Lou Reed – Tatters (Guitar)

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Some couples live in harmony,

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Some do not,

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Some couples yell and scream,

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Some do not.

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But what you said was something,

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That I     can't forget,

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It echoes in my head,

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Like a bullet made of lead.

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Some people yell and scream,

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And some do not,

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Some people sacrifice their lives,

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And some do not.

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Some people wait for sleep,

             D
To take them away,

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While others read books endlessly,

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Hoping problems will go away.

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       I know you're hoping everything,

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Works out,

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  Neither one of us is,

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The type who shouts.

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You sleep in the bedroom,

                    D
While I pace up and down the hall,

    Bm7
Our baby stares at both of us,

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Wondering which one of us to call.

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I guess it's true that not,

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Every match burns bright,

  A               Aadd9
I guess it's true,

A       C#m    C#m7 C#m  F#m/A  F#m
Not all that I say  is   right.

Bm
But what you said still bounces,

 C#m7        D
Around in my head,

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    Who thought this could happen to us,

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When we first went to bed.

A      Aadd9       C#m7
   I'm told in the end,

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That none  of  this   matters,

    A            Aadd9   C#m7    C#m
All couples have troubles,

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And none of this matters.

    Bm7
But what you said,

      C#m7      C#m  D
Still echoes in my   head,

    Bm7
And I'm still in the hallway,

C#m7       D                      Dmaj7 D
Downstairs sleeping alone instead.

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          I know you don't care,

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But here's my last thought,

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Not that it matters,

    A          C#m  C#m7  C#m  F#m/A  F#m
But here's the last thing I    thought.

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Our little thing is lying,

        D
Here in tatters,

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And you my dear,

               D
Don't have any manners.

F#m
Sad to leave this way,

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To  leave it all in tatters,

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Saddening to leave this way,

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To leave it all in tatters,

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I suppose we all could say,

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That nothing of it matters,

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Still it's sad,

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To see everything in tatters.

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(Fade Out)