Chords for Lou Reed - Dirty Blvd. (Live at Farm Aid 1990)
Tempo:
113.1 bpm
Chords used:
D
A
G
Gm
Am
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[G] [D] [A] [D]
[Gm] [D] [A] [D]
[A] [D]
[A] [D]
Pedro lives out of the Wilshire [A] Hotel, [D] looks out a window without [A] glass.
[D]
[G] Those [D] walls are made of cardboard, newspapers on his feet.
The old man beats him cause he's too tired to [A] beg.
[D] He's got nine brothers and sisters, [A] they're brought [D] up on their knees.
It's [A] hard to run [G] when a coat [D] hanger hits you on the thigh.
[A] [D]
[G] Pedro [D] dreams of being older [A] and killing [D] the old man, but that's a slim [Gm] chance.
[D] He's going [A] to the boulevard.
[D] Get it [Gm] out!
[D] [A] To the dirty [D] boulevard, going [G] down.
[D] [A] To the [D] dirty boulevard, get it out!
[Gm] [A] To the [D] dirty boulevard, going [Gm] down.
[A] [D] [A] This [G] room [D] costs $2,000 [A] a month, you can believe it [D] man, it's true.
Somewhere [G] a [D] landlord's laughing till he wets his pants.
No one [G] dreams [D] of being a doctor or a lawyer or anything.
They just [G] dream of [D] dealing on the [G] boulevard.
[A] [D] Give me [G] your [D] hungry, your tired, your poor, I'll [A] piss on them.
[D] That's what [G] your statue of [D] bigotry says.
Ah, [G] your poor [D] huddled masses, why don't we just go clubbing to death?
Get it [G] over with.
[D] Jump him on the boulevard.
Get it [G] out!
[A] To the [D] dirty boulevard, I [G] want to go.
[D] Oh [A] baby, to the dirty boulevard, I want to go.
[D] To the dirty boulevard, fly [G] away.
[A] To the [D] dirty boulevard, I want to [Gm] fly.
[D] [A] [D]
Outside, it's a bright night, there's an opera at Lincoln Center.
The movie [G] stars [D] arrive by [A] limousine.
[D] All [G] the cleat [D] lights shoot out over the Manhattan [A] [D] skyline.
[G] But the lights are [D] out on the mean [A] streets.
[Dm] [F#] Small kid [G] [D] stands by the Lincoln [Am] Tunnel, [A] [D] selling [G] plastic roses [D] for a buck.
[A] [D]
[G] Traffic's backed [D] up to 39th [Am] Street.
[D] The [G] TV whores [D] are calling the cops out for a suck.
Back [G] at the wheelchair, [D] Pedro sits there [A] dreaming.
[D] Found a [G] book on [D] magic on a garbage can.
Looks [G] at the pictures, [D] looks up at the cracked [F#m] [D] ceiling.
Says, by [F] the count of [Dm] three, honey, I hope I can disappear.
[Am] [D] Fly, [G] fly away.
[D] [A] To the [D] dirty boulevard, I want to [G] fly.
[D] [A] To the dirty [D] boulevard, fly [G] away.
[A] To the [D] dirty boulevard.
[G] [A] [D]
[Gm] [D] [A] [D]
[A] [D]
[A] [D]
Pedro lives out of the Wilshire [A] Hotel, [D] looks out a window without [A] glass.
[D]
[G] Those [D] walls are made of cardboard, newspapers on his feet.
The old man beats him cause he's too tired to [A] beg.
[D] He's got nine brothers and sisters, [A] they're brought [D] up on their knees.
It's [A] hard to run [G] when a coat [D] hanger hits you on the thigh.
[A] [D]
[G] Pedro [D] dreams of being older [A] and killing [D] the old man, but that's a slim [Gm] chance.
[D] He's going [A] to the boulevard.
[D] Get it [Gm] out!
[D] [A] To the dirty [D] boulevard, going [G] down.
[D] [A] To the [D] dirty boulevard, get it out!
[Gm] [A] To the [D] dirty boulevard, going [Gm] down.
[A] [D] [A] This [G] room [D] costs $2,000 [A] a month, you can believe it [D] man, it's true.
Somewhere [G] a [D] landlord's laughing till he wets his pants.
No one [G] dreams [D] of being a doctor or a lawyer or anything.
They just [G] dream of [D] dealing on the [G] boulevard.
[A] [D] Give me [G] your [D] hungry, your tired, your poor, I'll [A] piss on them.
[D] That's what [G] your statue of [D] bigotry says.
Ah, [G] your poor [D] huddled masses, why don't we just go clubbing to death?
Get it [G] over with.
[D] Jump him on the boulevard.
Get it [G] out!
[A] To the [D] dirty boulevard, I [G] want to go.
[D] Oh [A] baby, to the dirty boulevard, I want to go.
[D] To the dirty boulevard, fly [G] away.
[A] To the [D] dirty boulevard, I want to [Gm] fly.
[D] [A] [D]
Outside, it's a bright night, there's an opera at Lincoln Center.
The movie [G] stars [D] arrive by [A] limousine.
[D] All [G] the cleat [D] lights shoot out over the Manhattan [A] [D] skyline.
[G] But the lights are [D] out on the mean [A] streets.
[Dm] [F#] Small kid [G] [D] stands by the Lincoln [Am] Tunnel, [A] [D] selling [G] plastic roses [D] for a buck.
[A] [D]
[G] Traffic's backed [D] up to 39th [Am] Street.
[D] The [G] TV whores [D] are calling the cops out for a suck.
Back [G] at the wheelchair, [D] Pedro sits there [A] dreaming.
[D] Found a [G] book on [D] magic on a garbage can.
Looks [G] at the pictures, [D] looks up at the cracked [F#m] [D] ceiling.
Says, by [F] the count of [Dm] three, honey, I hope I can disappear.
[Am] [D] Fly, [G] fly away.
[D] [A] To the [D] dirty boulevard, I want to [G] fly.
[D] [A] To the dirty [D] boulevard, fly [G] away.
[A] To the [D] dirty boulevard.
[G] [A] [D]
Key:
D
A
G
Gm
Am
D
A
G
_ [G] _ _ [D] _ [A] _ [D] _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ _
Pedro lives out of the Wilshire [A] Hotel, [D] _ looks out a window without [A] glass.
[D] _ _
[G] Those [D] walls are made of cardboard, _ newspapers on his feet.
The old man beats him cause he's too tired to [A] beg.
[D] _ _ He's got nine brothers and sisters, [A] they're brought [D] up on their knees.
It's [A] hard to run [G] when a coat [D] hanger hits you on the thigh.
[A] _ [D] _ _
[G] Pedro [D] dreams of being older [A] and killing [D] the old man, but that's a slim [Gm] chance.
[D] He's going [A] to the boulevard.
[D] _ Get it [Gm] out!
_ [D] _ [A] To the dirty [D] boulevard, going [G] down.
_ [D] _ [A] To the [D] dirty boulevard, get it out!
[Gm] _ _ _ [A] To the [D] dirty boulevard, going [Gm] down.
_ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ [A] This [G] room [D] costs $2,000 [A] a month, you can believe it [D] man, it's true.
Somewhere [G] a [D] landlord's laughing till he wets his pants.
_ _ No one [G] dreams [D] of being a doctor or a lawyer or anything.
They just [G] dream of [D] dealing on the [G] boulevard.
[A] _ [D] _ Give me [G] your [D] hungry, your tired, your poor, I'll [A] piss on them.
[D] _ That's what [G] your statue of [D] bigotry says.
_ _ Ah, [G] your poor [D] huddled masses, why don't we just go clubbing to death?
Get it [G] over with.
[D] _ Jump him on the boulevard.
_ Get it [G] out!
_ _ [A] To the [D] dirty boulevard, I [G] want to go.
_ [D] Oh [A] baby, to the dirty boulevard, I want to go.
[D] To the dirty boulevard, fly [G] away.
_ [A] To the [D] dirty boulevard, I want to [Gm] fly.
[D] _ _ [A] _ [D] _ _ _
Outside, it's a bright night, there's an opera at Lincoln Center.
The movie [G] stars [D] arrive by [A] limousine.
_ [D] _ All [G] the cleat [D] lights shoot out over the Manhattan [A] [D] skyline.
[G] But the lights are [D] out on the mean [A] streets.
_ [Dm] _ [F#] Small kid [G] [D] stands by the Lincoln [Am] Tunnel, [A] _ [D] _ selling [G] plastic roses [D] for a buck.
[A] _ [D] _ _
[G] Traffic's backed [D] up to 39th [Am] Street.
_ [D] _ The [G] TV whores [D] are calling the cops out for a suck.
_ Back [G] at the wheelchair, [D] Pedro sits there [A] dreaming.
[D] _ Found a [G] book on [D] magic on a garbage can.
_ Looks [G] at the pictures, [D] looks up at the cracked [F#m] [D] ceiling.
Says, by [F] the count of [Dm] three, honey, I hope I can disappear.
[Am] _ [D] Fly, [G] fly away.
_ [D] _ [A] To the [D] dirty boulevard, I want to [G] fly.
_ [D] _ [A] To the dirty [D] boulevard, fly [G] away.
_ _ [A] To the [D] dirty boulevard. _
[G] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ _
Pedro lives out of the Wilshire [A] Hotel, [D] _ looks out a window without [A] glass.
[D] _ _
[G] Those [D] walls are made of cardboard, _ newspapers on his feet.
The old man beats him cause he's too tired to [A] beg.
[D] _ _ He's got nine brothers and sisters, [A] they're brought [D] up on their knees.
It's [A] hard to run [G] when a coat [D] hanger hits you on the thigh.
[A] _ [D] _ _
[G] Pedro [D] dreams of being older [A] and killing [D] the old man, but that's a slim [Gm] chance.
[D] He's going [A] to the boulevard.
[D] _ Get it [Gm] out!
_ [D] _ [A] To the dirty [D] boulevard, going [G] down.
_ [D] _ [A] To the [D] dirty boulevard, get it out!
[Gm] _ _ _ [A] To the [D] dirty boulevard, going [Gm] down.
_ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ [A] This [G] room [D] costs $2,000 [A] a month, you can believe it [D] man, it's true.
Somewhere [G] a [D] landlord's laughing till he wets his pants.
_ _ No one [G] dreams [D] of being a doctor or a lawyer or anything.
They just [G] dream of [D] dealing on the [G] boulevard.
[A] _ [D] _ Give me [G] your [D] hungry, your tired, your poor, I'll [A] piss on them.
[D] _ That's what [G] your statue of [D] bigotry says.
_ _ Ah, [G] your poor [D] huddled masses, why don't we just go clubbing to death?
Get it [G] over with.
[D] _ Jump him on the boulevard.
_ Get it [G] out!
_ _ [A] To the [D] dirty boulevard, I [G] want to go.
_ [D] Oh [A] baby, to the dirty boulevard, I want to go.
[D] To the dirty boulevard, fly [G] away.
_ [A] To the [D] dirty boulevard, I want to [Gm] fly.
[D] _ _ [A] _ [D] _ _ _
Outside, it's a bright night, there's an opera at Lincoln Center.
The movie [G] stars [D] arrive by [A] limousine.
_ [D] _ All [G] the cleat [D] lights shoot out over the Manhattan [A] [D] skyline.
[G] But the lights are [D] out on the mean [A] streets.
_ [Dm] _ [F#] Small kid [G] [D] stands by the Lincoln [Am] Tunnel, [A] _ [D] _ selling [G] plastic roses [D] for a buck.
[A] _ [D] _ _
[G] Traffic's backed [D] up to 39th [Am] Street.
_ [D] _ The [G] TV whores [D] are calling the cops out for a suck.
_ Back [G] at the wheelchair, [D] Pedro sits there [A] dreaming.
[D] _ Found a [G] book on [D] magic on a garbage can.
_ Looks [G] at the pictures, [D] looks up at the cracked [F#m] [D] ceiling.
Says, by [F] the count of [Dm] three, honey, I hope I can disappear.
[Am] _ [D] Fly, [G] fly away.
_ [D] _ [A] To the [D] dirty boulevard, I want to [G] fly.
_ [D] _ [A] To the dirty [D] boulevard, fly [G] away.
_ _ [A] To the [D] dirty boulevard. _
[G] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _