The Walk:Jimmy McCracklin.
#5 on R&B, #7 BB Hot 100 on CHESS
Records in 1958.
INTRO: F# B F# C# F#
#1.
F#
Well, I know you heard of Suzy-Q..and I know
you heard of The Chicken, too.
B
I know you heard of The Cha-Cha-Choo..cause
F#
The Walk is a dance that you can do.
CHORUS:
F# B
You just Walk, you just Walk..oh, you Walk, yes,
F#
you Walk.
C# F#
Yeah, you Walk, yes, you Walk.
#2.
F#
Well, I know you heard of the Texas Hop..
I know you heard of the old Fox Trot.
B
But when you do The Walk, you're right in style..
F#
you just shake your hips and close your eyes.
CHORUS:
F# B
And then you Walk, yeah, you Walk..and you Walk, oh,
F#
you Walk.
C# F#
Oh, you Walk, yes, you Walk..(Do the Walk, boys!)
(INTERLUDE:SAX:) F# B F#
#3.
F#
Well, I know you heard of the old Mambo..and I know
you heard of the old Congo.
B
But when you do The Walk you start in close..
F#
and don't step on your partner's toes.
CHORUS:
F# B
You just Walk, yeah, you Walk..oh, you Walk, yes,
F#
you Walk.
C# F#
Oh, you Walk, that's the Walk..
#4.
F#
Now, if you don't know what it's all about..
come to me and I'll show you how.
B F#
We'll do it fast, we'll do it slow..then you'll
know the Walk everywhere you go.
OUTRO:
F# B
You can Walk, and you Walk, now you Walk..
F# C#
you gonna Walk, you gotta Walk..
F#
that's The Walk..that's The Walk..that's The Walk..(Fade.)
A fifties smash from Kraziekhat.
