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"A Sheltered Life"
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album _Rock And Roll Heart_
(Lou Reed, 1976)

written by Lou Reed
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        Never been to England, never been to France
        never really learned how to dance
        I've never taken dope and I've never taken drugs
        ah, I've never danced on a bear skin rug

        Guess it's true what all those people they say
        I'm gonna have to lose my hometown ways
        Guess it's true, guess I've led a sheltered life

        Never went around with anything
        I've had a hometown life and I haven't ever learned to swing
        Not much of a life, I haven't seen much
        I've been true to my wife and it's just been too much

        Guess it's true what all these people they say
        I'm gonna have to lose my hometown ways
        You know it's true, guess I've led a sheltered life

        Guess it's true what all those people they say
        I'm gonna have to lose my hometown ways
        Guess it's true, guess I've led a sheltered life




intro   {A}{F}{A}{F}
        {A}{F}{A}{F}

        {A}{F}{A}{F}            (Never been to England ...)
        {A}{F}{A}{F}            (I've never taken dope ...)
        {A}{D/Dm}{A}{D/Dm}      (Guess it's true, what ...)
        {A/F#m}{Bm/E}{A}{A/E}   (Guess it's true, guess ...)

sax     {A}{F}{A}{F}

        {A}{F}{A}{F}            (Never went around with ...)
        {A}{F}{A}{F}            (Not much of a life ...)
        {A}{D/Dm}{A}{D/Dm}      (Guess it's true what ...)
        {A/F#m}{Bm/E}{A}{A}     (You know it's true, guess ...)

sax     {A}{F}{A}{F}
        {A}{F}{A}{F}

        {A}{F}{A}{F}            (Guess it's true, what ...)
        {A}{F}{A}{F}            (Guess it's true, guess ...)

sax     {A}{F}{A}{F}
        {A}{F}{A}{F}
        {A}{F}{A}{F}
        ... fade out








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"Sheltered Life"
(demo)
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box set _Peel Slowly And See_
(The Velvet Underground, 1995)

early 1967
John Cale's Ludlow Street loft,
lower Manhattan, NYC
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        Never been to London, never been to France
        never worn a sari, never learned to dance
        Never walked down to 42nd Street and Frairs
        never smoked any filtered air

        Guess it's true what all the people say
        gonna have to mend my old time ways, yeah
        I guess it's true, guess I've lived a sheltered life

        Never walked about on the streets at night
        never got into an uptown fight
        Never smoked a hookah, never saw a rug
        couldn't even squash a beetle bug

        Guess it's true I'm gonna have to change my ways
        guess it's true what all the people say, yeah
        I know it's true, guess I've lived a sheltered life

        Never went to parties in a chauffeured car
        never wore a top hat 'cause I won't get far
        Never learned to handle all the things that I've seen
        maybe I'll grow up to be big and mean

        Guess it's true what all the people say
        gonna have to change my old fashioned ways, well
        I guess it's true, guess I've lived a sheltered life




intro   {E/E7}{A/D#}{E/E7}{A/D#}

        {E/E7}{A/D#}{E/E7}{A/D#}     (Never been to London ...)
        {E/E7}{A/D#}{E/E7}{A/D#}     (Never walked down to ...)

        {E/G#}{A/F#m}{E/G#}{A/F#m}   (Guess it's true what ...)
        {E/C#m}{F#m/B}{E}{E/B7}      (I guess it's true ...)

        {E/E7}{A/D#}{E/E7}{A/D#}     (Never walked about on ...)
        {E/E7}{A/D#}{E/E7}{A/D#}     (Never smoked a hookah ...)

        {E/G#}{A/F#m}{E/G#}{A/F#m}   (Guess it's true I'm gonna ...)
        {E/C#m}{F#m/B}{E}{E/B7}      (I know it's true ...)

kazoo   {E}{G#}{A}{Am}
        {E/C#m}{F#m/B}{E}{E/B7}
        {E}{G#}{A}{Am}
        {E/C#m}{F#m/B}{E}{E/B7}

        {E/E7}{A/D#}{E/E7}{A/D#}     (Never went to parties ...)
        {E/E7}{A/D#}{E/E7}{A/D#}     (Never learned to handle ...)

        {E/G#}{A/F#m}{E/G#}{A/F#m}   (Guess it's true ...)
        {E/C#m}{F#m/B}{E}{E/B7}      (I guess it's true ...)

kazoo   {E}{G#}{A}{Am}
        {E/C#m}{F#m/B}{E}{E/B7}
        ... fade out




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thanks: Hans De Backer (hans.debacker@student.kuleuven.ac.be)
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On the Lou Reed Guitar Archive
I found a mistake in "Sheltered Life".

The phrase "Never smoked a hook and never saw a rug"
should be "Never smoked a hookah, never saw a rug".


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thanks: Kyle Wiggins (IGGY_WILKENS@msn.com)
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The Line "never was sorry, never learned to dance"
should be "never worn a sari, never learned to dance"

A sari is an (east) Indian garment,
consisting of a long piece of cloth, wrapped around the waist,
with one edge hanging down in the front,
and the other taken upand thrown over the head.


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transcribed by Shiroh KOUCHI (wildside@mx21.tiki.ne.jp)
http://ww21.tiki.ne.jp/~wildside/
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