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"Cremation - Ashes To Ashes"
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album _Magic And Loss_
(Lou Reed, 1992)

written by Lou Reed
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        Well the coal-black sea waits for me-me-me
        the coal-black sea waits forever
        The waves hit the shore, crying more-more-more
        but the coal-black sea waits forever

        The tornados come up the coast they run
        hurricanes rip the sky forever
        Through the weathers change, the sea remains the same
        the coal-black sea waits forever

        There are ashes split through collective guilt
        people rest at sea forever
        Since they burnt you up, collect you in a cup
        for you the coal-black sea has no terror

        Will your ashes float like some foreign boat
        or will they sink absorbed forever
        Will the Atlantic Coast, have its final boast
        nothing else contained you ever

        Now the coal-black sea waits for me-me-me
        the coal-black sea waits forever
        When I leave this joint at some further point
        the same coal-black sea will it be waiting



intro   {D}{A}{G}{G}
        {D}{A}{G}{G}         (Well the -)

        {G/D}{A/G}{G/D}{A}   (- coal-black sea waits for me ...)
        {G/D}{A/G}{G/D}{A}   (- waves hit the shore, crying ...)

guitar  {D}{A}{G}{G}
        {D}{A}{G}{G}         (The -)

        {G/D}{A/G}{G/D}{A}   (- tornados come up the coast ...)
        {G/D}{A/G}{G/D}{A}   (- weathers change, the sea ...)

        {G/D}{A/G}{G/D}{A}   (- ashes split through ...)
        {G/D}{A/G}{G/D}{A}   (- burnt you up, collect you in ...)

guitar  {D}{A}{G}{G}
        {D}{A}{G}{G}         (Will your -)

        {G/D}{A/G}{G/D}{A}   (- ashes float like some ...)
        {G/D}{A/G}{G/D}{A}   (- Atlantic Coast, have its ...)

        {G/D}{A/G}{G/D}{A}   (- coal-black sea waits for me ...)
        {G/D}{A/G}{G/D}{A}   (- leave this joint, at some ...)

guitar  {D}{A}{G}{G}
        {D}{A}{G}{G...




* intro

     {D}                {A}
 1e --------------------------------------
 2B --------------------------------------
 3G --2---2----2-4-2----------------------
 4D --0---0----------4---2----2--2-4-2p0--
 5A ---------------------0----------------
 6E --------------------------------------

 {G}                {G}
--------------------------------------
------3-------------------------------
-----------------0---2h4-4v-----------
--0--------0-2-4-------------------0--
--------------------------------------
--------------------------------------

 {D}                {A}
---------------------------------------
---------------------------------------
------2----2-4-2-----------------------
--0---0----------4---2---2----2-4-2p0--
---------------------0--------0--------
---------------------------------------

                                Well the -
 {G}                {G}
--------------------------------------
------3-------------------------------
-----------------0---2h4-4v-----------
--0--------0-2-4----------------------
--------------------------------------
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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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"Cremation"
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from the play _Time Rocker_
(Robert Wilson/Darryl Pinckney/Lou Reed, 1996)

performed by actors, German musicians

Jun 11, 1996
Thalia Theater, Hamburg, Germany
(pre-premiere)
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        Well the coal-black sea waits for me-me-me
        the coal-black sea waits forever
        The waves hit the shore, crying more-more-more
        but the coal-black sea waits forever

        [dialogue in German]

        The tornados come up the coast they run
        hurricanes rip the sky forever
        Through the weathers change, the sea remains the same
        but the coal-black sea waits forever

        There are ashes split through collective guilt
        nothing else contained you ever
        Since they burnt you up, collect you in a cup
        for you the coal-black sea has no terror

        [dialogue in German]

        Will my ashes float like some foreign boat
        or will they sink absorbed forever
        Will the Atlantic Coast, have its final boast
        nothing else contained you ever

        Oh, now the coal-black sea waits for me-me-me
        the coal-black sea waits forever
        When I leave this joint at some further point
        the same coal-black sea will it be waiting

        [dialogue in German]



* chords: same as _Magic And Loss_ version




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