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"Point Of No Return"
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album _A Date With The Smithereens_
(The Smithereens, 1994)
written by Jim Babjak
Lou Reed: guitar solos
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Listening to the sound of my heartbeat, yeah
waiting for the silence to end
While we're saying goodbye (saying goodbye)
Even then delusions just filled my head
when you said you need a friend
I was there by your side (there by your side)
Guess I'm wrong again this time
'Cause when I see you girl I cry
Yes we're going, goin' nowhere
here's a lesson that I should have learned
Now I'm running, runnin' nowhere
past the point of no return
Sitting in the darkness of my room, yeah
making sure the pictures of you
Have been placed out of sight (placed out of sight)
Nothing seems the same in this empty bed
waking up to see you're not there
I can't sleep through the night (sleep through the night)
Guess I'm wrong again this time
'Cause when I see you girl I cry
Yeah we're going, goin' nowhere
here's a lesson that I should have learned
Now I'm running, runnin' nowhere
past the point of no return
Guess I'm wrong again this time
'Cause when I see you girl I cry
Yeah we're going, goin' nowhere
here's a lesson that I should have learned
Now we're running, runnin' nowhere
past the point of no return
Yeah we're going, goin' nowhere
there's a memory that I should burn
Now I'm running, runnin' nowhere
past the point of no return
No return
(point of no return)
No return, no return
(point of no return) no return
No return
(point of no return) no return
No return, no return ...
* all the strings downtuned a half-tone
1d# ----- * downtuned a half-tone (from e to d#)
2A# ----- * downtuned a half-tone (from B to A#)
3F# ----- * downtuned a half-tone (from G to F#)
4C# ----- * downtuned a half-tone (from D to C#)
5G# ----- * downtuned a half-tone (from A to G#)
6D# ----- * downtuned a half-tone (from E to D#)
intro ...A}{A} fade in
{B}{B}{B}{B} (Listening to the sound of my ...)
{A}{A} (- goodbye (saying goodbye))
{B}{B}{B}{B} (Even then delusions just ...)
{A}{A} (- side (there by your side))
{E}{F#}{A}{Asus4} (Guess I'm wrong again this time)
break {E}{F#}{A}{A} ('Cause when I see you girl I cry)
chorus {B/A}{B/A}{F#/E}{F#/E} (Yes we're going, goin' ...)
{B/A}{B/A}{F#/E}{F#/A} (Now I'm running, runnin' ...)
{B}{B}{B}{B} (Sitting in the darkness of my ...)
{A}{A} (- sight (placed out of sight))
{B}{B}{B}{B} (Nothing seems the same in this ...)
{A}{A} (- night (sleep through the night))
{E}{F#}{A}{Asus4} (Guess I'm wrong again this time)
break {E}{F#}{A}{A} ('Cause when I see you girl I cry)
chorus {B/A}{B/A}{F#/E}{F#/E} (Yeah we're going, goin' ...)
{B/A}{B/A}{F#/E}{F#/A} (Now I'm running, runnin' ...)
g.solo {B}{B}{A}{A}
{B}{B}{A}{A}
{E}{F#}{A}{Asus4} (Guess I'm wrong again this time)
break {E}{F#}{A}{A} ('Cause when I see you girl I cry)
chorus {B/A}{B/A}{F#/E}{F#/E} (Yeah we're going, goin' ...)
{B/A}{B/A}{F#/E}{F#/A} (Now we're running, runnin' ...)
coda {B/A}{B/A}{F#/E}{F#/A} (Yeah we're going, goin' ...)
{B/A}{B/A}{F#/E}{F#/A} (Now I'm running, runnin' ...)
{B/A}{B/A}{F#/E}{F#/A} (No return ...)
{B/A}{B/A}{F#/E}{F#/A} (No return, no return ...)
{B/A}{B/A}{F#/E}{F#/A} (No return ...)
{B/A}{B/A}{F#/E}{F#/A} (No return ...)
... fade out
* intro and break (all the strings downtuned a half-tone)
{A}
*1d# ----------------------
*2A# --2--------------2----
*3F# --2----------0--------
*4C# --2------2h4---4------
*5G# --0-------------------
*6D# ----------------------
* riff (all the strings downtuned a half-tone)
Listening to the sound of my heartbeat, yeah
{B} {B}
*1d# ---------------------------------------
*2A# -----------B(onA)----B(onG#)--B(onF#)--
*3F# ---------------------------------------
*4C# ---------------------------------------
*5G# --9-9-9-9--7-7-7-7---6-6-6-6--4-4-4-4--
*6D# --7-7-7-7--5-5-5-5---4-4-4-4--2-2-2-2--
waiting for the silence to end, While we're saying -
{B} {B}
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-----------B(onA)----B(onG#)--B(onF#)--
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--9-9-9-9--7-7-7-7---6-6-6-6--4-4-4-4--
--7-7-7-7--5-5-5-5---4-4-4-4--2-2-2-2--
- goodbye (saying goodbye)
{A} {A}
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-----------A(onG#)---A(onF#)--A(onE)---
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--7-7-7-7--6-6-6-6---4-4-4-4-----------
--5-5-5-5--4-4-4-4---2-2-2-2--0-2-4-5--
* guitar solo by Lou (all the strings downtuned a half-tone)
{B} {B}
*1d# ---------------------------------------
*2A# ---------------------------------------
*3F# --8h9--9p8-----------8-8/11-11--11^----
*4C# -----------9v--------------------------
*5G# ---------------------------------------
*6D# ---------------------------------------
{A} {A}
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--8-8h9--9-\4---9-\4-6-6---/11-11-11---
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{B} {B}
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--8-8/9--9p8-----------8--8/11-11------
-------------9v------------------------
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{A} {A}
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--4-4/6-6-6--/8--/9--9p8h9p8-9-9-9--/16-16-16--
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Guess I'm wrong again this ...
{E} {F#}
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--16v-------------------------------
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*** 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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