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"What Becomes A Legend Most"
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album _New Sensations_
(Lou Reed, 1984)

written by Lou Reed
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        What becomes a legend most
        when she's alone in a hotel lobby
        What becomes a legend most
        some bad champagne and some foreign bottled beer

        What becomes a legend most
        when the musicians have come and then leave her
        What becomes a legend most
        besides being a legendary star

        What becomes a legend most
        lying in bed cold and regal
        What becomes a legend most
        lying in bed watching a talk show on TV

        What becomes a legend most
        fifty days in fifty cities
        And everyone says she looks pretty
        at least as pretty as a legend should

        Fifty days can wear you down
        fifty cities flying by
        A different man in each different hotel
        and if you're not careful word can get around

        What becomes a legend most
        not a bed that is half-empty
        Not a heart that is left empty
        that's not pretty, not pretty at all

        What becomes a legend most
        when she's lying in her hotel room
        What becomes a legend most
        well baby, tonight it's you (tonight it's you)
        Baby, tonight it's you

        (What becomes a legend most, sha-la-la-la-la) Baby, it's you
        (what becomes a legend most, sha-la-la-la-la) maybe tomorrow
        (What becomes a legend most, sha-la-la-la-la) Baby, it's you
        (what becomes a legend most, sha-la-la-la-la)
        (What becomes a legend most, sha-la-la-la-la)
        (what becomes a legend most, sha-la-la-la-la)
        (What becomes a legend most, sha-la-la-la-la)
        (what becomes a legend most, sha-la-la-la-la)
        ...




intro   {G}{Bm(onF#)}{Fm6}{D#}

        {G}{Bm(onF#)}{Fm6}{D#}   (What becomes a legend most ...)
        {D#m}{A#/Gm}{Cm}{Cm/F}   (What becomes a legend most ...)

        {G}{Bm(onF#)}{Fm6}{D#}   (What becomes a legend most ...)
        {D#m}{A#/Gm}{Cm}{Cm/F}   (What becomes a legend most ...)

        {D}{Dmaj7}{D7}{G}        (What becomes a legend most ...)
        {Gm}{D/Bm}{Em}{Em/A}     (What becomes a legend most ...)

        {G}{Bm(onF#)}{Fm6}{D#}   (What becomes a legend most ...)
        {D#m}{A#/Gm}{Cm}{Cm/F}   (And everyone says she looks ...)

bridge  {Em}{Em}{D}{D}           (Fifty days can wear you down ...)
        {Em}{Em}{C}{A}           (A different man in each ...)

        {D}{Dmaj7}{D7}{G}        (What becomes a legend most ...)
        {Gm}{D/Bm}{Em}{Em/A}     (Not a heart that is left ...)

        {G}{Bm(onF#)}{Fm6}{D#}   (What becomes a legend most ...)
        {D#m}{A#/Gm}{Cm/F}       (What becomes a legend most ...)
        {A#/Gm}{Cm/F}            (- you, Baby, tonight it's -)

coda    {A#}{Gm}{A#}{Gm}         (- you, baby, it's you, maybe -)
        {A#}{Gm}{A#}{Gm}         (- tomorrow, Baby, it's you)
        {A#}{Gm}{A#}{Gm}         background vocals
        {A#}{Gm}{A#}{Gm}         background vocals
        ... fade out




* chords

    Bm(onF#)       Fm6
 1e ---2---      -------
 2B ---3---      ---3---
 3G ---4---      ---1---
 4D ---4---      ---3---
 5A ---x---      ---3---
 6E ---2---      ---1---




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thanks: Bert Timmermans (bonzothegod@hotmail.com)
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tiny detail:
I think the A#(on F) chord in "What becomes a legend most"
should actually be Fm6 (i.e. F-Ab-C-D).
I might be mistaken, but it sounds better (at least on piano)


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thanks: Bert Timmermans (bonzothegod@hotmail.com)
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furthermore, at the end of what becomes a legend most,
{D#m} {A#/Gm} {Cm7/F}
{A#/Gm} {Cm7/F}
(or, more specifically, the Cm7 is actually Cm7.Cm)


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