(E)Here comes John ny, gon na tell you ies, the sto ry; hand me down lu la, my by, walk in’ shoes.
Here comes John ny with the pow’r and the glo ry, down back the beat nel tryin’ the talk in’ blues.
He got the ac tion, he got the mo tion.
Oh yeah, the boy can play.
Ded i ca tion, de vo tion, (E)turn ing all the night time in to the day.
He do the song a bout the sweet vio lence lov in’ and (B)wom dou ble an, talk, he there’s do just the a (E)song a bout the knife.
trou ble and the strife.
Then he do the (E7)walk,
he do the walk of (A)life.
Yeah, he do the walk of life.
(E)Here comes John ny sing ing old you ies, the 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 nel tryin’ to make it pay.
He got the ac tion, he got the mo tion.
Oh yeah, the boy can play.
Ded i ca tion, de vo tion, (E)turn ing all the night time in to the day.
He do And af ter all the sweet vio lence lov in’ and (B)wom dou ble an, talk, he there’s do just the a (E)song in all the knife.
trou ble and the strife.
Then You do the (E7)walk,
you do the walk of (A)life.
Mmm, you do the walk of 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 E at 160 BPM, a medium-difficulty arrangement — try slowing the tempo down using the BPM control.