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"Gossip Song"
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from the play _Time Rocker_
(Robert Wilson/Darryl Pinckney/Lou Reed, 1996)

written by Lou Reed

performed by actors, German musicians

Jun 11, 1996
Thalia Theater, Hamburg, Germany
(pre-premiere)
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        Have you heard that she's pregnant (No)
        yes, she's pregnant again (My God)
        She can't keep her love to herself
        [dialogue in German]

        (Exactly)
        Have you seen the boyfriend (No)
        not only ugly, no future (No)
        Do you think we owe it to her as friends
        [dialogue in German]

        (Exactly)
        To tell her that she really is a slut
        to tell her exactly what is what
        If she's not careful
        she won't have any friends at all
        [dialogue in German]

        (Exactly)
        Did you see who she is dating
        hahaha.., he's hardly a man at all
        He barely smiles
        and when he talks he lisps
        [dialogue in German]

        (Exactly)
        I'd rather go to bed with a broom
        I'd rather tell the truth than lie
        If friends can't tell you the truth
        then really who will
        [dialogue in German]

        I know you'd tell me if I was petty
        I know you'd say if I was small
        If your friends can't tell you
        who bloody hell will
        [dialogue in German]

        She's our best friend but she's ruining her life
        she'll only make it worse if she becomes his wife
        She's not getting any younger
        but can't she do better than this

        Ooohhh-ooohhh, she can do better
        ooohhh-ooohhh-ooohhh, she can do better
        Ooohhh-ooohhh, she can do better than this

        Ooohhh-ooohhh-ooohhh, she can do better
        ooohhh-ooohhh-ooohhh, she can do better
        Ooohhh-ooohhh, she can do better than this



intro   {C#maj7}{Bmaj7}{C#maj7}{Bmaj7}     bass

        {C#maj7}{Bmaj7}{C#maj7}{Bmaj7}     guitar
        {C#maj7}{G#7}{F#}{F#m}

        {C#maj7}{Bmaj7}{C#maj7}{Bmaj7}     (Have you heard that ...)
        {C#maj7}{G#7}{F#}{F#m}             (She can't keep her ...)

        {C#maj7}{Bmaj7}{C#maj7}{Bmaj7}     (Have you seen the ...)
        {C#maj7}{G#7}{F#}{F#m}             (Do you think we owe ...)

        {C#maj7}{Bmaj7}{C#maj7}{Bmaj7}     (To tell her that ...)
        {C#maj7}{G#7}{F#}{F#m}             (If she's not ...)

        {C#maj7}{Bmaj7}{C#maj7}{Bmaj7}     (Did you see who she ...)
        {C#maj7}{G#7}{F#}{F#m}             (He barely smiles ...)

        {C#maj7}{Bmaj7}{C#maj7}{Bmaj7}     (I'd rather go to ...)
        {C#maj7}{G#7}{F#}{F#m}             (If friends can't ...)

        {C#maj7}{Bmaj7}{C#maj7}{Bmaj7}     (I know you'd tell ...)
        {C#maj7}{G#7}{F#}{F#m}             (If your friends ...)

        {C#maj7}{Bmaj7}{C#maj7}{Bmaj7}     (She's our best ...)
        {C#maj7}{G#7}{F#}{F#m}             (She's not getting ...)

coda    {C#maj7}{Bmaj7}{C#maj7}{Bmaj7}     (Ooohhh-ooohhh, she ...)
        {C#maj7}{Bmaj7}{C#maj7}{Bmaj7}     (Ooohhh-ooohhh, she ...)
        {C#maj7}{Bmaj7}{C#maj7}{Bmaj7}     (Ooohhh-ooohhh ...)
        {C#maj7}{Bmaj7/Cmaj7..{C#maj7...   (Ooohhh-ooohhh, she ...)




* riff

     {C#maj7}       {Bmaj7}      {C#maj7}       {Bmaj7}
 1e ----------------------------------------------------------
 2B --5/6...---------4...---------5/6...---------4...---------
 3G --4/5...---------3...---------4/5...---------3...---------
 4D --5/6...---------4...---------5/6...---------4...---------
 5A --3/4...---------2...---------3/4...---------2...---------
 6E ----------------------------------------------------------


 {C#maj7}       {G#7}        {F#}           {F#m}
-----------------4..--6--4----2...-----------2...---------
--5/6...---------4..--4--4----2...-----------2...---------
--4/5...---------4..--4--4----3...-----------2...---------
--5/6...---------4..--4--4----4...-----------4...---------
--3/4...---------6..--6--6----4...-----------4...---------
-----------------4..--4--4----2--------------2...---------



*** 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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