Chords for Lou Reed - Perfect Day - Guitar Lesson (Dedicated to Lou Reed 3/2/42 - 10/27/13)

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_ _ _ [Eb] _ [G] _ This is the guitar lesson for Lou Reed's Perfect Day, the easy way and the correct way.
I [Am] want to dedicate this lesson to Lou Reed who passed away yesterday at the age of 71.
[E] Lou, you gave us tons of great music buddy, so this one's for you.
Alright, make sure your guitar [Gm] is in [E] standard E tuning.
_ _ [G] Take your capo, put it on the first fret like so, [D] _ _ and this is the intro of the song, okay?
It's E, A minor, E, [F] A minor, so it's _ _ _ [Bbm] A minor, _ _ _ [F]
E, _ [Bbm] A minor. _ _ _
[G] Then it goes into the verse which is just a [Bb] perfect day, so it's A minor, [Bbm] _ _ _ _ [Eb] D, _ _ [Ab] G, _ _ _ [Db] C, _
_ _ [Gb] F,
_ [Ebm] D minor, _ _ [F] D, _ _ _ _ so you hold it for a couple of counts, [G] then we go into [Bbm] A minor. _
_ Just [Eb] a perfect day, _ [Ab] _
_ feed animals [Db] in the zoo, _
[Gb] _ then [Ebm] later a movie too, and [F] then hold, D, _ _
O, [E] and then this is where the chorus comes in, so it goes,
[Bb] O, it's [Eb] such a perfect day, _ [Dm]
I'm gonna spend it [Eb] with you.
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[Bb] _ [G] Okay, so for the chorus it's [Bb] A, _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ D, _ [Fm]
C [Dm] sharp minor, _ _ _ [Bb] [Eb] D, _ then it does this little thing where it goes, _ _ _ _
[Cm] _ [Bb] _ [Eb] so it's a D, use your pinky then to hit the fourth fret [D] A string,
_ [G] and then I use my pointer finger to hit the second [C] fret A string, it's like a walk [Bb] down to A.
[Eb] So it's D, [Cm] _
[Bb] _ _ K, [Ab] okay, then, [Bb] O, it's [F] such a perfect day, just gotta [Gm] keep [F] me [Eb] hangin' on.
[D] So that second part of the chorus is [Bb] O, A, _
_ _ [F] E, F [Gm] sharp minor, _ _ [F] D, _ [Eb] D, _
_ [Db] [Gm] alright, F sharp minor, [F] E, _
[Eb] you play that part twice, alright?
[Fm] So [A] let's talk about that [G] really quick, I'm gonna go through it [Bb] really quick so you can [N] see
without me talking or without me saying stuff, you can [Cm] see what it sounds like, okay?
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_ _ it's, [Gm] then we go into the [Bb] chorus. _ _
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_ _ _ Okay, [G] the next part I wanna talk about is [D] the instrumental, okay?
The, _ _ _ _
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_ [Cm] _ _ okay, that's the little fill that I [G] kinda, it's on piano but I made it for guitar,
so it's on the eighth and tenth fret on the E string, and we [Fm] go, ten, eight, it's basically, _ _
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_ [D] so it's these two notes the entire time, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
ten, [C] eight, then we go down to this B string on the [Eb] eleventh fret,
_ and then back [Fm] to the eighth, _ [C]
then back to [Bb] the eleventh, _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ [G] hopefully you can pick that up, okay?
And that's during the instrumental break, which the chord progression for that is F sharp [Gm] minor, _
_ _ [F] C, _ _ [Eb] D, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _
_ so [F] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
[E] F sharp [Ab] minor, E, D, okay?
And finally, the last part of the song is, [G] you're going to reap just what you sow, okay?
So, _ that chord progression is basically this, it's [Bb] basically, A, _ _ [Fm] C [Dm] sharp minor, _ _ _ [Ab] _
G, _ _ _ [Eb] D,
then we do our little D walk down, [C] _ [Bb] _ A, _ [Dm] C sharp minor, _ _ [Ab] G, _ _
[Eb] D, _ [F] _ _ [Bb] _ [Eb] _
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_ _ [Bb] _ _ [C] I'll do that again, I messed up that last [Bb] D, so, A, _ C [Dm] sharp minor, _
_ [Ab] G, _ _ [Eb] _ D,
_ _ [D] _ [C] _ [Bb] _ [Eb] so, [D]
[Bb] there it is, [Eb] so, _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] there it is, [Dm] _
I'm _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
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having [Eb] some trouble, _ [Gm] _ [Bb] there it is.
So, the song kind of fades out with that final chord progression I just [Fm] showed you right here,
and [C] [F] that is the [G] entire song, so I hope you've [C] enjoyed this lesson,
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I [N] will see you guys on the next guitar [D] lesson, thanks. _ _ _ _