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"My House"
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album _The Blue Mask_
(Lou Reed, 1982)

written by Lou Reed
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        The image of the poet's in the breeze
        Canadian geese are flying above the trees
        A mist is hanging gently on the lake
        my house is very beautiful at night

        My friend and teacher occupies a spare room
        he's dead, at peace at last the wandering Jew
        Other friends had put stones on his grave
        he was the first great man that I had ever met

        Sylvia and I got out our Ouija Board
        to dial a spirit, across the room it soared
        We were happy and amazed at what we saw
        blazing stood the proud and regal name Delmore

        Delmore, I missed all your funny ways
        I missed your jokes and the brilliant things you said
        My Daedalus to your Bloom, was such a perfect wit
        and to find you in my house makes things perfect

        I've really got a lucky life
        my writing, my motorcycle and my wife
        And to top it all off a spirit of pure poetry
        is living in this stone and wood house with me

        The image of the poet's in the breeze
        Canadian geese are flying above the trees
        A mist is hanging gently on the lake
        our house is very beautiful at night

        Our house is very beautiful at night
        our house is very beautiful at night
        Our house is very beautiful at night



* Lou Reed (right channel): standard-tuning



        /x}              bass and cymbal
intro   {G}{G}{G}{G}
        {G}{G}{G}{G}

        {C}{Am}{Dm}{G}   (The image of the poet's in the ...)
        {C}{Am}{Dm}{G}   (A mist is hanging gently on the ...)

        {C}{Am}{Dm}{G}   (My friend and teacher occupies ...)
        {C}{Am}{Dm}{G}   (Other friends had put stones ...)

        {C}{Am}{Dm}{G}   (Sylvia and I got out our Ouija ...)
        {C}{Am}{Dm}{G}   (We were happy and amazed at ...)

        {C}{Am}{Dm}{G}   (Delmore, I missed all your ...)
        {C}{Am}{Dm}{G}   (My Daedalus to your Bloom, was ...)

        ...

        ...

coda    {G}{G}{G}{G}     (Our house is very beautiful at ...)
        {G}{G}{G}{G}     (Our house is very beautiful at ...)
        {G}{G}{G}{G}
        {G}{G}{G}{G}
        {G}{G}{G}{G}
        {G}{G}{G}{G}
        {G}{G}{G}{G}
bass    {G}{G...




* coda: Lou's chord-solo (distortion guitar) play (standard-tuning)


coda    {G}{G}{G}{F}           (Our house is very beautiful at ...)
        {C}{G}{G}{F}           (Our house is very beautiful at ...)
        {C}{G}{G}{F}
        {C}{G}{G}{F}
        {C}{G}{G}{G}
        {G.F/F}{F.C/C}{G}{G/F}
        {G/F.C}{G}{G}{G}
bass    {x}{x...




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* Robert Quine (left channel): D-tuning
(all the strings downtuned a whole-tone)

 1d ----- * downtuned a whole-tone (from e to d)
 2A ----- * downtuned a whole-tone (from B to A)
 3F ----- * downtuned a whole-tone (from G to F)
 4C ----- * downtuned a whole-tone (from D to C)
 5G ----- * downtuned a whole-tone (from A to G)
 6D ----- * downtuned a whole-tone (from E to D)



        /x}              bass and cymbal
intro   {A}{A}{A}{A}
        {A}{A}{A}{A}

verse   {D}{Bm}{Em}{A}   (The image of the poet's in the ...)
        {D}{Bm}{Em}{A}   (A mist is hanging gently on the ...)

        .....

coda    {A}{A}{A}{A}     (Our house is very beautiful at ...)
        {A}{A}{A}{A}     (Our house is very beautiful at ...)
        {A}{A}{A}{A}
        {A}{A}{A}{A}
        ... repeat




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thanks: Kirill Rodionov (thaumaturge@chat.ru)
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"My House"

Other friends had put stones...
We were happy and amazed at...
I really got a lucky life
my writing...


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