Lou Reed – Last Great American Whale (Guitar)
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Riff repeats all the way through.
[Verse 1]
D D A Asus A G G A They say he didn't have an enemy D D A Asus A G His was a greatness to behold D D A Asus A G G A He was the last surviving progeny D D A Asus A G The last one on this side of the world D D A Asus A G G A He measured a half mile from tip to tail D D A Asus A G Silver and black with powerful fins D D A Asus A G G A They say he could split a mountain in two D D A Asus A G That's how we got the Grand Canyon
[Chorus]
D D A Asus A G G A Last great American whale D D A Asus A G Last great American whale D D A Asus A G G A Last great American whale D D A Asus A G Last great American whale
[Verse 2]
D D A Asus A G G A Some say they saw him at the Great Lakes D D A Asus A G Some say they saw him off of Florida D D A Asus A G G A My mother said she saw him in Chinatown D D A Asus A G But you can't always trust your mother D D A Asus A G G A Off the Carolinas the sun shines brightly in the day D D A Asus A G The lighthouse glows ghostly there at night D D A Asus A G G A The chief of a local tribe had killed a racist mayor's son D D A Asus A G And he'd been on death row since 1958
[Verse 3]
D D A Asus A G G A The mayor's kid was a rowdy pig D D A Asus A G Spit on Indians and lots worse D D A Asus A G G A The old chief buried a hatchet in his head D D A Asus A G Life compared to death for him seemed worse D D A Asus A G G A The tribal brothers gathered in the lighthouse to sing D D A Asus A G And tried to conjure up a storm or rain D D A Asus A G G A The harbor parted, the great whale sprang full up D D A Asus A G And caused a huge tidal wave
[Verse 4]
D D A Asus A G G A The wave crushed the jail and freed the chief D D A Asus A G The tribe let out a roar D D A Asus A G G A The whites were drowned, the browns and reds set free D D A Asus A G But sadly one thing more D D A Asus A G G A Some local yokel member of the NRA D D A Asus A G Kept a bazooka in his living room D D A Asus A G G A And thinking he had the chief in his sights D D A Asus A G Blew the whale's brains out with a lead harpoon
[Chorus]
D D A Asus A G G A Last great American whale D D A Asus A G Last great American whale D D A Asus A G G A Last great American whale D D A Asus A G Last great American whale
[Verse 5]
D D A Asus A G G A Well Americans don't care for much of anything D D A Asus A G Land and water the least D D A Asus A G G A And animal life is low on the totem pole D D A Asus A G With human life not worth more than infected yeast D D A Asus A G G A Americans don't care too much for beauty D D A Asus A G They'll shit in a river, dump battery acid in a stream D D A Asus A G G A They'll watch dead rats wash up on the beach D D A Asus A G And complain if they can't swim D D A Asus A G G A They say things are done for the majority D D A Asus A G Don't believe half of what you see and none of what you hear D D A Asus A G G A It's like what my painter friend Donald said to me D D A Asus A G "Stick a fork in their ass and turn them over, they're done"