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"Empty Bottles"
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album _Le Bataclan '72_
(Lou Reed/John Cale/Nico, 2003)

written by John Cale

John Cale: vocal, guitar
Lou Reed: guitar

Jan 29, 1972
Le Bataclan, Paris, France
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        Empty, empty bottles
        Lying side by side
        Used up empty bottles
        Remembering long lost wine

        Keep our empty bottles
        Making empty wine
        Marking our intentions
        Sadly out of time

        And the summer make you lazy
        A day at a time
        And good company evades you
        Passing you by

        But I do love you against all odds
        Though you don't know what I want
        We're much poorer than that bottle
        More foolish than that wine

        Maybe we can make it
        Though we failed before
        You keep getting closer
        Closer to me once more

        And I'll try to entertain you
        A day at a time
        Try to make myself much clearer
        From your wine

        But I do love you against all odds
        Though you don't know what I want
        Seeing you and seeing me
        We're much poorer than that bottle
        More foolish than that wine



* all the strings downtuned one and a half tone (1 + 1/2)

 1c# ----- * downtuned one and a half tone (from e to c#)
 2G# ----- * downtuned one and a half tone (from B to G#)
 3E  ----- * downtuned one and a half tone (from G to E)
 4B  ----- * downtuned one and a half tone (from D to B)
 5F# ----- * downtuned one and a half tone (from A to F#)
 6C# ----- * downtuned one and a half tone (from E to C#)

        Olivier Landemaine's The VU Web Page says:
        there is no speed correction
        and the whole recording is too slow (6%)
        as compared with the French TV broadcast.




intro   {G}{C/{G}{C/
        {G}{C/{G}{C/

        {G}{C/{G}{C/       (Empty, empty bottles)
        {G}{C/{G}{C/       (Lying side by side)
        {G}{C/{G}{C/       (Used up empty bottles)
        {G}{C/{G}{C/       (Remembering long lost wine)
        {G}{C/

        {G}{C/{G}{C/       (Keep our empty bottles)
        {G}{C/{G}{C/       (Making empty wine)
        {G}{C/{G}{C/       (Marking our intentions)
        {G}{C/{G}{G/       (Sadly out of time, And the -)

        {Am}{Am/{Am}{Am/   (- summer make you lazy)
        {G}{C/{G}{G/       (A day at a time, And good -)
        {Am}{Am/{Am}{Am/   (- company evades you)
        {G}{C/{G}{G/       (Passing you by, But I do -)

        {D}{D/{C}{C/       (- love you against all odds ...)
        {D}{D/{C}{C/       (- don't know what I want, We're much -)
        {G}{C/{G}{C/       (- poorer than that bottle, More -)
        {G}{C/{G}{C/       (- foolish than that wine)

        {G}{C/{G}{C/
        {G}{C/

        {G}{C/{G}{C/       (Maybe we can make it)
        {G}{C/{G}{C/       (Though we failed before)
        {G}{C/{G}{C/       (You keep getting closer)
        {G}{C/{G}{G/       (Closer to me once more, And I'll -)

        {Am}{Am/{Am}{Am/   (- try to entertain you)
        {G}{C/{G}{G/       (A day at a time, Try to -)
        {Am}{Am/{Am}{Am/   (- make myself much clearer)
        {G}{C/{G}{G/       (From your wine, But I do -)

        {D}{D/{C}{C/       (- love you against all odds ...)
        {D}{D/{C}{C/       (- don't know what I want, Seeing -)
        {D}{D/{C}{C/       (- you and seeing me, We're much -)
        {G}{C/{G}{C/       (- poorer than that bottle, More -)
        {G}{C/{G}{C/       (- foolish than that wine)
        {G}{C/

coda    {Em}{Em/D}{C}{C/
        {Em}{Em/D}{C}{C/
        {G}{C/{G}{C/
        {G}{C/{G...




* riff

{G}{C/ means
    __   __   __   __     __   __
 | / /  / /  / /  / /  | / /  / /  |
 { G                   }{C        /




{Em}{Em/D}{C}{C/ means

    __   __   __   __     __   __   __   __
 | / /  / /  / /  / /  | / /  / /  / /  / /  |
 { Em                  }{Em      / D         }

    __   __   __   __     __   __
 | / /  / /  / /  / /  | / /  / /  |
 { C                   }{C       /




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thanks: Kandis Jordan (Kandis@pdx.edu)
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I don't know if you care or not,
but I think you're the only site online
with the lyrics to this song, and they're wrong :p


Empty, empty bottles
Lying side by side
Used up empty bottles
Remembering long lost wine

Keep our empty bottles
Making empty wine
Marking our intentions
Sadly out of time

And the summers make you lazy
A day at a time
And good company evades you
Passing you by

But I do love you against all odds
Though you don't know what I want
We're much poorer than that bottle
More foolish than that wine

Maybe we can make it
Though we failed before
You keep getting closer
Closer to me once more

And I'll try to entertain you
A day at a time
Try to make myself much clearer
From your wine

But I do love you against all odds
Though you don't know what I want
Seeing you and seeing me
We're much poorer than that bottle
More foolish than that wine


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