Horrorshow’s cover of Lou Reed's "Walk On The Wild Side" and “Can I Kick It?” by A Tribe Called Quest
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjs8qcSVevE
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Baseline:
(normal) (when D chord used)
e|-----------------|------------------------------|
B|-----------------|------------------------------|
G|-----------------|------------------------------|
D|-2--2/7--102----|--2--7--7--7--2--2/7--102----|
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----|
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[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
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