Lou Reeds Walk On The Wild Side And Can I Kick It By A Tribe Called Quest

E|E|E|-------------------------------------------||| 

Baseline:
(normal)             (when D chord used)
E|-----------------|------------------------------| 
B|-----------------|------------------------------| 
G|-----------------|------------------------------| 
D|-2--2/7--10\2----|--2--7--7--7--2--2/7--10\2----| 
A|-3--3/8--8-\3----|--3--5--8--5--3--3/8--8-\3----| 
E|-----------------|------------------------------| 


Then the chords play over the top (C & F only at the start)
   C                F              D
E|--x-----| e----x----|     e---2----| 
B|--1-----| b----1----|     b---3----| 
G|--0-----| g----2----|     g---2----| 
D|--2-----| d----3----|     d---0----| 
A|--3-----| a----x----|     a---x----| 
E|--x-----| e----x----|     e---x----| 

E|E|E|-------------------------------------------||| 

[baseline]

C  F  C  F


[baseline 1]

C                               F
Holly came from somewhere in W.A.
C                                            F
Hitch-hiked her way across the sweeping plains

[baseline 2]

C                    D
Plucked her eyebrows on the way
F                        D
Shaved her legs and then he was a she
          C
She says, Hey babe
                   F
Take a walk on the wild side

[baseline 1]

          C
She says, Hey honey
                   F
Take a walk on the wild side, well alright


C F C F
[Intro and riffs] x2



C                            F
Candy came from out on the Island
C                                    F
In the back room she was everybody's darlin'
C             D
But she never lost her head
F                 D
Even when she was giving head
          C
She says, Hey babe
                   F
Take a walk on the wild side
          C
She says, Hey babe
                    F
Take a walk on the wild side

And the Tom and Alex go
C                        F
doo do doo do doo do do doo do doo do doo do do doo
C                        F
doo do doo do doo do do doo do doo do doo do do doo

[go higher on these two]

C                        F
doo do doo do doo do do doo do doo do doo do do doo
C                        F
doo do doo do doo do do doo do doo do doo do do doo
C

[base line only]

Check check, classic, yo

[chords back in]


    C
Can I kick it? (yes you can)
    F
Can I kick it? (yes you can)
    C
Can I kick it? (yes you can)
    F
Can I kick it? (yes you can)
    C
Can I kick it? (yes you can)
    F
Can I kick it? (yes you can)
    C
Can I kick it? (yes you can)
            F
Well I’m gone



     C
Can I kick it, that’s the quest I am on
         F                                                  C
Like the drive was, Japan make straight banging on the live drums
                                     F
Heads turning when we step up in the fight club
                                   C
Representin for my people from the I-dub
                                F
Trapping future beats everybody krunked up
                                  C
Wipe your feet really good on the rhythm rug
                                     F
If you feel the urge to freak all up in the club
                                   C
Freak you’re telling me you really need a hug
                              F
Ha, it seems Gen Y livin is a big shrug
                                C
We just live it up don’t nobody give a fuck
                         F
A life filled with (~~~) that’s what we love
        C
A lower plateau is what we’re above,
                                       F
But on the real there be many that I’m king amongst
                                   C
Try and put em in my rhymes just to big em up
                                         F
To all the heads straight drilling layin in the cut
                             C
Don’t mean to interrupt, but listen up


          F

[bass line]


      C                            F
I said hey babe, take a walk on the wild side
       C                         F
I said if you wanna kick it, you don’t need my permission
        C                            F
Just go hey babe, take a walk on the wild side



[base line only] Shout outs to...


    C
Can I kick it (yes you can)
    F
Can I kick it (yes you can)
    C
Can I kick it (yes you can)
    F
Can I kick it (yes you can)
    C
Can I kick it (yes you can)
    F
Can I kick it (yes you can)
    C
Can I kick it (yes you can)
         F
Well I’m gone



      C                                     F
Can I kick it, for my fellas who are fella one-dayers
                                 C
Makin deals takin calls from the majors
                               F
All this just for put pen to paper
                                  C
Mr Abbott would you please turn to vapour?
                               F
You’d be doing us a really big favour
                                   C
Boy this track really has a lot of flavour
                              F
Solo on the mike, Adit on the fader
                                   C
Follow for the next chapter in the caper
                           F
Smooth Nicholas you humble narrater
                               C
A bad motherfucker with a good nature
                                       F
Waste your time and then walk you home later
                                C
Like a date with the history of race I’m made
                               F                                  C
I might vomit if I see another ironic cover of some hip hop that’s iconic


And yeah I know can’t we all just get along?
           F                                                    C
But on the wild side gotta know the ground that you’re walking on
                                   F
Yo, you see rap aint a fashion trend
                                           C
Happening thing for you to just be tappin in
                                                F
I’m really happy for you and I’m a let you finish


But yo, just don’t let it happen again
          C
So, can I kick it?


[do doo doos fade in lightly]


F
Can I kick it?
C
Can I kick it?
F
Can I kick it?
C
Can I kick it?
F
Can I kick it?
C
Can I kick it?
         F
Well I’m gone