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"Downtown Dirt"
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box set
_Between Thought And Expression - The Lou Reed Anthology_
(Lou Reed, 1992)
album _Coney Island Baby_
reissue CD bonus track
(Lou Reed, 2006)
written by Lou Reed
* outtake from _Coney Island Baby_ sessions
alternate (early) version of "Dirt" (_Street Hassle_)
Jan 06, 1975
Electric Lady Studios, NYC
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Picking up pieces of information
down on the docks
Picking up pieces of information about you
and how to pick locks
Scouting around on the Lower East Side
a mattress is in the rain
Those uptown ladies with their uptown coats
come down here to get laid
It's a boring macho trip
And I'm the type that fascinates
Hey, Mrs. Pamela Brown
how's the Dakota?
You're 28 years old and your face has been lifted
but you still look so much older
Your bed is soiled, your linen is drab
you got crabs
The things they sell you, your credit cards
I love you for 'em
I love you for it
I sell you sugar
I'm a humanitarian
I give it all to myself that way you're clean
and I stay out of debt
Huh
And psychologically
you know, hey, psychologically
it's better, ah, that I think that I'm dirt
Psychologically it's better that I think that I'm dirt
don't you know it's better that think that I'm dirt
Hey, don't you like to have some dirt
that's all it's worth its just dirt
Cheap
cheap damn dirt
Hey Pam, dirt
cheap, dirt, worth dirt
Uptown dirt
Dirt
intro D} bass
{E}{E}{E}{E}
{E}{E}{D}{E} (Picking up pieces of information ...)
{E}{E}{D}{E} (Picking up pieces of information about ...)
{E}{E}{D}{E} (Scouting around on the Lower East Side ...)
{E}{E}{D}{E} (- uptown ladies with their uptown coats ...)
{E}
chorus {C}{C}{E}{E} (It's a boring macho trip)
{C}{C}{E}{E} (And I'm the type that fascinates)
{E}{E}{D}{E} (Hey, Mrs. Pamela Brown ...)
{E}{E}{D}{E} (- 28 years old and your face has been ...)
{E}{E}{D}{E} (Your bed is soiled, your linen is drab ...)
{E}{E}{D}{E} (The things they sell you, your credit ...)
{E} (I love you for it)
chorus {C}{C}{E}{E} (I sell you sugar, I'm a humanitarian)
{C}{C}{E}{E} (I give it all to myself that way ...)
{E}{E}{E}{E} (Huh)
{E}{E}{E}{A} (And psychologically ...)
{A/D} (- ah, that I think that I'm -)
{E}{E}{A}{A} (- dirt, Psychologically it's ...)
{E}{E}{A}{A} (- dirt, Hey, don't you like to ...)
{E}{E}{A}{A} (- dirt, Cheap, cheap damn -)
{E}{E}{E}{E} (- dirt, Hey Pam, dirt, Cheap, dirt, worth -)
{E}{E}{E}{E} (- dirt, uptown dirt)
{E}{E}{E}{E}
{E}{E}{E}{E}
{E}{E}{E. (Dirt)
* riff
Picking up pieces of information
{E} {E}
1e ---------------------------------------
2B ---------------------------------------
3G --9-9-9-9----9-7h9---9-9-9-9----9-7h9--
4D --9-9-9-9----9-7h9---9-9-9-9----9-7h9--
5A --7-7-7-7----7-7-----7-7-7-7----7-7----
6E ---------------------------------------
down on the docks
{D} {E}
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--7-7-7-7----7-7/9---9-9-9-9----9-7h9-- ...
--7-7-7-7----7-7/9---9-9-9-9----9-7h9--
--5-5-5-5----5-5/7---7-7-7-7----7-7----
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* chorus
{C} {C}
1e --------3-------------------------3----
2B --5-----3------------7-----5------3----
3G --5-----3------------7-----5------3----
4D --5-----3------------7-----5------3----
5A ---------------------------------------
6E ---------------------------------------
It's a boring macho trip
{E} {E}
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------9-7----9-9-----9-7-9-7----9-9\--- ...
------9-7----9-9-----9-7-9-7----9-9\---
------7-7----7-7-----7-7-7-7----7-7\---
--0-0------------0---------------------
*** 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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thanks: Kerry or Lindsey Nice (nice@mscd.edu)
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@ARTIST: Reed Lou
@ALBUM: Between Thought and Expression
@SONG: Downtown Dirt
Picking up pieces of information
Time locks
Picking up pieces of information about you
And how to pick locks
Scouting around on the Lower East Side and matresses in the rain
Them uptown ladies with their uptown coats
Come down here to get laid
It's a boring macho trip
And I'm the type that facinates
Hey, Mrs Pamela Brown, how's the Dakota?
You're twenty eight years and your face has been lifted
But you still look so much older
You been desoiled and your linen is drab,
You've got crabs
The things they sell you
Your credit cards
I love you for it
I love you for it
Sell your sugar
I'm a humanitarian
I give it all to myself
That way you way you cling
And I stay additive
And psychologically you know
Hey, psychologically it's better that I think that I am dirt
Psychologically it's better that I think that I am dirt
Do you know it's better to think I'm dirt
Don't you like to have some dirt
That all it's worth it's just dirt
Cheap
Cheap damn dirt
Hey Pam, dirt
Cheap dirt
Dirt
Uptown dirt
Dirt
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thanks: Lenny Bocina (ORCAD@dyadel.net)
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Downtown Dirt
Picking up pieces of information
Time locks
Picking up pieces of information about you
And how to pick locks
Scouting around on the Lower East Side and matresses in the rain
Them uptown ladies with their uptown coats
Come down here to get laid
It's a boring macho trip
And I'm the type that facinates
Hey, Mrs Pamela Brown, how's the Dakota?
You're twenty eight years and your face has been lifted
But you still look so much older
You been desoiled and your linen is drab,
You've got crabs
The things they sell you
Your credit cards
I love you for it
I love you for it
Sell your sugar
I'm a humanitarian
I give it all to myself
That way you way you cling
And I stay additive
And psychologically you know
Hey, psychologically it's better that I think that I am dirt
Psychologically it's better that I think that I am dirt
Do you know it's better to think I'm dirt
Don't you like to have some dirt
That all it's worth it's just dirt
Cheap
Cheap damn dirt
Hey Pam, dirt
Cheap dirt
Dirt
Uptown dirt
Dirt
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chords/tabs transcribed by Shiroh KOUCHI (wildside@mx21.tiki.ne.jp)
http://ww21.tiki.ne.jp/~wildside/
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