Dire Straits

Walk Of Life

Dire Straits


Tom: D

[Intro] E  A  B  A  B

(Padrão Rítmico)

   E
E|-----------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------|
A|-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2---|
E|-----------------------------------------|
   p i i i   p i i i   p i i i   p i i i
     m m m     m m m     m m m     m m m
     ↑ ↓ ↑     ↑ ↓ ↑     ↑ ↓ ↑     ↑ ↓ ↑

(Riff 1)

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

(Riff - Variação 1)

   E
E|-----------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------|
A|-2-2-4-2---2-2-4-2---2-2-x-4p2-2--2-2----|
E|-----------------------------------------|

(Riff - Variação 2)

   E
E|-----------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------|
A|-2-2-4-2---2-2-4-2---2-2-x-4p2-2--4-2----|
E|-----------------------------------------|

(Riff 2)

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

(Riff 2: Variação 4)

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

(Riff 3)

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

(Riff 4)

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

(Riff 4: Variação)

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

   E
E|-----------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------|
A|-2-2-4-2---2-2-4-2---2-2-x-4p2-2----2----|
E|----------------------------------4------|

(Variação 5)

   E
E|-----------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------|
D|-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2---|
A|-2-2-4-2---2-2-4-2---2-2-4-2---2-2-4-2---|
E|-----------------------------------------|
   Here comes Johnny

(Variação 6)

   E
E|-----------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------|
D|-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2---2-2-x-2---2--2-2----|
A|-2-2-4-2---2-2-4-2---2-2-x-4p2-2--2-2----|
E|-----------------------------------------|
   Down in the tunnels

(Variação 7)

   A
E|-----------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------|
D|-2-2-4-2---2-2-4-2---2-2-x-4p2-2--2-2----|
A|-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0---0-0-x-0---0--0-0----|
E|-----------------------------------------|
   He got the action

(Lick)

E|---------12------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------|
G|---14b16----b16r14p12--------------------|
D|----------------------14~----------------|
A|-----------------------------------------|
E|-0---------------------------------------|

[Refrão]

                 B
E|-----------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------|
A|------0-0--2-2-4-2---2-2-4-2-------------|
E|-4-4-------------------------------------|
   He do the song about the sweet lovin' woman

   E                 A
E|-----------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------|
D|-------------------2-2-2-4p2--2-2-2------|
A|-------------------0-0-0-0----0-0-0------|
E|-0-0-0-0--2-2-4-4------------------------|
   He do the song about the knife

   B
E|-----------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------|
A|-2-2-4-2-5-2-4-2---2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2------|
E|-----------------------------------------|
   He do the walk, he do the walk of...

   A                 B
E|-----------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------|
G|-------------------4-4--4-4--4-4--4-4----|
D|-------------------4-4--4-4--4-4--4-4----|
A|-0-0-0-0-----------2-2--0-0--------------|
E|----------2-2-2-2------------4-4--2-2----|
   life . Yeah, he do the walk of life

[Primeira Parte]

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                           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

( A  B  A  B )

 E
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

[Refrão]

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                           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

( A  B  A  B )

[Primeira Parte]

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                           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, you do the walk of life

[Final] E  A  B  A  B 
        E  A  B  A  B 
        E  A  B  A  B  E