Walk Tall Chords by Val Doonican

Tempo:
106.7 bpm
Chords used:

Ab

Eb

Db

Bb

F

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Val Doonican - Walk Tall chords
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[Eb] Walk tall, [Ab] walk tall, walk straight and look the world right in the eye.
[D] That's what my mama told me when I was about me high.
She said, son, be a proud man and [Ab] hold your head up high.
Walk tall, walk straight and look [Eb] the world right [Ab] in the eye.
All through the years that I grew up, [Eb] Ma taught these [Ab] things to me.
[Db] But I was young and foolish [Ab] then and much too blind to see.
[Db] I ignore the things she [Ab] said as if I'd never heard.
Now I see and [Eb] understand the wisdom of [Ab] her words.
Walk tall, walk straight and [Eb] look the world right [Ab] in the eye.
[Db] That's what my mama [Ab] told me when I was about me high.
[Db] She said, son, be a proud [Ab] man and hold your head up high.
Walk tall, walk straight and look the world right in the eye.
I started going places [Eb] where the youngsters [Ab] shouldn't go.
[Db] I got to know the kind of [Ab] girls it's better not to know.
[Db] I fell in with a bad crowd [Ab] and laughed and drank with them.
Through the laughter, mama's [Eb] words would echo now [Ab] and then.
Walk tall, walk straight and [Fm] look the world right [Ab] in the eye.
[Db] That's what my mama told me [Ab] when I was about me high.
She said, son, [N] be a proud man and [Ab] hold your head up high.
Walk tall, walk straight and look the world right in the eye.
[F] [Bb] I got in trouble with the law and I'm in prison now.
[Eb] Through these prison bars I see [Bb] things so much different [Gm] now.
[Eb] I've got one year left to [Bb] serve and when my time is done,
I'll walk tall and straight and make [F] Ma proud to call [Bb] me son.
Walk tall, walk straight and look the world right in the eye.
[Eb] That's what my mama told me [Bb] when I was about me high.
[Eb] She said, son, be a proud [Bb] man and hold your head up high.
Walk tall, walk straight and look the world right in the eye.
Walk tall, walk straight and look the [Fm] world right in the eye.
Walk [F] tall.
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Key:  
Ab
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Eb
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Db
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Bb
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F
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Ab
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Eb
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Db
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To start learning Val Doonican - Walk Tall chords, centre your learning around these elemetal chords sequence: Ab, Db, Ab, Eb and Ab. Kick off your practice at a gentle 53 BPM, then escalate to the song's tempo of 107 BPM. Configure the capo to your vocal range and chord preference, remembering the key of Ab Major.

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_ [Eb] Walk tall, _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] walk tall, walk straight and look the world right in the eye.
_ [D] That's what my mama told me when I was about me high.
She said, son, be a proud man and [Ab] hold your head up high.
Walk tall, walk straight and look [Eb] the world right [Ab] in the eye.
All through the years that I grew up, [Eb] Ma taught these [Ab] things to me.
[Db] But I was young and foolish [Ab] then and much too blind to see.
[Db] I ignore the things she [Ab] said as if I'd never heard.
Now I see and [Eb] understand the wisdom of [Ab] her words.
Walk tall, walk straight and [Eb] look the world right [Ab] in the eye.
_ [Db] That's what my mama [Ab] told me when I was about me high.
[Db] She said, son, be a proud [Ab] man and hold your head up high.
Walk tall, walk straight and look the world right in the eye.
_ I started going places [Eb] where the youngsters [Ab] shouldn't go.
[Db] I got to know the kind of [Ab] girls it's better not to know.
[Db] I fell in with a bad crowd [Ab] and laughed and drank with them.
Through the laughter, mama's [Eb] words would echo now [Ab] and then.
Walk tall, walk straight and [Fm] look the world right [Ab] in the eye. _
[Db] That's what my mama told me [Ab] when I was about me high.
She said, son, [N] be a proud man and [Ab] hold your head up high.
Walk tall, walk straight and look the world right in the eye.
[F] _ [Bb] I got in trouble with the law and I'm in prison now.
_ _ [Eb] Through these prison bars I see [Bb] things so much different [Gm] now.
[Eb] I've got one year left to [Bb] serve and when my time is done,
I'll walk tall and straight and make [F] Ma proud to call [Bb] me son.
Walk tall, walk straight and look the world right in the eye.
_ [Eb] That's what my mama told me [Bb] when I was about me high.
[Eb] She said, son, be a proud [Bb] man and hold your head up high.
Walk tall, walk straight and look the world right in the eye.
Walk tall, walk straight and look the [Fm] world right in the eye.
Walk [F] tall.
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _

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This song was featured on the Reflections album.

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