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(F)Here comes John ny sing ing old ies, gold ies, be bop a lu la ba by what I say.
Here comes John ny sing ing I got a wom an down in the tun nels trying to make it pay.
He got the ac tion, he got the mo tion, yeah, the boy can play.
Ded i ca tion, de vo tion, (F)turn ing all the night time in to the day.
He do the song a bout the sweet lov in’ (C)wom an.
He do the (F)song a bout the knife.
ble and the (Bb)strife.
He do the (F7)walk,
he do the walk of (Bb)life,
(C)yeah, he do the walk of (F)life.
(F)Here comes John ny and he’ll tell you sto ry.
Hand me a down la my by walk in’ shoes, Here comes John ny with the pow’r and the glo ry, down back the beat nels the to talk in’ blues.
He got the ac tion, he got the mo tion, yeah, the boy can play.
Ded i ca tion, de vo tion, (F)turn ing all the night time in to the day.
He do the song a bout the sweet lov in’ (C)wom an.
He do the (F)song a bout the knife.
ble and the (Bb)strife.
He do the (F7)walk,
he do the walk of (Bb)life,
(C)yeah, he do the walk of (F)life.
This page shows “Walk Of Life” by Dire Straits in our color-coded kid songbook view — every note is colored by pitch (red C, orange D, yellow E, green F, blue G, purple A, pink B) and the lyrics sit directly under each note, so children can sing along while they play. The song is in the key of Bb at 138 BPM, a comfortable easy-level arrangement perfect for first-time learners.