Chords for Lou Reed & John Cale - Open House

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[D] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
[D] _ Please come over to [G] 81st Street, I'm in the apartment, above [D] the bar.
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[D] You know you can't miss it, it's across [G] from the subway, and the tacky [D] store with the Mylar scarves.
_ [B] _ _ _ [D] My skin's as pale as the outdoors [G] moon, my hair's silver like [D] a Tiffany watch.
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [D] I like lots of people around me [G] that don't kiss, hello, and please [D] don't touch.
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It's a Czechoslovakian custom my mother passed on to me.
[G] _
The way to make friends, Andy, is invite them up for tea.
[D] Open house. _
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I got a lot of [G] cats, here's my favorite.
She's a lady [D] called Sam. _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [D] I made a paper doll of her, you can have it.
[G] _ That's what I did when I had [D] St.
Vitus dance.
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Czechoslovakian custom my mother passed on to me.
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Give people little presents so they'll remember me.
[D] Open house. _
_ _ [G] _ _ Open [D] house. _
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Someone bring the vegetables.
[G] _ _ Someone [D] please bring heat.
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [D] My mother showed up yesterday.
[G] _ We need something [D] to eat.
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I think I got a job today, they want me to draw some shoes.
[G] _ The ones I drew are old and used, they told me draw something new.
Open [D] house. _
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Fly me to the moon.
[G] _ _ Fly me [D] to a star.
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [D] But there are no stars in the New York [G] sky.
_ They're all [D] on the ground.
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Scared yourself with music?
I scared myself with paint.
[G] I drew 550 different shoes today, it almost made me faint.
Open [D] house. _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [D] Open house.
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [D] Open house.
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [D] Open house.
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