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"The Black Angel's Death Song"
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album _The Velvet Underground and Nico_
(The Velvet Underground, 1967)
written by Lou Reed/John Cale
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The myriad choices of his fate
set themselves out upon a plate for him to choose
What had he to lose
Not a ghost-bloodied country all covered with sleep
where the black angel did weep
not an old city street in the east
Gone to choose
And wandering's brother walked on through the night
with his hair, in his face
long a long splintered cut from the knife
Of G.T.
The Rally Man's patter ran on through the dawn
Until we said so long to his skull
Shrill yell
Shining brightly, red-rimmed and red-lined with the time
effused with the choice
of the mind on ice skates scraping chunks
From the bells
Cut mouth bleeding razors forget in the pain
antiseptic remains coo goodbye
So you fly to the cozy brown snow of the east
Gone to choose, choose again
Sacrificials remains make it hard to forget
where you come from
the stools of your eyes serve to realize pain
Choose again
And Roberman's refrain of the sacrilege recluse
for the loss of a horse
went the bowels in the tail of a rat
Come again, choose to go
And if epiphanies terror reduced you to shame
have your head bobbed and weaved
choose a side
To be on
If the stone glances off split didactics in two
lay the color of the mouse trails
all's green try between, if you choose
If you choose, try to lose
for the loss of remain come and start
Start the game
I chi-chi, chi-chi I
chi-chi-chi, ka-ta-ko, choose to choose
choose to choose, choose to go
* 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)
intro /x.x.D}
{D}{D}{Em}{Em}
{E}{E}{D}{D}
{D}{Em/D} (The myriad choices of his fate ...)
{E}{E} (- choose, What had he to -)
{D}{D} (- lose)
{D}{Em/D}{Em/D}{Em/D} (Not a ghost-bloodied country ...)
{E}{E} (- east, gone to -)
{D}{D}{D}{D} (- choose, And -)
{D}{Em/D}{Em/D}{Em/D} (- wandering's brother walked ..)
{E}{E} (- knife, of -)
{D}{D}{D}{D} (- G.T., The -)
{D}{Em/D}{Em/D} (- Rally Man's patter ran on ...)
{E}{E} (- skull, Shrill -)
{D}{D} (- yell, Shining -)
{D}{Em/D}{Em/D}{Em/D} (- brightly, red-rimmed and ...)
{E}{E} (- chunks, From the -)
{D}{D} (- bells)
{D}{D}{Em}{Em} (shhhhhhhhhhhhhhh..)
{E}{E}{D}{D}
{D}{D} (Cut -)
{D}{Em/D}{Em/D} (- mouth bleeding razors forget ...)
{E}{E} (- goodbye, So you -)
{D}{Em/D}{E}{E} (- fly to the cozy brown snow ...)
{D}{D}{D} (- choose, choose again)
{D}{D}{D}{D} (shhhhhhhhhhhhhhh..)
{D}{Em/D}{Em/D}{Em/D} (Sacrificials remains make it ...)
{E}{E} (- realize pain, Choose -)
{D}{D} (- again, And -)
{D}{Em/D}{Em/D}{Em/D} (- Roberman's refrain of the ...)
{E}{E} (- a rat, Come -)
{D}{D}{D} (- again, choose to go)
{D}{D}{D}{D} (shhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.., And if -)
{D}{Em/D}{Em/D} (- epiphanies terror reduced ...)
{E}{E} (- side, To be -)
{D}{D} (- on, If the -)
{D}{Em/D}{Em/D}{Em/D} (- stone glances off split ...)
{E}{E} (- choose, If you -)
{D}{Em}{D}{Em} (- choose, try to lose ...)
{D}{D}{Em}{D} (- game, I chi-chi, chi-chi I ...)
{Em}{D}{Em}{D} (-ko, choose to choose ...)
{D}{D}{D}{D} (shhhhhhhhhhhhhhh..)
{D}{D}{D...
* intro (all the strings downtuned a whole-tone)
/x.x.D}
*1d -------
*2A -------
*3F -------
*4C --0----
*5G -------
*6D -------
{D} {D}
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------2-2----------2-2-----------2-2-------------------
--0-0-----0-0--0-0-----0-0---0-0-----0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0--
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{Em} {Em}
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------0-0----------0-0-----------0-0-------------------
--0h2-----2-2--2-2-----2-2---2-2-----2-2--2-2-2-2-2-2--
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{E} {E}
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------1-1----------1-1-----------1-1-------------------
--2-2-----2-2--2-2-----2-2---2-2-----2-2--2-2-2-2-2-2--
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{D} {D}
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------2-2----------2-2-----------2-2----------2-2------
--0-0-----0-0--0-0-----0-0---0-0-----0-0--0-0-----0-0--
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* verse (all the strings downtuned a whole-tone)
The myriad choices ... - themselves out upon ...
{D} {Em / D}
*1d -------------------------------------------------------
*2A -------------------------------------------------------
*3F --2-2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2-2---0-0-0-0-0-0--2-2-2-2-2-2--
*4C --0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0---2-2-2-2-2-2--0-0-0-0-0-0--
*5G -------------------------------------------------------
*6D -------------------------------------------------------
- choose What had he to -
{E} {E}
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------1-1----------1-1-----------1-1----------1-1------
--2-2-----2-2--2-2-----2-2---2-2-----2-2--2-2-----2-2--
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- lose
{D} {D}
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------2-2----------2-2-----------2-2----------2-2------
--0-0-----0-0--0-0-----0-0---0-0-----0-0--0-0-----0-0--
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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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* chords for standard-tuning
intro /x.x.C}
{C}{C}{Dm}{Dm}
{D}{D}{C}{C}
{C}{Dm/C} (The myriad choices of his fate ...)
{D}{D} (- choose, What had he to -)
{C}{C} (- lose)
{C}{Dm/C}{Dm/C}{Dm/C} (Not a ghost-bloodied country ...)
{D}{D} (- east, gone to -)
{C}{C}{C}{C} (- choose, And -)
{C}{Dm/C}{Dm/C}{Dm/C} (- wandering's brother walked ..)
{D}{D} (- knife, of -)
{C}{C}{C}{C} (- G.T., The -)
{C}{Dm/C}{Dm/C} (- Rally Man's patter ran on ...)
{D}{D} (- skull, Shrill -)
{C}{C} (- yell, Shining -)
{C}{Dm/C}{Dm/C}{Dm/C} (- brightly, red-rimmed and ...)
{D}{D} (- chunks, From the -)
{C}{C} (- bells)
{C}{C}{Dm}{Dm} (shhhhhhhhhhhhhhh..)
{D}{D}{C}{C}
{C}{C} (Cut -)
{C}{Dm/C}{Dm/C} (- mouth bleeding razors forget ...)
{D}{D} (- goodbye, So you -)
{C}{Dm/C}{D}{D} (- fly to the cozy brown snow ...)
{C}{C}{C} (- choose, choose again)
{C}{C}{C}{C} (shhhhhhhhhhhhhhh..)
{C}{Dm/C}{Dm/C}{Dm/C} (Sacrificials remains make it ...)
{D}{D} (- realize pain, Choose -)
{C}{C} (- again, And -)
{C}{Dm/C}{Dm/C}{Dm/C} (- Roberman's refrain of the ...)
{D}{D} (- a rat, Come -)
{C}{C}{C} (- again, choose to go)
{C}{C}{C}{C} (shhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.., And if -)
{C}{Dm/C}{Dm/C} (- epiphanies terror reduced ...)
{D}{D} (- side, To be -)
{C}{C} (- on, If the -)
{C}{Dm/C}{Dm/C}{Dm/C} (- stone glances off split ...)
{D}{D} (- choose, If you -)
{C}{Dm}{C}{Dm} (- choose, try to lose ...)
{C}{C}{Dm}{C} (- game, I chi-chi, chi-chi-I ...)
{Dm}{C}{Dm}{C} (-ko, choose to choose ...)
{C}{C}{C}{C} (shhhhhhhhhhhhhhh..)
{C}{C}{C...
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"Black Angel's Death Song"
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album _Live MCMXCIII_
(The Velvet Underground, 1993)
Jun 1993
L'Olympia, Paris, France
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The myriad choices of his fate
set themselves out upon a plate for him to choose
What had he to lose
Not a ghost-bloodied country all covered with sleep
where the black angel did weep
not an old city street in the east
Gone to choose, choose to go
Wandering's brother walked on through the dawn
with his hair, in his face
long a long splintered cut from the knife
From G.T.
Cut mouth bleeding razors forget in the pain
antiseptic remains coo goodbye
So you fly to the cozy brown snow of the east
Choose to go, choose to choose
Roberman's refrain of the sacrilege recluse
for the loss of a horse
went the bowels in the tail of a rat
Oh, oh, choose to go
Sacrificials remains make it hard to forget
where you come from
the stools of your eyes serve to realize pain
Choose to go
If epiphanies terror reduced you to shame
have your head bobbed and weaved
choose a side
Oh, to be on
If the stone glances off split didactics in two
lay the .... of the mouses
all's green try between, if you choose
If you choose, try to lose
for the loss of remain come and start the game
I chi-chi, chi-chi I
chi-chi-chi, oh, ka-ta-ko, if you choose
Choose to lose, choose to go
* 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)
intro {D}{D}{D}{D} viola
{D}{D}{D}{D}
{D}{D}{D}{D} guitar
{D}{D}{D}{D}
{D}{D}{D}{D}
{D}{E/D} (The myriad choices of his fate ...)
{E}{E} (- choose, What had he to -)
{D}{D} (- lose, Not a -)
{D}{E/D}{E/D}{E/D} (- ghost-bloodied country ...)
{E}{E} (- east, Gone to -)
{D}{D} (- choose, choose to go)
{D}{D}{D}{D} (shhhhhhhhh..)
{D}{D}{D}{D}
{D}{E/D}{E/D}{E/D} (Wandering's brother walked on ...)
{E}{E} (- knife, From -)
{D}{D} (- G.T.)
{D}{D}{D} (Cut -)
{D}{E/D}{E/D} (- mouth bleeding razors forget ...)
{E}{E} (- goodbye, So you -)
{D}{D} (- fly to the cozy brown snow of the -)
{E}{E} (- east, Choose to -)
{D}{D} (- go, choose to choose)
{D}{D}{D}{D} (shhhhhhhhh..)
{D}{D}{D}{D}
{D}
{D}{E/D}{E/D}{E/D} (Roberman's refrain of the ...)
{E}{E} (- rat, Oh, oh, -)
{D}{D} (- choose to go)
{D}{D}{D}{D}
{D}{D}{D}{D}
{D}{D}{D}{D}
{D}{E/D}{E/D}{E/D} (Sacrificials remains make it hard ...)
{E}{E} (- pain, Choose -)
{D}{D} (- to go)
{D}{D}{D}{D}
{D}{D}{D}{D} (shhhhhhhhh..)
{D}{D}{D}{D}
{D}
{D}{E/D}{E/D} (If epiphanies terror reduced you ...)
{E}{E} (- side, Oh, to be -)
{D}{D} (- on)
{D}{D} (If the -)
{D}{E/D}{E/D}{E/D} (- stone glances off split ...)
{E}{E} (- choose, if you -)
{D}{E}{D}{E} (- choose, try to lose ...)
{D} (- game, I chi-)
{D}{E}{D}{E} (-chi, chi-chi I, chi-chi-chi ...)
{D}{E}{D}{D} (- choose, Choose to lose ...)
{D}{D}
{D}{D}{D}{D} (shhhhhhhhh..)
{D}{D}{D}{D}
{D}{D}{D}{D} (shhhhhhhhh..)
{D}{D}{D}{D}
{D...
* riff (all the strings downtuned a whole-tone)
The myriad choices of ... choose
{D } {E / D } {E } {E }
*1d ----------------------------------------------------------------
*2A --3-3-3--3-3-3----0-0-0--3-3-3----0-0-0--0-0-0----0-0-0--0-0-0--
*3F --2-2-2--2-2-2----1-1-1--2-2-2----1-1-1--1-1-1----1-1-1--1-1-1--
*4C --0-0-0--0-0-0----2-2-2--0-0-0----2-2-2--2-2-2----2-2-2--2-2-2--
*5G ----------------------------------------------------------------
*6D ----------------------------------------------------------------
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* chords for standard-tuning
intro {C}{C}{C}{C} viola
{C}{C}{C}{C}
{C}{C}{C}{C} guitar
{C}{C}{C}{C}
{C}{C}{C}{C}
{C}{D/C} (The myriad choices of his fate ...)
{D}{D} (- choose, What had he to -)
{C}{C} (- lose, Not a -)
{C}{D/C}{D/C}{D/C} (- ghost-bloodied country ...)
{D}{D} (- east, Gone to -)
{C}{C} (- choose, choose to go)
{C}{C}{C}{C} (shhhhhhhhh..)
{C}{C}{C}{C}
{C}{D/C}{D/C}{D/C} (Wandering's brother walked on ...)
{D}{D} (- knife, From -)
{C}{C} (- G.T.)
{C}{C}{C} (Cut -)
{C}{D/C}{D/C} (- mouth bleeding razors forget ...)
{D}{D} (- goodbye, So you -)
{C}{C} (- fly to the cozy brown snow of the -)
{D}{D} (- east, Choose to -)
{C}{C} (- go, choose to choose)
{C}{C}{C}{C} (shhhhhhhhh..)
{C}{C}{C}{C}
{C}
{C}{D/C}{D/C}{D/C} (Roberman's refrain of the ...)
{D}{D} (- rat, Oh, oh, -)
{C}{C} (- choose to go)
{C}{C}{C}{C}
{C}{C}{C}{C}
{C}{C}{C}{C}
{C}{D/C}{D/C}{D/C} (Sacrificials remains make it hard ...)
{D}{D} (- pain, Choose -)
{C}{C} (- to go)
{C}{C}{C}{C}
{C}{C}{C}{C} (shhhhhhhhh..)
{C}{C}{C}{C}
{C}
{C}{D/C}{D/C} (If epiphanies terror reduced you ...)
{D}{D} (- side, Oh, to be -)
{C}{C} (- on)
{C}{C} (If the -)
{C}{D/C}{D/C}{D/C} (- stone glances off split ...)
{D}{D} (- choose, if you -)
{C}{D}{C}{D} (- choose, try to lose ...)
{C} (- game, I chi-)
{C}{D}{C}{D} (-chi, chi-chi I, chi-chi-chi ...)
{C}{D}{C}{C} (- choose, Choose to lose ...)
{C}{C}
{C}{C}{C}{C} (shhhhhhhhh..)
{C}{C}{C}{C}
{C}{C}{C}{C} (shhhhhhhhh..)
{C}{C}{C}{C}
{C...
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"Black Angel's Death Song"
(The Matrix, San Francisco, 11-23-69)
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box set _Bootleg Series Volume 1: The Quine Tapes_
(The Velvet Underground, 2001)
Nov 23, 1969
The Matrix, San Francisco, California
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The myriad choices of his fate
set themselves out upon a plate for him to choose
What had he to lose
Not a ghost-bloodied country all covered with sleep
where the black angel did weep
just not an old city street in the east
Gone to choose
And wandering's brother ran on through the dawn
Until we said so long to his skull
Shrill yell
Shining brightly, red-rimmed and red-lined with the time
effused with the choice
of the mind on ice skates scraping chunks
From the bells, say so long
The Rally Man's patter ran on through the dawn
Until we said so long to his skull, shrill yell
Gone to choose
And the sacrificials remains make it hard to forget
where you come from the stools
of your eyes serve to realize pain
Choose again
Cut mouth bleeding razors forget in the pain
antiseptic remains coo goodbye
So you fly to the cozy brown snow of the east
Gone to choose, choose again
Roberman's refrain of the sacrilege recluse
for the loss of a horse
went the bowels in the tail of a rat
From G.T.
If epiphanies terror reduced you to shame
have your head bobbed and weaved
choose a side
To be on
If the stone glances off split didactics in two
lay the color of the mouse trails
all's green try between, if you choose
Oh, if you choose, try to lose
for the loss of remain come and start
Start the game
I chi-chi, chi-chi I
chi-chi-chi, ka-ta-ko, if you choose
choose to lose, choose to go
* chords:
same as _The Velvet Underground and Nico_ version
They played using down-tuning
(all the strings downtuned a whole-tone)
and note that organ is key in Dm
* intro (all the strings downtuned a whole-tone)
{D}
*1d ----------------------------
*2A --3---3-3------3---3-3------
*3F --2---2-2------2---2-2------
*4C ----------0------------0----
*5G ----------------------------
*6D ----------------------------
{D} {D}
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--3---3-3------3---3-3-------3---3-3------3---3-3------
--2---2-2------2---2-2-------2---2-2------2---2-2------
----------0------------0-------------0------------0----
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{D} {D}
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--3---3-3------3---3-3-------3---3-3------3---3-3------
--2---2-2------2---2-2-------2---2-2------2---2-2------
----------0------------0-------------0------------0h2--
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{Em} {Em}
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--0---0-0------0---0-0-------0---0-0------0---0-0------
--0---0-0------0---0-0-------0---0-0------0---0-0------
----------2------------2-------------2------------0h2--
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{E} {E}
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--0---0-0------0---0-0-------0---0-0------0---0-0------
--1---1-1------1---1-1-------1---1-1------1---1-1------
----------2------------2-------------2------------0-0--
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The myriad -
{D} {D}
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--3---3-3------3---3-3-------3---3-3------3---3-3------
--2---2-2------2---2-2-------2---2-2------2---2-2------
----------0------------0-------------0------------0----
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* guitar lick: background Dm organ play
(all the strings downtuned a whole-tone)
{D} {D}
*1d --1-1-1-1-1-1--1-1-1-1-1-1---1-1-1-1-1-1--1-1-1-1-1-1--
*2A --3-3-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-3-3--
*3F --2-2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2-2--
*4C --0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0--
*5G -------------------------------------------------------
*6D -------------------------------------------------------
{D} {D}
--0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0--
--3-3-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-3-3--
--2-2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2-2--
--0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0--
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{D} {D}
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--3-3-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-3-3--
--2-2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-- ...
--0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0--
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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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"Black Angels Death Song"
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album _Le Bataclan '72_
(Lou Reed/John Cale/Nico, 2003)
Jan 29, 1972
Le Bataclan, Paris, France
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The myriad choices of his fate
set themselves out upon a plate for him to choose
What had he to lose
Not a ghost-bloodied country all covered with sleep
where the black angel did weep
not an old city street in the east
Gone to choose
And the Rally Man's patter ran on through the dawn
Until we said so long to his skull
Shrill yell
Shining brightly, red-rimmed and red-lined with the time
effused with the mind on ice skates scraping bells
from the chunks
Say so long
Cut mouth bleeding razors make it hard to forget
where you come from
the stools of your eyes serve to realize pain
Ooohhh, come again
And Roberman's refrain of the sacrilege recluse
for the loss of a horse
went the bowels in the tail of a rat
Gone to choose, choose to go
If epiphanies terror reduced you to shame
have your head bobbed and weaved
choose a side
To be on
If the stone glances off split didactics in two
lay the color of the mouse trails
all's green try between, but if you choose
Oh, if you choose, choose to lose
for the loss of refrain come and start
Start the game
I chi-chi, chi-chi I
chi-chi-chi, ka-ta-ko, if you choose
choose to lose, choose to go
* all the strings downtuned one and a half tone (1 + 1/2)
1c# ----- * downtuned one and a half tone (from e to c#)
2G# ----- * downtuned one and a half tone (from B to G#)
3E ----- * downtuned one and a half tone (from G to E)
4B ----- * downtuned one and a half tone (from D to B)
5F# ----- * downtuned one and a half tone (from A to F#)
6C# ----- * downtuned one and a half tone (from E to C#)
Olivier Landemaine's The VU Web Page says:
there is no speed correction
and the whole recording is too slow (6%)
as compared with the French TV broadcast.
intro {Dsus2}{Dsus2}{Dsus2}{Dsus2}
{Dsus2}{Dsus2}{Dsus2}{Dsus2}
{Dsus2}{Em/Dsus2} (The myriad ...)
{E}{E} (- choose ...)
{Dsus2}{Dsus2} (- lose, Not a -)
{Dsus2}{Em/Dsus2}{Em/Dsus2}{Em/Dsus2} (- ghost ...)
{E}{E} (- east, Gone to -)
{Dsus2}{Dsus2}{Dsus2}{Dsus2} (- choose ...)
{Dsus2}{Em/Dsus2}{Em/Dsus2} (- Rally Man's ...)
{E}{E} (- skull, Shrill -)
{Dsus2}{Dsus2} (- yell, Shining -)
{Dsus2}{Em/Dsus2}{Em/Dsus2}{Em/Dsus2} (- brightly ...)
{E}{E} (- chunks, Say so -)
{Dsus2}{Dsus2}{Dsus2}{Dsus2} (- long ...)
{Dsus2} (Cut -)
{Dsus2}{Em/Dsus2}{Em/Dsus2}{Em/Dsus2} (- mouth ...)
{E}{E} (- pain ...)
{Dsus2}{Dsus2} (- again, And -)
{Dsus2}{Em/Dsus2}{Em/Dsus2}{Em/Dsus2} (- Roberman's ...)
{E}{E} (- rat, Gone to -)
{Dsus2}{Dsus2} (- choose ...)
{Dsus2}{Dsus2}{Dsus2}{Dsus2} (If -)
{Dsus2}{Em/Dsus2}{Em/Dsus2} (- epiphanies ...)
{E}{E} (- side, To be -)
{Dsus2}{Dsus2}{Dsus2}{Dsus2} (- on, If the -)
{Dsus2}{Em/Dsus2}{Em/Dsus2}{Em/Dsus2} (- stone ...)
{E}{E} (- choose, Oh ...)
{Dsus2}{Em}{Dsus2}{Em} (- choose ...)
{Dsus2}{Dsus2}{Em}{Dsus2} (- game, I chi ...)
{Em}{Dsus2}{Em}{Dsus2} (-ko, if you ...)
{Dsus2}{Dsus2}{Dsus2}{Dsus2}
{Dsus2}{Dsus2...
* Dsus2 chord (1 + 1/2 down)
Dsus2
*1c# ---0---
*2G# ---3---
*3E ---2---
*4B ---0---
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"Black Angels Death Song"
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album _American Poet Box: Lou Reed - Paris '72_
(Lou Reed, 2003)
Jan 25 (?), 1972
Paris, France
(rehearsal)
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The myriad choices of his fate
set themselves out upon a plate for him to choose
What had he to lose
Not a ghost-bloodied country all covered with sleep
where the black angel did weep
not an old city street in the east
Gone to choose
Wandering's brother walked on through the dawn
with his hair, in his face
long a long splintered cut from the knife
Of G.T.
Rally Man's patter ran on through the dawn
Until we said so long to his skull
Shrill yell
Shining brightly, red-rimmed and red-lined with the time
effused with the choice
of the mind on ice skates scraping chunks
From the bells, say so long
Cut mouth bleeding razors forget in the pain
antiseptic remains coo goodbye
So you fly to the cozy brown snow of the east
Gone to choose, choose again
Roberman's refrain of the sacrilege recluse
for the loss of a horse
went the bowels in the tail of a rat
Choose to go
If the stone glances off split didactics in two
lay the color of the mouse trails
all's green try between
If you choose, choose to lose
for the loss of remain come and start
Start the game
I chi-chi, chi-chi I
ka-ta-ko, if you choose
choose to lose, choose to go
* chords: same as _Le Bataclan '72_ version
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"The Black Angel's Death Song"
(acetate version)
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album _The Velvet Underground and Nico - Unripened_
(The Velvet Underground, 2007)
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* alternate mix
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transcribed by Shiroh KOUCHI (wildside@mx21.tiki.ne.jp)
http://ww21.tiki.ne.jp/~wildside/
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