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"Rooftop Garden"
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album _Legendary Hearts_
(Lou Reed, 1983)

written by Lou Reed
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        Sitting in our rooftop garden
        looking down below
        Sitting in our rooftop garden
        waiting for the sun

        Isn't it lovely watching
        a plane go by
        What a lovely couple
        are you and I

        Sitting in our rooftop garden
        a few drops of rain
        The lights in the city blinking on
        just the same

        No sugar in my coffee
        how's your tea
        In our rooftop garden
        above the city

        Let's not see any letters
        let's not answer the phone
        Let's just pretend that
        there's no one at home

        In our rooftop garden
        in our rooftop garden
        In our rooftop garden
        up on the roof



* Lou Reed: standard-tuning



        {C/G}{Am/G}{F/C}{F/G}   (Sitting in our rooftop garden ...)
        {C/G}{Am/G}{F/C}{F/G}   (Sitting in our rooftop garden ...)

        {D}{D}{G/C.G}{D}        (Isn't it lovely watching a ...)
        {D}{D}{G/C.G}{D}        (What a lovely couple are you and I)
        {G/C.G}{D}

        {C/G}{Am/G}{F/C}{F/G}   (Sitting in our rooftop garden ...)
        {C/G}{Am/G}{F/C}{F/G}   (The lights in the city ...)

        {D}{D}{G/C.G}{D}        (No sugar in my coffee, how's ...)
        {D}{D}{G/C.G}{D}        (In our rooftop garden above ...)
        {G/C.G}{D}

        {C/G}{Am/G}{F/C}{F/G}
        {C/G}{Am/G}{F/C}{F/G}

        {D}{D}{G/C.G}{D}        (Let's not see any letters ...)
        {D}{D}{G/C.G}{D}        (Let's just pretend that ...)

coda    {G/C.G}{D}{G/C.G}{D}    (- garden, in our rooftop ...)
        {G/C.G}{D}{G/C.G}{D}    (- garden, up on the roof)
        {G/C.G}{D}{G/C.G}{D}
        {G/C.G}{D}{G/C.G}{D}
        {G/C.G}{D}{G/C.G}{D}
        ... fade out




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* Robert Quine: 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)



        {D/A}{Bm/A}{G/D}{G/A}   (Sitting in our rooftop garden ...)
        {D/A}{Bm/A}{G/D}{G/A}   (Sitting in our rooftop garden ...)

        {E}{E}{A/D.A}{E}        (Isn't it lovely watching a ...)
        {E}{E}{A/D.A}{E}        (What a lovely couple are you and I)
        {A/D.A}{E}

        {D/A}{Bm/A}{G/D}{G/A}   (Sitting in our rooftop garden ...)
        {D/A}{Bm/A}{G/D}{G/A}   (The lights in the city ...)

        {E}{E}{A/D.A}{E}        (No sugar in my coffee, how's ...)
        {E}{E}{A/D.A}{E}        (In our rooftop garden above ...)
        {A/D.A}{E}

        {D/A}{Bm/A}{G/D}{G/A}
        {D/A}{Bm/A}{G/D}{G/A}

        {E}{E}{A/D.A}{E}        (Let's not see any letters ...)
        {E}{E}{A/D.A}{E}        (Let's just pretend that ...)

coda    {A/D.A}{E}{A/D.A}{E}    (- garden, in our rooftop ...)
        {A/D.A}{E}{A/D.A}{E}    (- garden, up on the roof)
        {A/D.A}{E}{A/D.A}{E}
        {A/D.A}{E}{A/D.A}{E}
        {A/D.A}{E}{A/D.A}{E}
        ... fade out




* riff (all the strings downtuned a whole-tone)

 Sitting in our rooftop garden     looking down be-
     {D      / A}       {Bm       / A}
*1d --2-2--------0-x-----2---2-------------
*2A --3---3----2---------3-----3----2-3-2--
*3F --2-----2--2---------4--------4-2------
*4C --0--------2---------4----------2------
*5G ---------------------------------------
*6D ---------------------------------------

 -low
 {G   / D}          {G   / A}
--3-3---2----0-------3-3---------------
--0-0---3------3-x---0-0---2----0------
--0-0---2------------0-0---2------2-x--   ...
--0-0---0------------0-0---2-----------
---------------------------0-----------
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    No sugar in my coffee    how's your tea
     {E}                {E}
*1d ------0-----------9-7----7/9--9\7--7\--
*2A ---------------------------------------
*3F --0h1----------/9---7----7/9--9\7--7\--
*4C ---------------------------------------
*5G ---------------------------------------
*6D ---------------------------------------

 {A    /D   .A} {E}
----0---2--x-----2-----0---------------
--2-----3--x-2-x-0-----0---------------
--2---2-2--x-2-x-1-----1---------------   ...
--2----------2-x-----------------------
--0------------------------------------
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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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