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"Coney Island Baby"
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album _Coney Island Baby_
(Lou Reed, 1976)
written by Lou Reed
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You know man when I was a young man in high school
you believe it or not
I wanted to play football for the coach
And all those older guys
they said that he was mean and cruel, but you know -
I wanted to play football for the coach
They said I was a little too light weight
to play line-backer
so's I'm playing right-end
I wanted to play football for the coach
'Cause you know someday man you gotta stand up straight
unless you're gonna fall
then you're goin' to die
And the straightest dude
I ever knew was standing right by me all the time
So I had to play football for the coach
Man I wanted to play football for the coach
When you're all alone and lonely
in your midnight hour
And you find that your soul
it's been up for sale
And you begin to think 'bout
all the things that you've done
And begin to hate
just 'bout everything
But remember the princess who lived on the hill
Who loved you even though she knew you was wrong
And right now she just might come shining through
and the -
- Glory of love, glory of love
glory of love, just might come through
When all your two-bit friends
have gone and ripped you off
They're talking behind your back saying
man, you're never gonna be no human being
Then you start thinking again
'bout all those things that you've done
And who it was and what it was
and all the different things you made every different scene
Ah, but remember that the city is a funny place
Something like a circus or a sewer
And just remember different people have peculiar tastes
and the -
- Glory of love, the glory of love
the glory of love, might see you through
yeah, but now now
Glory of love, the glory of love
the glory of love, might see you through
Glory of love, uh huh huh, the glory of love
Glory of love, glory of love
Glory of love now, glory of love now
Glory of love now now now, glory of love
Glory of love, give it to me now
glory of love see you through (huh)
I'm a Coney Island Baby now
(I'm a Coney Island Baby now)
I'd like to send this one out to Lou and Rachel
and all the kids in PS 192
Coney Island Baby
Man I swear I'd give the whole thing up for you
intro {C}{F}{C}{F}
{C}{F}{C}{F} (You know man when I was a ...)
{C}{F}{C}{F} (And all those older guys ...)
{C}{F}{C}{F} (They said that I was a ...)
{C}{F}{C}{F} ('Cause you know someday ...)
{C}{F}{C}{F} (And the straightest dude I ...)
{C}{F}{C}{F} (And I wanted to play ...)
{C}{F}{C}{F} (When you're all alone and ...)
{C}{F}{C}{F} (- midnight hour, And you ...)
{Dm}{G} (- sale)
{C}{F}{C}{F} (And you begin to think ...)
{C}{F}{Dm}{G} (And begin to hate ...)
{Am}{Am/Am.G}{F}{F/F.G} (But remember the princess ...)
{Am}{Am/Am.G}{F}{F/F.G} (Who loved you even though ...)
{Am}{Am/Am.G}{F}{F/F.G} (And right now she just ...)
{C}{F}{C}{F} (Glory of love, glory of love)
{C}{F}{Dm}{G} (glory of love, just might ...)
....
* riff
{C} {F}
1e -------------------------------------
2B ------1--0--1----------1--0--1-------
3G ------0--0--0----------2--2--2------- ...
4D ----2----------------3---------------
5A --3----------------3-----------------
6E -------------------------------------
* scale
3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
1e ... -|---|---|---|---|-o-|-o-|---|-o-|- ...
2B ... -|---|---|-o-|---|---|-o-|---|-o-|- ...
3G ... -|---|---|-o-|---|-o-|---|-o-|---|- ...
4D ... -|---|---|-o-|---|-o-|---|---|-o-|- ...
5A ... -|-o-|---|-o-|---|-o-|---|---|---|- ...
6E ... -|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|- ...
12 13 14 15 16 17
... -|-o-|-o-|---|-o-|---|-o-|- ...
... -|---|-o-|---|-o-|---|-o-|- ...
... -|-o-|---|-o-|---|---|---|- ...
... -|---|---|---|---|---|---|- ...
... -|---|---|---|---|---|---|- ...
... -|---|---|---|---|---|---|- ...
* licks on {C}{F}{C}{F} part
{C} {F}
1e ---------------------------------8/10\8----------------
2B ---------------------------------8/10\8----------------
3G --5v--------------------------------------7h9p7\5v----- ...
4D -------------------------------------------------------
5A -------------------------------------------------------
6E -------------------------------------------------------
{C} {F}
1e ----7--x-----------------7h8p7------------7-10-7h8p7--
2B ---8---x------------------------8--------8------------
3G --9----x--------------------------7-7---9-------------
4D ------------------------------------------------------
5A ------------------------------------------------------
6E ------------------------------------------------------
{C} {F}
---------------------------7--x------------------------
--8v-----------------------8--x--8--x--5--------5h7p5--
---------------------------------9--x--5--------5h7p5-- ...
-------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------
{C}{F}
1e --10h12p10-8h10p8----------------------------------------
2B ------------------8h10p8---------------------------------
3G -------------------------7h9p7-5h7p5--------------------- ...
4D -------------------------------------5h7p5---------------
5A -------------------------------------------5h7p5\3h5p3v--
6E ---------------------------------------------------------
* lick on {Dm}{G} part
- just 'bout everything
{Dm} {G}
1e --8-p5----5----------------------------------------------
2B --6----6-------10p8\6-------8h10p8--8---8---------8---8--
3G ----------------------------7-------7h9--------7--7h9----
4D -------------------------------------------7h9-----------
5A ---------------------------------------------------------
6E ---------------------------------------------------------
- every different scene
{Dm} {G}
1e --12-x-15-x-12----10-x-10\--------------------------------
2B --13-x-13-x-13----10-x-10\---8-x-10-x--10/12-x-10-x-8--x--
3G ------------14----10-x-10\---x-x--x-x---x----x--x-x-x--x--
4D -----------------------------9-x-10-x--10/12-x-10-x-9--x--
5A ----------------------------------------------------------
6E ----------------------------------------------------------
* lick on {Am}{Am/Am.G}{F}{F/F.G} part
But remember the princess who live-
{Am} {Am / Am . G}
1e ----------------------15b17v---15-12--------------------
2B -------------------------------------15b17r15-13-15-15--
3G --------------------------------------------------------
4D --------------------------------------------------------
5A --------------------------------------------------------
6E --------------------------------------------------------
-d on the hill
{F} {F / F. G}
--------15--------------15-15--------15-------15-------15-----
--15b17-----------15b17--------15b17----15b17----15b17----13--
-------------------------------------------------------------- ...
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*** 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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"Coney Island Baby"
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album _Take No Prisoners_
(Lou Reed, 1978)
May 1978
Bottom Line, NYC
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When I was a young man in high school
I wanted to play football for the coach and
Freeport, right
Islip park, Massapequa park, Rockville Center
The older guys said he's
he's mean and he's cruel now
I want to play football for the coach
I was a little too light weight to go out for line-backer
I wanted to be line-backer
The grass is always greener
so I went out for right-end
Actually I was a pole vaulter
I went out in the sectionals at eight-six, right
That's pathetic, Big Mac, .....
'Cause some day man you gotta stand up straight
unless you're gonna fall and
then you're goin' to die, going to die
And the straightest dude
I ever knew is standing right by me all the time
but I had to play football for the coach
And I wanted to play football for the coach
I had to play ball with the coach
and I wanted to do it with the coach
When you're all alone and lonely
baby babe you, it's your midnight hour
And you find out that your soul
don't you know that your soul has been up for sale
Then you start thinkin' of
baby, you've been doin' soon ..... drinkin' and
thinkin' about all the things that you've done
Listening to people that you said that shouldn't have fun -
with who it was and what it was
and all those things, all the things
you hated everything I want
everything I want
Remember the princess on the hill
Ah baby, baby, ah baby don't you know you was wrong
Remember that a love just might come shining through but -
Hey, the glory of love
Ooohhh sweet nuthin'
won't you tell me 'bout the glory of love
Baby, how I miss your love and I need the glory of love
It just might see you through
Don't you know it might happen to you
When all your two-bit friends they've gone
and they ripped you right off says everything you ....
They say, hey hey Lou Reed
there's no way you'll live to be human being
The things ain't what they seem
I'm walking in a dream
Then you start to thinking
you're doing too much thinking and they said
said, said, look at
look at all those things that you've done
And I said
And what it was and who it was and
all those things that I hate everything you want
hate everything you want
Remember that the city is a funny place
Something like a circus or a sewer
And right now, ah, just city's like a sewer for me, baby
Ah baby babe, the glory of love
Yeah, the glory of love
Why don't you know the glory of love
Baby, it will see you through
(Glory of love, uh huh, yeah, glory of love)
Don't you know 'bout the glory of love
(Glory of love)
The glory of love will see you through
(Glory of love)
Don't you know 'bout the glory of love, baby
(Glory of love)
Yeah, the glory of love
(Glory of love)
It just might see you through
Baby, ah baby, ah baby
(Glory of love)
Baby, yeah yeah yeah glory of love
(Glory of love)
Don't you tell me 'bout the glory of love and
(Glory of love)
Don't you know the glory of love
Might just see you through
Baby, don't you know it will happen to you
(Glory of love)
It never happen to you
(Glory of love, woh)
(Glory of love)
Don't you know I'm just a Coney Island Baby now
(Glory of love)
Don't you know I'm just a Coney Island Baby now
(Glory of love)
Don't you know, why don't you know
It just might happen to you
It just might love come ...... see you through
(Glory of love, glory of love)
Don't ......... see you through
(Glory of love, glory of love)
Don't you know that it just might see you through
(Glory of love, glory of love)
Yeah, yeah yeah, see you
(Glory of love, glory of love)
Baby baby baby, might see you through
(Glory of love, glory of love)
Don't you know, yeah
(Glory of love, glory of love)
Baby baby baby baby baby, how I love you
(Glory of love, glory of love)
Yeah yeah yeah, it's a Coney Island Baby
* see the posted transcriptions/corrections below.
* chords: same as _Coney Island Baby_ version
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"Coney Island Baby"
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album _Perfect Night Live In London_
(Lou Reed, 1998)
Jul 03, 1997
Royal Festival Hall, London
(Meltdown Festival)
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You know I was a young man in high school
wanted to play football for the coach
All the older guys, they said he was mean and cruel
but you know I wanted to play football for the coach
They said I was a little too light weight
to play line-backer
so I played right-end, wanted to play football for the coach
Cause you know someday you gotta stand up straight
unless you're gonna fallin' and you're goin' to die
And the straightest dude
I ever knew was standing right by me all the time
so I had to play football for the coach
I wanted to play football for the coach
When you're all alone and you're lonely
it's your midnight hour
and you find that your very soul
it's been up for sale
You begin to think
'bout all the things that you've done
How much started
that hate just 'bout everything you want
Remember the princess on the hill
Who loved you even though she knew you were wrong
And right right now I love you just might come through
and the -
- Glory of love, glory of love
Glory of love, might see you through
When all your two-bit friends, they've gone
and ripped you off
And they're talking behind your back saying
you're never be a human being
You begin to think
'bout all those things that you've done
And who it was, what it was
and all the different things you made everything want
Remember that the city is a funny place
Something like a circus or a sewer, ah
Ah, and different people they got peculiar tastes
and the -
- Glory of love, the glory of love
The glory of love, just might see you through
Glory of love, ooohhh, the glory of love
The glory of love, might come back through
Glory of love, glory of love, give it to me now-now
Glory of love, glory of love
glory of love, give it to me now, glory of love
Glory of love, glory of love
glory of, a glory of, a glory of love, see you through
Like a circus or a sewer now, to the kids PS now
ah, PS 192
Say thank you baby
the glory of love, I give you all of the -
all of the you now, glory, I'm a Coney Island Baby
Wow wow woh
wow wow woh
I'm a Coney Island Baby
* chords: same as _Coney Island Baby_ version
* riff
{C} {F}
1e ---------3----------------3--------
2B ------1----------------1-----------
3G ------0----------------2----------- ...
4D ----2----------------3-------------
5A --3----------------3---------------
6E -----------------------------------
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"Coney Island Baby"
(alternate version)
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album _Coney Island Baby_
reissue CD bonus track
(Lou Reed, 2006)
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Come on, man
When I was a young man in high school
I wanted to play football for the coach
The old guys all told me he was mean and cruel
but man, I wanted to play football for the coach
I'm pickin' out line-backer
I played right-end
I wanted to play football for the coach
The winning is everything ........ only thing
...... somebody right
I wanted to play football for the coach
I wanted to play football for the coach
'Cause you know man I knew ..............
I wanted to play football for the ...... coach
'Cause you know man .............. anything
.... gotta stand up straightest goin' to die
Ah damn it, straightest ...........................
So I had to play football for the coach
I mean, man
I wanted to play football for the coach
When you're all alone and lonely
in your midnight hour
And you find that your soul it's up for graze
...... sweet man
And sadness ....................
And you just got to rethink everything, babe you've done
hey now
Remember the princess who lived on the hill
Oh, and loved you even know she knew you're wrong, uh huh
And what she love my just right now come shining through
and the -
- Glory of love, you know the glory of love
the glory of love, ah see you through
When all your so-called friends have gone
and ...... you off
And they said, "Man, you're never been human being"
When you start to do all types
you know those kind of things
Hey, you don't even realize .............. do
Hey, remember that the city is a funny place
Ah somewhere, somewhere like a circus or a sewer
And the, the animals ......... have peculiar tastes
and the -
- Glory of love, ........ the glory of love, yeah the -
- glory of love, see you through now, yeah now the -
- Glory of love, yeah the, yeah glory of love, yes the -
- glory of love, will see you through, ..............
Glory of love, oh yeah the, oh yeah the glory of love
Glory of love, glory of love
Glory of love, glory of love will see you through
* chords: same as _Coney Island Baby_ version
* riff
{C} {F}
1e --10-----x--8---8--------x---12-10-12-10---x-12-10--x--
2B ---8-----x--8---8--------x---10-10-10-10---x-10-10--x--
3G ---9-----x--9---9--------x---10-10-10-10---x-10-10--x-- ...
4D -------------------------------------------------------
5A -------------------------------------------------------
6E -------------------------------------------------------
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thanks: Jose Alberto (brooklyn@usuarios.retecal.es)
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I send you "Coney Island Baby" lyrics update.
I found some little mistakes in the lyrics.
"I'd like to send this one out for Lou and Rachel
and the Lord appeared and he has one made of two"
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thanks: Klaus
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it took a while,
but it is a starting point for the lyrics of this album.
(Take No Prisoners)
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"Coney Island Baby"
When I was a young man in high school
I want to play football for the coach
Ah....
The older guys said he's he's mean and he's cruel now
I want to play football for the coach
I was to little too light weight to go out for line-backer
I want to line-backer
The grass is always green
So I went out for right-end
Actually I was ...
I went for the section at eight six right
That's pathetic
Big mac
Cause some day, man, you gotta stand up straight
Unless you're gonna fall
And then you're going to die
Going to die
And the straightest dude I ever knew
Was standing right by me, all the time
But I had to play football for the coach
And I wanted to play football for the coach
I have eightball with the coach
And I wanted to do it with the coach
When you're all alone and lonely baby baby in your midnight hour
And you find out that your soul don't you know that your soul,
it has been up for sale
And you start thinking ah baby
you've been doing too much drinking and thinking
Bout all the things that you've done
Listening people that ... that shouldn't have fun
with who it was and what it was
And all those things all those things you hear and this....
And this...
Remember the princess who lived on the hill
Oh man baby who loved you even though she knew you was wrong
And right now she just might come shining through and the -
Glory of love, glory of love
Uuh sweet nuthin' won't you tell me bout the glory of love
Oh baby I miss you now and the
Glory of love it just might see you through
Don't you know it might happen to you
And all your two-bit friends
they've gone and they ripped you right off
Says everything
Says Hey hey Lou Reed there's no way you live okay a human being
But things are not the same
You're walking in the train
And you start thinking you're doing too much thinking
And they said said said
Look at all those things that you've done
And I said what it was and and who it was
And all those things I hear that they say go on
Hey Lou they said Go on
Remember that the city is a funny place
Something like a circus or a sewer
And right now like a circus or a sewer for you baby
And baby baby the glory of love
And the glory of love, the glory of love
The glory of love, might see you through
Glory of love, the glory of love
The glory of love, might see you through
Glory of love don't you know, the glory of love
Glory of love, glory of love
Glory of love, now, glory of love, now
Glory of love, baby now, baby now, oh baby, glory of love
Don't you tell me
Don't you know
Glory of love, give it to me now, glory of love see you through
Don't you know I'm just a Coney Island baby, now
It might happen to you
Don't you know it might see you through
Baby baby baby baby
Don't you know
Sorry took a while Thank you
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In the transciptions are a few (little) gaps left,
and there may be a few (minor) mistakes in them.
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"Coney Island Baby"
(_Take No Prisoners_)
When I was a young man in high school
I wanted to play football for the coach, ahh, Freeport Right
Icelit Park, Massive People Park, Rockville Center
The older guys, said he's, he's mean and he's cruel, now
I wanted to play football for the coach
I was little too light weight to go out for line-backer
I wanted to be line-backer
The grass is always greener,
so I went out for right-end
Actually, I was a coldwater, I went out of the section .. eight-six
That's pathetic, big neck
'Cause, some day, man
you gotta stand up straight unless you're gonna fall and
then you're going to die, going to die
And the straightest dude
I ever knew was standing right by me all the time
I had to play football for the coach
And I wanted to play football for the coach
I had to play ball to lose a coach
And I wanted to do it with the coach
When you're all alone and lonely, baby, baby
it's your midnight hour
And you find out that your soul, don't you know, that your soul
is been up for sale
Then you start thinking, ahhh
baby, you're been doin' too much drinkin'
and thinkin' 'bout all the things that you've done
listen to people ... you shouldn't have fun with
Who it was and what it was
and all those things, all those things
you're everything I want, everything you want
Remember the princess on the hill
Ahhh, baby, baby, baby
who loved you knew you was wrong
Remember that love just might come shining through, but
Hey, the glory of our love, ooohhh, sweet nothin'
won't you tell me 'bout the glory of love
Baby, how I miss your love, and I need
the glory of our
it just might see you through
don't you know, it might happen to you
When all your two-bit friends
they've gone and they ripped you right off says everything ...
They say, hey, hey, newly
there's no way you live to be human being
the things they want to say, walkin' in the train
Then you start to thinking, you're doing too much thinking
and they said, said, said
look at, look at all those things that you've done, and I said -
What it was and who it was
and all those things that, baby, everything you want
hey, everything you want
Remember that the city is a funny place
Something like a circus or a sewer
And right now, the city is like a sewer for me, baby
Ah, baby, baby, the glory of
Yeah the glory of love
I told you the glory of love
baby, everything you do
Don't you know that the glory of love
the glory of love, will see you through
Don't you know about the glory of love and
yeah the glory of love
it just can see you through
baby, ahhh, baby, ahhh, baby
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah the glory of our
Don't you, don't you, don't you, the glory of love
Don't you know that glory of love
might just see you through
baby, baby, you know
It will happen to you
It will ever happen to you
Don't you know, I'm just Coney Island baby, now
Don't you know, I'm just Coney Island baby, now
Don't you know, don't you know
It never happen to you
It just might happen, all those things you know
Don't ......
Don't you know it will see you through
yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
baby, baby, baby, baby, yeah, yeah
Don't you know
baby, baby, baby, baby, baby that I love you, how I love you
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, it's a Coney Island baby
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from take no prisoners:
your version:
"When all your two-bit friends they've gone
and they ripped you right off says everything you ....
They say, hey hey Lou Reed
there's no way you'll ever be human being
The things ...... what they seem
ah, walkin' in the train"
I think it goes:
"when all your two-bit freinds have gone a ripped you off...
every single one
they say hey hey lou reed,
there's no way you'll live to be human, babe
but things ain't what they seem, I'm walking in a dream..."
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another important correction: from Coney Island Baby TNP:
"Actually, I was a "coldwater",
I went out of the section .. eight-six"
The correct word is "pole vaulter"- as in gymnastics...
then it's
"I went out of the sectionals at 8' 6"
- as in eight feet, six inches
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transcribed by Shiroh KOUCHI (wildside@mx21.tiki.ne.jp)
http://ww21.tiki.ne.jp/~wildside/
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