Lou Reed – Andys Chest (Bass Tab)
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by Lou Reed
from the album Transformer
Key of C Major, 79 bpm
Bass part - Herbie Flowers
Transcribed by Stannos
Think Herbie was playing a double bass on this track - he uses lots of glissando which
I find hard to transcribe. But I hope this conveys the essence of a great bass track. Enjoy!
(D) If I could be Anything (G) In this world that
Flew
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(D) I would be a Bat and come (G) Swooping after
You, and
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(D) If the last time
You were here (G) Things were a bit
Askew, well you
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(Eb) Know what (Bb) Happens after
(F) Dark when
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(Eb) Rattlesnakes lose their
(Bb) Skins and their
(F) Hearts and
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(Eb) All the mission-
(Bb) Aries lose their
(F) Barks oh
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(C) All the trees are
(F) Calling after
(G) You and
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(C) All the venom (F) Snipers after
(G) You and
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(C) All the mountains
(F) Bolder after (G) You
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(D) If I could be Anything (G) In this world that
Bites
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(D) Instead of a dentured
Ocelot on a leash,
(G) I'd rather be your
Kite
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(D) Be tied to the End of your string and
(G) Fly through the air babe at
Night, cos you
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(Eb) Know what they
(Bb) Say about honey
(F) Bears when you
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(Eb) Shave off (Bb) All their baby
(F) Hair and
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(Eb) You have a hairy-minded
(Eb) Minded pink bare
(F) Bear and
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(C) All the bells are
(F) Rolling out for
(G) You and
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(C) All the stones are
(F) Erupting out for
(G) You and
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(C) All the cheap blood
(F) suckers are flying after
(G) You
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(D) Yesterday Daisy May and Biff were
(G) Grooving on the
Street
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(D) And just like in a
Movie her (G) Hands became her
Feet
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(D) Her belly button
Was her mouth which meant
(G) She tasted all she'd
Eat but the
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(Eb) Funny thing was what
(Bb) Happened to her
(F) Nose ooh it
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(Eb) Grew until it (Bb) Reached all of her
(F) Toes
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(Eb) Now when people say her
(Bb) Feet smell they mean her
(F) Nose
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(C) And curtains laced with
(F) Diamonds dear for
(G) You and
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(C) All the Roman (F) Noblemen for (G) You and
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(C) Kingdom's christian
(F) Soldiers dear for
(G) You and
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(C) Melting ice cap (F) Mountain tops for
(G) You (wo oh oh) and
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(C) Bats that with a
(F) Kiss turn prince for
(G) You
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(C) (F) Swoop, swoop (G) Oh baby rock, rock
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(C) (F) Swoop, swoop (G) Oh baby rock, rock
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(C) (F) Swoop, swoop (G) Oh baby rock, rock
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