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"Beginning Of A Great Adventure"
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album _New York_
(Lou Reed, 1989)
written by Lou Reed/Mike Rathke
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It might be fun to have a kid
that I could kick around
a little me to fill up with my thoughts
A little me or he or she
to fill up with my dreams
a way of saying life is not a loss
I'd keep the tyke away from school
and tutor him myself
keep him from the poison of the crowd
But then again pristine isolation
might not be the best idea
it's not good trying to immortalize yourself
Beginning of a great adventure
Beginning of a great adventure
Why stop at one, I might have ten
a regular TV brood
I'd breed a little liberal army in the wood
Just like these redneck lunatics
I see at the local bar
with their tribe of mutant inbred piglets with cloven hooves
I'd teach 'em how to plant a bomb
start a fire, play guitar
and if they catch a hunter, shoot him in the nuts
I'd try to be as progressive
as I could possibly be
as long as I don't have to try too much
Beginning of a great adventure
Beginning of a great adventure
Susie, Jesus, Bogart, Sam
Leslie, Jill and Jeff
Rita, Winny, Andy, Fran and Jet
Boris, Bono, Lucy, Ethel
Bunny, Reg and Tom
that's a lot of names to try not to forget
Carrie, Marlon, Mo and Steve
La Rue and Jerry Lee
Eggplant, Rufus, Dummy, Star and The Glob
I'd need a damn computer
to keep track of all these names
I hope this baby thing don't go too far
I hope it's true what my wife said to me
I hope it's true what my wife said to me, hey
I hope it's true what my wife said to me
She says, "Baby, it's the beginning of a great adventure"
"Babe, beginning of a great adventure"
"Take it, Lou"
It might be fun to have a kid
that I could kick around
create in my own image like a god
I'd raise my own pallbearers
to carry me to my grave
and keep me company when I'm a wizened toothless clod
Some gibbering old fool
sitting all alone drooling on his shirt
some senile old fart playing in the dirt
It might be fun to have a kid
I could pass something on to
something better than rage, pain, anger and hurt
I hope it's true what my wife said to me
I hope it's true what my wife said to me
I hope it's true what my wife said to me
She says, "Lou, it's the beginning of a great adventure"
"Lou, Lou, Lou, beginning of a great adventure"
She says, "Babe, how you call your lover boy"
"Sylvia, quite you call your lover man"
intro /x.D#7} bass
{A#m7}{D#7}{A#m7}{D#7}
{A#m7}{D#7}{A#m7}{D#7}
{A#m7}{D#7}{A#m7}{D#7}
{A#m7}{D#7}{A#m7}{D#7} (It -)
{A#m7}{D#7}{A#m7}{D#7} (- might be ...)
{A#m7}{D#7}{A#m7}{D#7} (- little me ...)
{A#m7}{D#7}{A#m7}{D#7} (- keep the ...)
{A#m7}{D#7}{A#m7}{D#7} (- then again ...)
chorus {G#m/A#m7}{F#7/F7+9}{A#m7}{A#m7} (Beginning of ...)
{G#m/A#m7}{F#7/F7+9} (Beginning of ...)
{A#m7}{D#7}{A#m7}{D#7} (-venture, Why -)
{A#m7}{D#7}{A#m7}{D#7} (- stop at one ...)
{A#m7}{D#7}{A#m7}{D#7} (- these ...)
{A#m7}{D#7}{A#m7}{D#7} (- teach 'em ...)
{A#m7}{D#7}{A#m7}{D#7} (- be as ...)
chorus {G#m/A#m7}{F#7/F7+9}{A#m7}{A#m7} (Beginning of ...)
{G#m/A#m7}{F#7/F7+9} (Beginning of ...)
{A#m7}{D#7}{A#m7}{D#7} (-venture)
{A#m7}{D#7}{A#m7}{D#7} (Susie, Jesus ...)
{A#m7}{D#7}{A#m7}{D#7} (Boris, Bono ...)
{A#m7}{D#7}{A#m7}{D#7} (Carrie ...)
{A#m7}{D#7}{A#m7}{D#7} (- need a damn ...)
bridge {G#m/A#m7}{F#7/F7+9}{A#m7/Cm7}{A#m/F7} (I hope it's ...)
{A#m7/Cm7}{A#m/F7} (I hope it's ...)
{A#m7}{D#7}{A#m7}{D#7} ("Baby, it's ...)
{A#m7}{D#7}{A#m7}{D#7} ("Babe ...)
guitar {A#m7}{D#7}{A#m7}{D#7}
{A#m7}{D#7}{A#m7}{D#7}
{A#m7}{D#7}{A#m7}{D#7}
{A#m7}{D#7}{A#m7}{D#7}
{A#m7}{D#7}{A#m7}{D#7} (It -)
{A#m7}{D#7}{A#m7}{D#7} (- might be ...)
{A#m7}{D#7}{A#m7}{D#7} (- raise my ...)
{A#m7}{D#7}{A#m7}{D#7} (- gibbering ...)
{A#m7}{D#7}{A#m7}{D#7} (- might be ...)
coda {G#m/A#m7}{F#7/F7+9}{A#m7/Cm7}{A#m/F7} (I hope it's ...)
{A#m7/Cm7}{A#m/F7} (I hope it's ...)
{A#m7}{D#7}{A#m7}{D#7} ("Lou, it's ...)
{A#m7}{D#7}{A#m7}{D#7} ("Lou, Lou ...)
{A#m7}{D#7}{A#m7}{D#7} ("Babe, how ...)
{A#m7}{D#7}{A#m7}{D#7} ("Sylvia ...)
guitar {A#m7}{D#7}{A#m7}{D#7}
{A#m7}{D#7}{A#m7}{D#7}
{A#m7}{D#7}{A#m7}{D#7}
{A#m7}{D#7}{A#m7}{D#7}
.... fade out
* riff (right channel: Mike Rathke)
{A#m7} {D#7}
1e ---------------------------------------
2B ---------------------------------------
3G ---------------------x-6-x-x--6---x-x--
4D --x-6-x-x--6---x-x---x-5-x-x--5---x-x--
5A --x-5-x-x--5---x-x---x-6-x-x--6---x-x--
6E --x-6-x-x--6---x-x---------------------
{A#m7} {D#7}
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---------------------x-6-x-x--6---x-x-- ...
--x-6-x-x--6---x-x---x-5-x-x--5---x-x--
--x-5-x-x--5---x-x---x-6-x-x--6---x-x--
--x-6-x-x--6---x-x---------------------
* chorus (right channel: Mike Rathke)
Beginning of a great adventure
{G#m /A#m7} {F#7 /F7+9}
1e ---------------------------------------
2B ------------------------------x-9---x--
3G ------4----x-6-x-x-------6\---x-8---x--
4D --x-6---6--x-6-x-x---7h8------x-7---x--
5A -----------x-5-x-x------------x-8---x--
6E ---------------------------------------
{A#m7} {A#m7}
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--x-6-x-x--6---x-x---x-6-x-x--6---x-x--
--x-6-x-x--6---x-x---x-6-x-x--6---x-x--
--x-5-x-x--5---x-x---x-5-x-x--5---x-x--
--x-6-x-x--6---x-x---x-6-x-x--6---x-x--
Beginning of a great ad-
{G#m /A#m7} {F#7 /F7+9}
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------------------------------x-9---x--
------4----x-6-x-x-------6\---x-8---x--
--x-6---6--x-6-x-x---7h8------x-7---x--
-----------x-5-x-x------------x-8---x--
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-venture
{A#m7} {D#7}
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---------------------x-6-x-x--6---x-x-- ...
--x-6-x-x--6---x-x---x-5-x-x--5---x-x--
--x-5-x-x--5---x-x---x-6-x-x--6---x-x--
--x-6-x-x--6---x-x---------------------
* bridge (right channel: Mike Rathke)
I hope it's true what my wife said to me
{G#m /A#m7} {F#7 /F7+9}
1e ---------------------------------------
2B ------------------------------x-9---x--
3G ------4----x-6-x-x-------6\---x-8---x--
4D --x-6---6--x-6-x-x---7h8------x-7---x--
5A -----------x-5-x-x------------x-8---x--
6E ---------------------------------------
I hope it's true what my wife said to me, hey
{A#m7 /Cm7} {A#m /F7}
---------------------6-6-x-x-----------
---------------------6-6-x-x-----------
--x-6h8p6----8-------6-6-x-x--x-8---x--
-----------8---8-x---8-8-x-x--x-7---x--
------------------------------x-8---x--
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I hope it's true what my wife said to me
{A#m7 /Cm7} {A#m /F7}
---------------------6-6-x-x-----------
---------------------6-6-x-x-----------
--x-6h8p6--8-x-8-x---6-6-x-x--x-8---x-- ...
-------------x-8-x---8-8-x-x--x-7---x--
------------------------------x-8---x--
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* Lou Reed's single-tone guitar part (left channel): scale
6 7 8 9
1e -|-o-|---|-o-|-o-|---|-
2B -|-o-|---|-o-|-o-|---|-
3G -|-o-|---|-o-|---|---|-
4D -|-o-|---|-o-|---|---|-
5A -|---|---|---|---|---|-
6E -|---|---|---|---|---|-
*** please note ***
h - hammer on
p - pull off
b - bend string up
r - release bend
/ - slide up
\ - slide down
v - vibrato
^ - harmonics
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transcribed by Shiroh KOUCHI (wildside@mx21.tiki.ne.jp)
http://ww21.tiki.ne.jp/~wildside/
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