----------|-0-0-------------|-0-0-b-----------|
Here comes...

e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-------2---------|-2----2-2-2----2-|-------2---------|
A|---2-4-2-2-2-4-2-|-----2-4p2-2-4-2-|-2----2-2-2----2-|-2-2-2-4p2-2---0-|
E|-0---------------|-0---------------|-0----0-0-0----0-|-0-----------4---|

A E
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|---------2-------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|---------2-------|-------2---------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-2---4-2-2---4p2-|-----2-4p2-------|-----------------|-------2---------|
A|-0-------0---0---|-0-----------4-0-|-2---4-2-----4-2-|-----2-4p2---2-0-|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-0---------------|-0---------------|
He got... oh yeah... boy can play.

A E //////////////
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-----------------|-------2-2-------|-----------------|
D|-2-------2-2-2-2-|-----2-4p2-------|-----------------|
A|-0-----0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-----0-4-0-|-2---------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-0---------------|
dedication, devotion, turning...

//////////////////////////////// E
e|-----------12-----------------------|-----------------|
B|------------------------------------|-----------------|
G|-14---16-----14h16-14-----12--------|-----------------|
D|-------------------------------14---|-----------------|
A|------------------------------------|-----4-2-----0---|
E|------------------------------------|-0-------4-------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
and after all...

B E A E
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-----4-4---4-----|-----------------|-------2---------|-----------------|
D|-----4-4---4-----|-----------------|-2-2-2-4p2-------|---2---2---------|
A|-2-2-----2-------|---------2-------|-0-0-------0-4-0-|---2h4-2-5-5p4-5-|
E|-----------------|-0-0-b-0-----4---|-----------------|-0---------------|
doble talk, ... You do the walk YEAH!

B A B
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-----------------|-------2-b-------|-----------------|
D|-----4-------4---|-b---2-------4---|-----------------|
A|-2-2---2-2-2-----|-0---------4-----|-2-2-0-0---0---0-|
E|-----------------|---------2-------|---------4---2---|
You do... You do...


[Outro Riff 1]

E A
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|---------2-2-2-2-|-----2-2---------|-2---4-2-----4-2-|-2-2-2-4p2-------|
A|-----4-4-2-2-4-2-|---2-4-4p2-2---0-|-0-------0-------|-0-0-0-0---0-4-4-|
E|-0-0-------------|-0-----------4---|-----------------|-----------------|
Aah... Ouh...

B A B
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-----------4-----|-4---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------4-----|-4---------------|-----4-4-2-4-----|-----------------|
A|-2-2-2-2-2-----2-|-----2-2-------0-|-0---0-0-0-0-4-0-|-2-2-0-0---0---0-|
E|-----------------|---------4---4---|-----------------|---------4---2---|


[Outro Riff 2] (x2)

E A
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-----------------|-----------------|---2-2-2---------|-----2-2---------|
D|-----2-2-2-2---0-|-----2-2---------|-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-|-2-2-2-4p2-------|
A|-2-2-4-2-2-2h4-2-|-----2-4p2-2---0-|-0-------0-0-0-0-|-0-0-------0-4-4-|
E|-0---------------|-0-----------4---|-----------------|-----------------|

B A B
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-----------4-----|-4---------------|-----2-2---------|-----------------|
D|---4-4-4---4-----|-4---------------|-2-2-4-4p2-----0-|-----------------|
A|-2-2-2-2-2-----2-|-----2-2-------0-|-0-0---------4-0-|-2-2-0-0---0---0-|
E|-----------------|---------4---4---|-----------------|---------4---2---|
^^^^^^^^^^Fade out....

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| h Hammer-on
| p Pull-off
| r Release
| b Bend
| s Slap

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Song info
Walk Of Life
Dire Straits
2001
  • Rock
  • Pop Rock
  • Rock & Roll
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