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"The Heroine"
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album _The Blue Mask_
(Lou Reed, 1982)

written by Lou Reed
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        The heroine stood up on the deck
        the ship was out of control
        the bow was being ripped to shreds
        men were fighting down below
        The sea had pummeled them for so long
        that they knew nothing but fear

        And the baby's in the box
        he thinks the door is locked
        the sea is in a state
        the baby learns to wait for the heroine
        Ooohhh-ooohhh, for the heroine
        locked in his defense, he waits for the heroine

        The mast is cracking as the waves are slapping
        sailors rolled across the deck
        and when they thought no one was looking
        they would cut a weaker man's neck
        While the heroine dressed in a virgin white dress
        tried to steer the mighty ship
        But the raging storm wouldn't hear of it
        they were in for a long trip

        Baby's in the box
        thinks the door is locked
        he finds it hard to breathe
        drawing in the sea
        And where's the heroine to fire off the gun
        to calm the raging seas
        and let herself be seized by the -

        - Baby in the box
        he thinks the door is locked
        the woman has the keys
        but there's no moment she can seize
        Here's to the heroine
        who transcends all the men
        Who are locked inside the box
        will the lady let him out
        Ooohhh, the heroine, ooohhh-ooohhh, the heroine
        Strapped to the mast, the pale ascendant heroine
        strapped to the mast, the pale ascendant heroine



                                     (The -)
        {D/Em}{G}{D/Em}{G}           (- heroine stood up on ...)
        {D/Em}{G/{A#}{A#}            (The sea had pummeled them ...)

        {C}{Am}{C}{Am/Am.G}          (And the baby's in the box ...)
        {C}                          (- the heroine)
        {F/G}{C}{F/G}{C}             (ooohhh-ooohhh, for the ...)

        {Em}{G}{Am.Em/G.Em}{A}

        {D/Em}{G}{D/Em}{G}           (The mast is cracking as ...)
        {D/Em}{G}                    (- heroine dressed in a ...)
        {D/Em}{G/{A#}{A#}            (- raging storm wouldn't ...)
        
        {C}{Am}{C}{Am}               (- Baby's in the box, he ...)
        {C}{F}{C}{F}                 (- the heroine to fire off ...)

        {C}{Am}{C}{A#dim}            (- Baby in the box, he ...)
        {F}{G}                       (- heroine, who transcends ...)
        {C}{Am}{F}{A#/C}             (- locked inside the box ...)
        {F}                          (- the heroine)
        {A#.F/C.G}{C}{A#.F/C.G}{C}   (Strapped to the mast, the ...)
        {A#.F/C.G}{C}{A#.F/C.G}{C}




* chord

     A#dim
 1e ---3---
 2B ---2---
 3G ---3---
 4D ---2---
 5A -------
 6E -------




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