Walk Tall chords by Faron Young

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Verse 1

(Walk tall)

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Verse 2

Walk tall, walk straight and look

the world right in the eye

That's what my mama told me

when I was about knee high

She said son, be a proud man

and hold your head up high

Walk tall, walk straight and look

the world right in the eye

Verse 3
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All  (D major) through the years that I grew
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up, ma taught  (A major) these things  (D major) to me
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Em 
But I  (G major) was young and foolish then  (E minor) 
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and  (D major) much too blind to see
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Em 
 (G major) I  ignored the things  (E minor) she said
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as  (D major) if I'd never heard
Now I see and understand the
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D 
 (A major) wisdom of her  (D major) words

Verse 4
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Walk  (D major) tall, walk straight and look
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the world  (A major) right in the  (D major) eye
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That's  (G major) what my mama told me
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when  (D major) I  was about knee high
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Em 
She  (G major) said, son, be a proud man  (E minor) 
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and  (D major) hold your head up high
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Walk tall, walk straight  (A major) and look
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the world right in the  (D major) eye

Verse 5
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I started  (D major) goin' places where
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D 
the young (A major) sters shouldn't  (D major) go
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Em 
I got  (G major) to know the kind of girls  (E minor) 
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it's  (D major) better not to know
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Em 
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I fell  (G major) in with a bad crowd  (E minor) and  (D major) laughed
and drank with them
Through the laughter mama's words
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D 
 (A major) would echo now and  (D major) then

Verse 6
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Walk tall, walk  (D major) straight and look
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D 
the world right  (A major) in the  (D major) eye
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That's  (G major) what my mama told me
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when  (D major) I  was about knee high
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She  (G major) said, son,
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be a proud man and hold  (D major) your head up high
Walk tall, walk straight and look
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D 
the world  (A major) right in the  (D major) eye

Verse 7
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I got  (D major) in trouble with the law and
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D 
 (A major) I'm in prison  (D major) now
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 (G major) Through these prison bars I see thing
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 (D major) s  so much different now
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 (G major) I've got one year left to serve
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and  (D major) when my time is done
I'll walk tall and straight and
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make ma  (A major) proud to call me son
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 (D major) 

Verse 8
Walk tall, walk straight and look
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D 
the world  (A major) right in the  (D major) eye
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That's  (G major) what my mama told me when
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 (D major) I  was about knee high
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She said,  (G major) son,
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be a proud man and hold  (D major) your head up high
Walk tall, walk straight and look
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D 
the world  (A major) right in the  (D major) eye
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D 
Walk  (A major)  (D major) tall, walk straight and
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D 
look the world  (A major) right in the  (D major) eye
Walk tall