Lou Reed : Legendary Hearts

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Legendary hearts tearing up apart

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With stories of their love

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Their great transcendent loves

Em

While we stand here and fight

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And lose another night of legendary love

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Legendary loves haunt me in my sleep

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Bm

Promises to keep I never should have made

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Em

I can't live up to this, I'm good for just a kiss

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Not legendary love

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Romeo, oh, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?

D

He's in a car or at a bar

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Or churning his blood with an impure drug

Em

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He's in the past and seemingly lost forever

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He worked hard at being good

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But his basic soul was stained, not pure

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And when he took his bow

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No audience was clapping

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A

Legendary hearts tear us all apart

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Bm

Make our emotions bleed, crying out in need

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Em

No legendary love is coming from above

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It's in this room right now

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D

And you've got to fight to make what's right You've got to fight to make what's right You've got to fight to make what's right You've got to fight to keep your legendary love

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F#

A perfect day to get out of bed

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F#

Shower, dress, shave, kiss you on the head

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F#

Bm7

E

Then I hit the office and my head starts to swim

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F#

A perfect day to just walk around

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F#

See a violent movie, check the sounds

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F#

Bm7

But even on the street when I hear a phone ring my heart starts to beat

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) When I get home I don't want you to speak

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Don't talk to me about work

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Please don't talk to me about work

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Bm7

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I'm up to my eyeballs in dirt with work, with work How many dollars, how many sales How many liars, how many tales How many insults must you take in this one life I'm in prison most of the day So please excuse me if I get this way But I have got obligations to keep So be very careful when you speak Don't talk to me about work Please don't talk to me about work I'm up to my eyeballs in dirt with work, with work Please don't talk to me about work Don't you talk to me about work I'm up to my eyeballs in dirt with work, with work Don't talk to me about work Don't you talk to me about work Don't you talk to me about work Please don't talk to me about work ...

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I can't seem to make up my mind

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Dm

I can't tell the colors that will fit this room

Dm

I can't tell a thing about you (

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) Make up my mind |

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I can't seem to make up my mind

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Are you laughing at me, or telling a joke

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The cigarette on the sheet begins to smoke

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Make up your mind |

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Instrumental over second verse chords

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Right or left, up or down

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In or out, straight or round

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Love or lust, rain or shine

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Fm

I can't seem to make up my poor mind

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I can't seem to make up my mind

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Dm

I can't tell the difference between wrong and right

Dm

Are you laughing at me in your sleep tonight

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C

Leaving me behind Leaving me behind Why don't you make up your mind About leaving me behind (I can't seem to make up my mind) (I can't seem to make up my mind) (I can't seem to make up my mind)

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G7 3234xx

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D7#9

I've declared a truce, so stop your fighting The marshall is in town I won't put up with no bigmouth yapping At least not while I'm around

G7

This here is my friend Ace, he's from the 8th precinct Nothing goes on that he don't know

D7#9

And we've been send 'cause your arguments Have been going on too long

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G7

And before one of you hurts the other one of you

D7#9

I'm declaring martial law I came, I saw, I declared martial law I'm the marshall in this city The jails are filled with people like you You oughta listen to your diddy-wah-diddy What's a girl like you doing with that lamp You better drop that down on the floor And son, that isn't very smart Kicking a hole in that door Hey Ace, will you take a look at this place And get those neighbors out of the hall I'm declaring martial law I came, I saw, I declared martial law 'Cause I'm the marshall in this city And if you stand away, I've got something to say That might even help you Keep your hands to yourself and keep your bigmouth shut Don't you touch nobody with hate-hate-hate-hate And if all you've got is poison in your mouth Make sure that you don't speak It's 3:30 in the early morning Don't punch, don't scratch, don't bite Try not to take the garbage of the day To anyplace else but outside

A7

Now me and Mr Ace are gonna leave this place

G7

And this fighting's gonna end

D7#9

And if we're called back, I'm gonna knock you flat And stack you end to end

D7#9

Ah, I came, I saw, I declared martial law I'm the marshall in this city I came, I saw, I declared martial law I'm the marshall in this city, ooh I came, I saw, I declared martial law 'Cause I'm the marshall in this city I came, I saw, I declared martial law 'Cause I'm the marshall in this city

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x4

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D

Last shot sure killed me Pour another drink Let's drink to the last shot And the blood on the dishes in the sink Blood inside the coffee cup Blood on the table top

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But when you quit, you quit, but you always wish

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That you knew it was your last shot

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When you quit, you quit, but you always wish

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That you knew it was your last shot I shot blood at the fly on the wall My heart almost stopped hardly there at all I broke the mirror with my fall

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With my fall, fall, fall

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Fall, fall, fall Gimme a double, give yourself one, too Gimme a short beer, and one for you, too And a toast to everything that doesn't move That doesn't move But when you quit, you quit, but you always wish That you knew it was your last shot When you quit, you quit, but you always wish That you knew it was your last shot Whiskey, bourbon, vodka, scotch I don't care what it is you've got I just want to know that it's my last shot

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D

My last shot I remember when I quit pretty good See this here's where I chipped my tooth Shot a vein in my neck and I coughed up a Quaalude

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On my last shot

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C

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My last shot Here's a toast to all that's good And here's a toast to hate And here's a toast to toasting and I'm not boasting When I say I'm getting straight When I say I'm getting straight But when you quit, you quit, but you always wish That you knew it was your last shot When you quit, you quit, but you always wish That you knew it was your last shot

E

Lover, lover why is there light In the itchy gitchy evening and it's dark outside

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E

And what is the difference between wrong and right

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Wrong and right Isn't it funny how pain goes away And then comes back another day The air feels very good today Good today Lover, lover why is there light Did you forget to turn off that light Well that's all right but it was way too bright Way too bright See the eagle above the hill The lake reflects and is so still The tension has gone from my will From my will Moon on the mountain shining bright First there's dark and then there's light And sometimes the light is way too bright It's way to bright

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B

E

Why don't you turn off the light? Oh, turn off the light Why don't you turn off the light? Turn off the light Turn off the light

E

Turn off the light

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x4

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Christopher Columbus discovered America

Em

C

Found he had a cornucopia

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D

Gave love to the Indians and they gave it back

Em

C

D

A pow wow in the teepee is where it's at

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D

I want to dance with you

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A

I want to dance with you

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D

I want to dance with you

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I want to dance with you The Indian fought with his arrow and his bow Till General Custer lost to Sitting Bull Scalped all day and scalped all night Give me that fire water, I'm gonna buy me a wife I want to dance with you I want to dance with you I want to dance with you I want to dance with you When your people first moved to our block Our ancestors met with culture shock Two different monkeys from two different trees Come on let's stop our fightin' and come dance with me Come on and dance with me Come on and dance with me 'Cause I really want to dance with you I want to dance with you Come on and dance with me

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Betrayed by the one who says she loves you

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By the one who says she needs you

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Asus4

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Above all other men

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Betrayed by her fragile, vicious beauty

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Her father did his duty

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D

And I lay down betrayed

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Justice taught her competence

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Her mother was like steel

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Her cousins, they're all convicts

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She alone rose above that wheel But a motorcyclist no matter how good Is slave to the oncoming truck And the poison of her father was Her most pitiless luck Betrayed by the one who says she loves you By the one who says she needs you Above all other men Betrayed by her fragile, vicious beauty Her father did his duty And I lay down betrayed Three of us lie in this bed Night of infamy One of us lies on our back Her father's in her head And quick she turns and slaps my face And with her eyes open wide she screams I hate you, I hate you, I hate you But she's looking right past me Betrayed by the one who says she loves you By the one who says that she needs you Above all other men Betrayed by her fragile, vicious beauty Her father did his duty And I lay down betrayed And I lay down betrayed I lay down betrayed

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x2

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I'm cruising fast on a motorcycle

F#m

Down this winding country road

Bm

And I pass the gravel at the foot of the hill

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Where last week I fell off There's still some oil by this old elm tree And a dead squirrel that I hit But if I hadn't left, I would have struck you dead So I took a ride instead

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Bottoming out

F#m

Bottoming out

Bm

Bottoming out

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Bottoming out My doctor says she hopes I know How lucky I can be After all it wasn't my blood Mixed in the dirt that night But this violent rage, that turned inward Can not be helped by drink And we must really examine this and I say I need another drink Bottoming out... I'm tearing down Route 80 East The sun's on my right side I'm drunk, but my vision's good And I think of my child bride And on the left in shadows I see Something that makes me laugh I aim that bike at that fat pothole Beyond that underpass Bottoming out...

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x2

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Here's to Johnny with his Jo

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And Mickey's got a wife

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And here's to Jerry

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He has got his Joyce And me, I'm shaking In my boots tonight For the daughters and the sons Lost in the home of the brave

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B

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And here's to the home of the brave And here's to the life that's not saved Here's to the home of the brave Here's to the home of the brave Here's to Frank hit in some bar In picturesque Brooklyn Heights And here's to a friend who jumped in front of a train

B

At seven o'clock one night And another friend who thinks he lacks worth Has disappeared from sight Somewhere in the home Of the brave And here's to the home of the brave And here's to the life that's not saved Here's to the home of the brave Here's to the home of the brave

Instrumental verse and partial chorus

The stars are hiding in their clouds The street lights are too bright A man's kicking a woman

B

Who's clutching his leg tight And I think suddenly of you And blink my eyes in fright And rush off to the home Of the brave And here's to the home of the brave Here's to the home of the brave And here's to the life that is saved Here's to the home of the brave

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And everyday you have to die some, cry some and die some And everyday you have to die some, cry some and die

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Am

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In the home of the brave

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Home of the brave

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Sitting in our rooftop garden

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Looking down below

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Sitting in our rooftop garden

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Waiting for the sun

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C/g

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Isn't it lovely watching a plane go by?

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C/g

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What a lovely couple are you and I |

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C/g

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| Sitting in our rooftop garden A few drops of rain The lights in the city blinking on Just the same No sugar in my coffee, how's your tea? In our rooftop garden above the city

Instrumental verse

Let's not see any letters, let's not answer the phone Let's just pretend that there's no one at home In our rooftop garden In our rooftop garden In our rooftop garden Up on the roof

Lou Reed : Legendary Hearts
1983

Legendary Hearts

Don't Talk To Me About Work

Make Up Mind

Martial Law

The Last Shot

Turn Out The Light

Pow Wow

Betrayed

Bottoming Out

Home Of The Brave

Rooftop Garden

Lou Reed : Legendary Hearts 1983

Legendary Hearts

Don't Talk To Me About Work

Make Up Mind

Martial Law

The Last Shot

Turn Out The Light

Pow Wow

Betrayed

Bottoming Out

Home Of The Brave

Rooftop Garden

Lou Reed : Legendary Hearts
1983