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"It Was A Pleasure Then"
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album _Chelsea Girl_
(Nico, 1967)
written by
Lou Reed/John Cale/Christa Paeffgen
Lou Reed: guitar
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It was a pleasure then
Could you just be here again
To know what there was to see
When all the Sunday people
Where so quiet in the dark
Afraid to be better the next day
La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la
It was a pleasure then
When we could sit and stare again
Until the stars feel through the cloudy trees onto the grass
Stars to smile with us
Until they too had tears in their eyes
And tell us this long tale of how much we must not agree
It was a pleasure then
To see the dying days again
And horror of the nights
Never, never, never, never be too quiet
To keep the secret
Hard to hide somewhere at last
As long as we could see
The sky confess this crime
Of bitter tasting hatefulness
Above our shattered minds
It was a pleasure, it was a pleasure
La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la
La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la
* guitar and viola improvisation (key in D)
* some licks (1st and 6th string downtuned to D)
{D...
*1d ----------------------------------------------------
2B ----------------------------------------------------
3G ----------2-2------------0h2-2--0h2-2---0--0-------- ....
4D --0---0---0-0---0--------0---0--0---0---0--0---0----
5A --0---0h2-------0------------------------------0----
*6D ----------------0------------------------------0----
{D...
*1d -----------------------------------------
2B --3--3--3--3---3---3-3-------------------
3G --0--0--0--0---0h2-2-2----2---2-2--2----- ....
4D --------------------------0h2-2-2--0-----
5A -----------------------------------------
*6D -----------------------------------------
{D...
*1d ------------------------------------
2B --3---3-3---3---3-------------------
3G --0h2-2-2---2---2------------------- ....
4D --0---0-0---0---0------------0------
5A ---------------------0-------0------
*6D ---------------------0h2-2v--0------
{D...
*1d --0---0-0--------0--0----0-0...------0--0----0--0...----
2B --0h3-3-3-------/8--8----8-8...----/10-10---10-10...----
3G --2---2-2-------/7--7----7-7...----/-9--9----9--9...---- ....
4D ----------------------0-------------------0-------------
5A ----------------------0-------------------0-------------
*6D ----------------------0-------------------0-------------
{D...
*1d --0---0-0--0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0---
2B --0h3-3-3--3-3-3-3---3-0-0-0--0-0-0-0---
3G --2---2-2--2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2--- ....
4D ----------------------------------------
5A ----------------------------------------
*6D ----------------------------------------
* drone: use 4th, 5th and 6th strings
(1st and 6th string downtuned to D)
{D...
*1d ----------------------------------------
2B ----------------------------------------
3G ---------------------------------------- ....
4D --0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0------0-----0---------
5A --0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0------0-----0---------
*6D --0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0---2v-0-2v--0---------
* guitar scale (1st and 6th string downtuned to D)
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
*1d -o-||---|-o-|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|-
2B -o-||---|---|-o-|---|---|---|---|-o-|---|-o-|---|-
3G -o-||---|-o-|---|---|---|---|-o-|---|-o-|---|---|-
4D -o-||---|-o-|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|-
5A -o-||---|-o-|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|-
*6D -o-||---|-o-|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|-
*** 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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