Lou Reed – The Debt I Owe (Guitar)

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Music by Lou Reed Lyrics by Woody Guthrie [Verse 1]
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Every day, several times a day, a thought comes over me

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I owe more debts than I ever can pay back, more money than I'll ever see

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I walk around the streets of Coney Island, I look through the windows of every store

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I peep through the hallways and the doorways and, I think of this debt I owe

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I peep through the hallways and the doorways and I think of this debt I owe
[Verse 2]
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I feel like a piece of crushed wreckage, some smashed car in a salvage yard

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A vision of an old newspaper blown across an old navy yard-aah

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Curbstone chipped and beaten, a piece of gum stuck to a shoe

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An empty pack of used matches, an empty version of you

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An empty pack of used matches, an empty version of you
[Break] A Esus4 D Gm/C Am D A D Gm/C A Em7 D C13 [Verse 3]
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People stroll and they saunter, like paper cups thrown in the trash

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They're crawling all over the sidewalks, their wallets stuck in their pants

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And it comes over me like a mist rising, a fog falling over a ship

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The bell is ringing out danger, but it's too late to cancel this trip
[Verse 4]
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I see the mist rising before me, my hand reappears by my face

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By my waist a cold empty pocket, on my wrist the tears from your face

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And I think of what I thought this cold morning, it's the same thing I'm thinking at three

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I owe more than I can ever pay back, more than I'll ever see
[Verse 5]
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And I think of what I thought this cold morning, I think of what I'm thinking at three

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I owe more than I can ever pay back, more than I'll ever see

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At ten and at midnight the same damn thing, I wish this debt was about money

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At ten and at midnight the same damn thing, I wish this debt was about money
[Outro] E D Gm/C E D Gm/C A Asus2 D Gm/C A Asus2 D Gm/C A