Walk Tall Chords by Val Doonican
Tempo:
107.9 bpm
Chords used:
Ab
Eb
Db
Bb
F
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Walk tall, [Ab] walk tall, [Eb] walk straight and look the world right in [Ab] the eye.
[Db] That's what my mama told me [Ab] when I was about knee high.
[Db] She said, son, be a proud man and hold your head up high.
Walk tall, walk straight and look [Eb] the world right in [Ab] 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 ignored the things she [Ab] said as if I'd never heard.
Now I see and understand [Eb] the wisdom of [Ab] her words.
Walk tall, walk straight and [Bbm] look the world right [Ab] in the eye.
[Db] That's what my mama told me [Eb] when I was about knee high.
[Db] She said, son, be a proud [Ab] man and hold your head up high.
Walk tall, walk [Eb] straight and look the world right [Ab] 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 [Ab] now and then.
Walk tall, walk straight and look the world right in the eye.
[Db] That's what my mama told [Ab] me when I was about knee high.
[Db] She said, son, 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 [F] law and I'm in [Bb] prison now.
[Eb] Through these prison bars I [Bb] see things so much different now.
[Eb] I've got one year left to serve and [Bb] when my time is done,
I'll walk tall and straight and [F] make Ma proud to [Bb] call me son.
Walk tall, walk straight and look the world right in the eye.
[Eb] That's what my mama told [Bb] me when I was about knee high.
[Eb] She said, son, be a proud [Bb] man and hold your head up high.
Walk tall, walk straight and [F] look the world right [Bb] in the eye.
Walk tall, walk straight and look the world right in the eye.
[F] Walk tall.
[Bb]
[Db] That's what my mama told me [Ab] when I was about knee high.
[Db] She said, son, be a proud man and hold your head up high.
Walk tall, walk straight and look [Eb] the world right in [Ab] 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 ignored the things she [Ab] said as if I'd never heard.
Now I see and understand [Eb] the wisdom of [Ab] her words.
Walk tall, walk straight and [Bbm] look the world right [Ab] in the eye.
[Db] That's what my mama told me [Eb] when I was about knee high.
[Db] She said, son, be a proud [Ab] man and hold your head up high.
Walk tall, walk [Eb] straight and look the world right [Ab] 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 [Ab] now and then.
Walk tall, walk straight and look the world right in the eye.
[Db] That's what my mama told [Ab] me when I was about knee high.
[Db] She said, son, 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 [F] law and I'm in [Bb] prison now.
[Eb] Through these prison bars I [Bb] see things so much different now.
[Eb] I've got one year left to serve and [Bb] when my time is done,
I'll walk tall and straight and [F] make Ma proud to [Bb] call me son.
Walk tall, walk straight and look the world right in the eye.
[Eb] That's what my mama told [Bb] me when I was about knee high.
[Eb] She said, son, be a proud [Bb] man and hold your head up high.
Walk tall, walk straight and [F] look the world right [Bb] in the eye.
Walk tall, walk straight and look the world right in the eye.
[F] Walk tall.
[Bb]
Key:
Ab
Eb
Db
Bb
F
Ab
Eb
Db
_ Walk tall, _ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] walk tall, [Eb] walk straight and look the world right in [Ab] the eye.
_ [Db] That's what my mama told me [Ab] when I was about knee high.
[Db] She said, son, be a proud man and hold your head up high.
Walk tall, walk straight and look [Eb] the world right in [Ab] 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 ignored the things she [Ab] said as if I'd never heard.
Now I see and understand [Eb] the wisdom of [Ab] her words.
Walk tall, walk straight and [Bbm] look the world right [Ab] in the eye.
_ [Db] That's what my mama told me [Eb] when I was about knee high.
[Db] She said, son, be a proud [Ab] man and hold your head up high.
Walk tall, walk [Eb] straight and look the world right [Ab] 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 [Ab] now and then.
Walk tall, walk straight and look the world right in the eye.
[Db] That's what my mama told [Ab] me when I was about knee high.
[Db] She said, son, 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 [F] law and I'm in [Bb] prison now.
_ _ [Eb] Through these prison bars I [Bb] see things so much different now.
[Eb] I've got one year left to serve and [Bb] when my time is done,
I'll walk tall and straight and [F] make Ma proud to [Bb] call me son.
Walk tall, walk straight and look the world right in the eye.
_ [Eb] That's what my mama told [Bb] me when I was about knee high.
[Eb] She said, son, be a proud [Bb] man and hold your head up high.
Walk tall, walk straight and [F] look the world right [Bb] in the eye.
Walk tall, walk straight and look the world right in the eye.
[F] Walk tall.
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
_ [Db] That's what my mama told me [Ab] when I was about knee high.
[Db] She said, son, be a proud man and hold your head up high.
Walk tall, walk straight and look [Eb] the world right in [Ab] 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 ignored the things she [Ab] said as if I'd never heard.
Now I see and understand [Eb] the wisdom of [Ab] her words.
Walk tall, walk straight and [Bbm] look the world right [Ab] in the eye.
_ [Db] That's what my mama told me [Eb] when I was about knee high.
[Db] She said, son, be a proud [Ab] man and hold your head up high.
Walk tall, walk [Eb] straight and look the world right [Ab] 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 [Ab] now and then.
Walk tall, walk straight and look the world right in the eye.
[Db] That's what my mama told [Ab] me when I was about knee high.
[Db] She said, son, 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 [F] law and I'm in [Bb] prison now.
_ _ [Eb] Through these prison bars I [Bb] see things so much different now.
[Eb] I've got one year left to serve and [Bb] when my time is done,
I'll walk tall and straight and [F] make Ma proud to [Bb] call me son.
Walk tall, walk straight and look the world right in the eye.
_ [Eb] That's what my mama told [Bb] me when I was about knee high.
[Eb] She said, son, be a proud [Bb] man and hold your head up high.
Walk tall, walk straight and [F] look the world right [Bb] in the eye.
Walk tall, walk straight and look the world right in the eye.
[F] Walk tall.
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
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