JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - "Walk on the Wild Side" adalah lagu keluaran 1972 dari penyanyi, pencipta lagu, dan penyair, Lou Reed.
Selain menjalankan karier solonya, Lou Reed juga menjadi salah satu personel grup band The Velvet Underground.
Lagu "Walk on the Wild Side" dimuatnya dalam album Transformer, keluaran RCA Records.
Baca juga: Lou Reed Meninggal dengan Melakukan Gerak Tai Chi
Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu "Walk on the Wild Side" dari Lou Reed:
[Intro]
C Bbmaj7/F C
[Verse 1]
C F6
Holly came from Miami, FLA
C F6
Hitchhiked her way across the USA
C Dm
Plucked her eyebrows on the way
F Dm
Shaved her legs and then he was a she
She says
[Chorus]
C F6
Hey babe, take a walk on the wild side
C F6
Said hey honey, take a walk on the wild side
[Verse 2]
C F6
Candy came from out on the island
C F6
In the backroom she was everybody's darling
C Dm
But she never lost her head
F Dm
Even when she was giving head
She says
[Chorus]
C F6
Hey babe, take a walk on the wild side
C F6
Said hey honey, take a walk on the wild side
And the colored girls go
C F6
Do do-do do-do do-do-do-do Do do-do do-do do-do-do-do
Dooo...
[Verse 3]
C F6
Little Joe never once gave it away
C F6
Everybody had to pay and pay
C Dm
A hustle here and a hustle there
F Dm
New York City is the place where
They say
[Chorus]
C F6
Hey babe, take a walk on the wild side
C F6
Said hey honey, take a walk on the wild side
[Verse 4]
C F6
Sugar Plum Fairy came and hit the streets
C F6
Looking for soul food and a place to eat
C Dm F Dm
Went to the Apollo, you should have seen him go, go go
They said
[Chorus]
C F6
Hey Sugar, take a walk on the wild side
C F6
Said hey honey, take a walk on the wild side
C
All right... huh
[Verse 5]
C F6
Jackie is just speeding away
C F6
Thought she was James Dean for a day
C Dm
Then I guess she had to crash
F Dm
Valium would have helped that fast
She said
[Chorus]
C F6
Hey babe, take a walk on the wild side
C F6
Said hey honey, take a walk on the wild side
And the colored girls go
C F6
Do do-do do-do do-do-do-do Do do-do do-do do-do-do-do
Dooo...
[Outro]
C F6
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