Lou Reed – Sword Of Damocles (Guitar)

Key
-
Versions (3)

Auto-scroll

Chords

[Intro] | Gm | Gm | Gm | Gm | | Gm | Gm | Gm | Gm | | Gm | Gm | Gm | N.C. | | Em | C | G | G | | Em | C | G | G | [Verse 1]
  Em                            C                     G    G
I see The sword of Damocles, is right above your head.

        Em                         C                  G    G
They're trying a new treatment, to get you out of bed.

         Em                                  C                 G   G
But radiation kills both bad and good, it cannot differentiate.

      Em                               C                             G          G
So to cure you they must kill you, the sword of Damocles hangs above your head.
[Interlude] | Em | C | G | G | | Em | C | G | G | [Verse 2]
    Em                                    C                G    G
Now I've seen lots of people die from car crashes or drugs.

     Em                                C                G    G
Last night on 33rd street, I saw a kid get hit by a bus.

                   Em                                       C                 G    G
But this drawn out torture over which part of you lives, is very hard to take.

   Em                               C                            G     G
To cure you they must kill you, the sword of Damocles above your head.
[Interlude] | Em | C | G | G | | Em | C | G | G | [Verse 3]
            Em                         C                    G    G
That mix of morphine and dexedrine, we use it on the street.

             Em                          C                 G    G
It kills the pain and keeps you up, your very soul to keep.

                  Em                           C                     G    G
But this guessing game has its own rules, the good don't always win.

    Em                              C                              G     G
And might makes right, the sword of Damocles is hanging above your head.
[Verse 4]
             Em                                        C                                   G    G
It seems everything's done that must be done from over here, though things don't seem fair.

              Em                                                C            G   G
But there are things that we can't know, maybe there's something over there.

                 Em                          C                              G   G
Some other world that we don't know about, I know you hate that mystic shit.

            Em                       C                            G     G
It's just another way of seeing, the sword of Damocles above your head.
[Outro] | Em | C | G | G | | Em | C | G | G |