Tonart: Eb major
Verse 1
G
Walk tall, walk straight and look
D
G
the world right in the eye
C
That's what my mama told me
G
when I was about knee high
C
She said son, be a proud man
G
and hold your head up high
Walk tall, walk straight and look
D
G
the world right in the eye
Verse 2
G
All through the years that I grew up,
D
G
ma taught these things to me
C
But I was young and foolish then
G
and much too blind to see
C
I ignored the things she said
D
Now I see and understand
G
the wisdom of her words
Verse 3
G
D
Walk tall, walk straight and look
G
the world right in the eye
C
That's what my mama told me
D
G
when I was about knee high
C
She said, son, be a proud man
G
and hold your head up high
Walk tall, walk straight and look
D
G
the world right in the eye
Verse 4
G
I started goin' places where
D
G
the youngsters shouldn't go
C
I got to know the kind of girls
G
it's better not to know
C
G
I fell in with a bad crowd and laughed
and drank with them
D
Through the laughter mama's words
G
would echo now and then
Verse 5
G
Walk tall, walk straight and look
D
G
the world right in the eye
C
That's what my mama told me
G
when I was about knee high
G
be a proud man and hold your head up high
Walk tall, walk straight and look
D
G
E
the world right in the eye
Verse 6
E
A
I got in trouble with the law and
E
A
I'm in prison now
D
Through these prison bars I see things
D
I've got one year left to serve
A
and when my time is done
I'll walk tall and straight and make
E
A
ma proud to call me son
Verse 7
A
Walk tall, walk straight and look
E
A
the world right in the eye
D
That's what my mama told me
A
when I was about knee high
D
She said, son, be a proud man
A
and hold your head up high
Walk tall, walk straight and look
E
A
the world right in the eye
Walk tall, walk straight and
E
A
look the world right in
E
A
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