Lou Reed – Romeo Had Juliette (Guitar)

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Caught between the twisted stars

E
The plotted lines the faulty map

D
That brought Columbus to New York

A
Betwixt between the East and West

E
He calls on her wearing a leather vest

D
The earth squeals and shudders to a halt

A
A diamond crucifix in his ear

E
Is used to help ward off the fear

D
That he has left his soul in someone's rented car

A
Inside his pants he hides a mop

E
To clean the mess that he has dropped

D
Into the life of lithesome Juliette Bell

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And romeo wanted Juliette

    D
And Juliette wanted Romeo

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And romeo wanted Juliette

    D
And Juliette wanted Romeo

A
Romeo Rodriguez squares

E
His shoulders and curses Jesus

D
Runs a comb through his black pony-tail

A
He's thinking of his lonely room

E
The sink that by his bed gives off a stink

D
Then smells her perfume in his eyes

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And her voice was like a bell

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Outside the street were steaming the crack

E
Dealers were dreaming

          D
Of an Uzi someone had just scored

A
I betcha I could hit that light

        E
With my one good arm behind my back

     D
Says little Joey Diaz

A
Brother give me another toke

      E
Those downtown hoods are no damn good

       D
Those Italians need a lesson to be taught

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This cop who died in Harlem

E
You think they'd get the warnin

      D
I was dancing when his brains run out on the street

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And romeo wanted Juliette

    D
And Juliette wanted Romeo

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And romeo wanted Juliette

    D
And Juliette wanted Romeo

     A
I'll take Manhattan in a garbage bag

     E
With Latin written on it that says

      D
"it's hard to give a shit these days"

A
Manhattan's sinking like a rock

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Into the filthy Hudson what a shock

D
They wrote a book about it, They said it was like ancient Rome

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The perfume burned his eyes

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Holding tightly to her thighs

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And something flickered for a minute

            D
And then it vanished and was gone