Lou Reed – Dirty Blvd (Guitar)

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[Intro] D A D G D A D G D A D G D A D [Verse 1]
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Pedro lives out of the Wilshire Hotel

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He looks out a window without glass

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The walls are made of cardboard, newspapers on his feet

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And his father beats him 'cause he's too tired to beg
[Verse 2]
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He's got 9 brothers and sisters, they're brought up on their knees

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It's hard to run when a coat hanger beats you on the thighs

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Pedro dreams of being older and killing the old man

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But that's a slim chance he's going to the boulevard
[Chorus]
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He's going to end up, on the dirty boulevard

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He's going out, to the dirty boulevard

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He's going down, to the dirty boulevard
G D A D [Verse 3]
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This room cost 2,000 dollars a month, you can believe it man it's true

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Somewhere a landlord's laughing till he wets his pants

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No one dreams of being a doctor or a lawyer or anything

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They dream of dealing on the dirty boulevard
[Verse 4]
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Give me your hungry, your tired, your poor I'll piss on 'em

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That's what the Statue of Bigotry says

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Your poor huddled masses, let's club 'em to death

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And get it over with and just dump 'em on the boulevard
[Chorus]
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Get em out, on the dirty boulevard

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Going out, to the dirty boulevard

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They're going down, on the dirty boulevard

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Going out...
[Verse 5]
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Outside it's a bright night, there's an opera at Lincoln Center

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Movie stars arrive by limousine

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The klieg lights shoot up over the skyline of Manhattan

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But the lights are out on the mean streets
[Verse 6]
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A small kid stands by the Lincoln Tunnel

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He's selling plastic roses for a buck

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The traffic's backed up to 39th Street

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The TV whores are calling the cops out for a suck
[Verse 7]
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And back at the Wilshire, Pedro sits there dreaming

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He's found a book on magic in a garbage can

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He looks at the pictures and stares up at the cracked ceiling

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"At the count of 3," he says, "I hope I can disappear"
[Outro]
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And fly fly away, from this dirty boulevard

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I want to fly, from the dirty boulevard

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I want to fly, from the dirty boulevard

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I want to fly fly fly fly, from the dirty boulevard
[Denouement]
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I want to fly away

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I want to fly

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Fly fly away-yay

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I want to fly

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Fly fly away (Fly a-)

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Fly fly fly (-way, oh ah...)

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Fly fly away (I want to fly fly away)

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Fly away (I want to fly, wow woh, no, fly away)