EABE
He sang a walk on the wildside lasts a lifetime with me
EAEBE
I was born and raised in my father's house
AEB
Can catching rain in the kitchen
AEBE
He said a good song never comes to those who chase
AEB
It comes to those who listen
And I'd listen to him
AEBE
Waking up in the middle of the night
AEB
I know he thought we were sleeping
AEBE
And with an old melody and a guitar in hand
AEB
Somewhere between dreaming and weeping
ABE
He'd sing a walk on the wildside lasts a lifetime with me
AEBE
I grew up quick in my father's house
AEB
Mama she gave him no daughters
F#mEBE
Just a look in the eye of a woman in need
AEB
To be free of a love grown harder
F#mEBE
So she hit the road in a Galaxy Ford
AEB
The one that my daddy had bought her
F#mEBC#m
And she crossed the tracks and never looked back
AEB
She was hummin' a song he had taught her
ABE
She sang a walk on the wildside lasts a lifetime with me
SOLO
BAEBE
There was this big black trunk in my father's house
AEB
Where he kept all the ledgers he'd write in
F#mEBE
So I broke into it before I moved out
AEB
To see if I could find out more about him
F#mEBE
There were letters written, never sent to my mom
AEB
It's a wonder it never killed him
F#mC#mBE
And there were lines, and songs, and poetry
AEB
Damn near as good as Hank Williams
ABE
Sing a walk on the wildside lasts a lifetime with me
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