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"Ladies Pay"
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album _Rock And Roll Heart_
(Lou Reed, 1976)

written by Lou Reed
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        All the sailors they are all home for leave
        And everybody's waiting for them to try to deceive
        The storekeepers have drawn their lace curtains bare
        And all the willowy young girls are waiting there

        Oh, but how the ladies pay
        Oh, if they only knew how the ladies pay
        Here now, how the ladies pay
        Oh, when the men they have gone away

        Nobody is standing guard upon the door
        And nobody is feeding any of the poor
        The poor sick soldier lies in bed beside his girl
        Thinking of another place on the other side of the world, ah

        How the ladies pay
        Oh-oh, oh, how the ladies pay
        When the men they have gone away
        Oh, I wish I knew how the ladies pay

        Day and night, night and day
        how the ladies pay
        Day and night, night and day
        how the ladies pay
        Day and night
        night and day
        And day and night
        day and night, night and day, ladies pay now

        Night and day, day and night
        how the ladies pay
        Day and night, night and day
        how the ladies pay
        Day and night now
        night and day and now
        How they pay now
        oh, how they pay now

        Ladies pay, ladies pay
        ah, ladies pay their way now
        Ladies pay, ah, ladies pay
        ah, ladies pay
        Night and day, night and day, night and day
        oh, how the ladies pay
        Oh, night and day, night and day, night and day
        oh, how the ladies pay



intro   {Am}{Am}{F}{F}
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        {Am}{Am}{F}{F}   (All the sailors they are all home for ...)
        {Am}{Am}{F}{F}   (- everybody's waiting for them to try ...)
        {Am}{Am}{F}{F}   (- storekeepers have drawn their lace ...)
        {Am}{Am}{F}{F}   (- all the willowy young girls are ...)

chorus  {C}{G}{F}{F}     (Oh, but how the ladies pay)
        {C}{G}{F}{F}     (Oh, if they only knew how the ladies ...)
        {C}{G}{F}{F}     (Here now, how the ladies pay)
        {C}{G}{F}{F}     (Oh, when the men they have gone away)

        {Am}{Am}{F}{F}   (Nobody is standing guard upon the ...)
        {Am}{Am}{F}{F}   (- nobody is feeding any of the poor ...)
        {Am}{Am}{F}{F}   (- poor sick soldier lies in bed ...)
        {Am}{Am}{F}{F}   (Thinking of another place on the ...)

chorus  {C}{G}{F}{F}     (How the ladies pay, Oh-)
        {C}{G}{F}{F}     (-oh, oh, how the ladies pay)
        {C}{G}{F}{F}     (When the men they have gone away)
        {C}{G}{F}{F}     (Oh, I wish I knew how the ladies pay)

piano   {Am}{Am}{F}{F}
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        {Am}{Am}{F}{F}   (Day and night, night and day, how the ...)
        {Am}{Am}{F}{F}   (Day and night, night and day, how the ...)
        {Am}{Am}{F}{F}   (- night, night and day, And day and -)
        {Am}{Am}{F}{F}   (- night, day and night, night and ...)

guitar  {Am}{Am}{F}{F}
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        {Am}{Am}{F}{F}   (Night and day, day and night, how the ...)
        {Am}{Am}{F}{F}   (Day and night, night and day, how the ...)
        {Am}{Am}{F}{F}   (- night now, night and day and now ...)
        {Am}{Am}{F}{F}   (- pay now, oh, how they pay now)

        {Am}{Am}{F}{F}   (Ladies pay, ladies pay, ah, ladies ...)
        {Am}{Am}{F}{F}   (Ladies pay, ah, ladies pay, ah ...)
        {Am}{Am}{F}{F}   (Night and day, night and day ...)
        {Am}{Am}{F}{F}   (- night and day, night and day ...)

guitar  {Am}{Am}{F}{F}
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transcribed by Shiroh KOUCHI (wildside@mx21.tiki.ne.jp)
http://ww21.tiki.ne.jp/~wildside/
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