Walk On Boy(Keyboard chords)

	        
 


verse 1 
Am             E7 
I was born one mornin', 
    Am             E7 
The rain a-pourin' down, 
Am       Am/G  C         F 
Heard my mammy say to my pappy, 
       E7            Dm/F  Am 
'Let's call him John Henry Brown.' Walk on boy. 

Am      Am/G     E7 
Walk on down the road 
Am      Am/G         C          F 
Ain't nobody in this whole wide world 
        E7       Dm/F       Am 
A-gonna help you carry your load. 


Instrumental 
Am E7 

Am Am/G  E7 

Am Am/G C F 

E7 Dm/F  Am 

Am Am/G  E7 

Am Am/G C F 

E7 Dm Am 

verse 2 
Am        Am/G     E7 
I left my mammy and pappy 
Am             Am/G   E7 
Just about the age of ten 
        Am       Am/G   C             F 
Lord, I got me a job a-workin' on the levee 
       E7            Dm/F         Am 
Totin' water for the hard workin' men. Walk on boy. 

Am      Am/G     E7 
Walk on down the road 
Am      Am/G         C          F 
Ain't nobody in this whole wide world 
        E7       Dm/F       Am 
A-gonna help you carry your load. 


Instrumental 
Am E7 

Am Am/G  E7 

Am Am/G C F 

E7 Dm/F  Am 

Am Am/G  E7 

Am Am/G C F 

E7 Dm Am 

verse 3 
Am         Am/G      E7 
One day my pappy told me, 
        Am           Am/G   E7 
'Some advice I wanna give to you 
Am          Am/G           C       F 
Son, find a good woman, be good to her, 
    E7            Dm/F     Am 
An' she's gonna be good to you.' 

Am 
Walk on, boy. 
Am      Am/G     E7 
Walk on down the road 
      Am      Am/G         C          F 
There ain't nobody in this whole wide world 
        E7       Dm/F       Am 
A-gonna help you carry your load. 


Instrumental 
Am E7 

Am Am/G  E7 

Am Am/G C F 

E7 Dm/F  Am 

Am Am/G  E7 

Am Am/G C F 

E7 Dm Am 

verse 4 
Am        Am/G         E7 
If anyone ever should  ask you, 
      Am          Am/G  E7 
'Just who is that fella Brown?' 
        Am               Am/G    C               F 
You can tell him I'm the boy who left his hammer smokin' 
         E7        Dm/F        Am 
Where he beat that steam drill down. Walk on, boy 

Outro 
Am      Am/G     E7 
Walk on down the road 
      Am      Am/G         C          F 
There ain't nobody in this whole wide world 
        E7       Dm/F       Am 
A-gonna help you carry your load. 
Am                                      Am6 
Walk on boy, walk on boy, walk on, boy.
	        

Written by Mel Tillis/Wayne Walker