Chords for Lou Reed - Romeo Had Juliette (Official Music Video)

_ _ _ I can't do that all day, put it that way.
When I have it, I'm _ really happy about it.
But it's the rhythm [C#m] and the flow and the feeling you get,
and also the information it imparts.
Just the sound of them and the rhythm, I really love that a [G] lot.
_ _ Chandler also wrote a lot about the city, you know, Los Angeles.
_ And also it was quite romantic.
There is something romantic _ in your songs.
I mean, it comes in and out, but _ not in all of them.
_ New York romance. _ _
I've got a song called Tell It to Your Heart that I think is one of the prettiest songs I've ever wrote about the city. _ _ _ _ _
It's kind of mixed romance, isn't it?
Standing by the Hudson River's edge at night,
looking out across the Jersey Shore at a neon light,
spelling out a cola's name, your name should be dancing,
beamed by satellites larger than any billboard in Times Square.
I like that. _
That's really pretty.
_ I think that's one of the things about Romeo and Juliet, actually, Romeo and Juliet,
is that romance, but it's not at all _ sentimental.
_ _ _ What did Betty Davis say?
I despise cheap sentiment. _ _ _ _ _
_ I really do.
_ Except in pop songs.
I mean, some of the pop songs I like are really cheap sentiment.
[A] Especially if you have a couple of drinks, you really like that stuff.
And part of me really likes that, too, but not for my records.
_ _ _ [E] _ I want an emotional [D] response out of the song,
but not a cheap one,
[A] because you have to believe that it's true.
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_ _ [A] Between _ _ [E] _ _
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_ _ [A] _ the twisted stars, [E] the flattered lines,
the faulty [D] map that brought Columbus to New York,
_ _ [G] [A] the twixt between the east and [E] west,
and comes to her wearing a leather vest,
the [D] earth screams and shudders to a halt. _ _
_ _ [A] A diamond crucifix in his [E] ear,
his use to help ward off [D] the fear that he has left his soul in someone's rented car,
_ _ [A] and flying side to side,
his face behind [E] a mop,
to clean the mess that he has dropped,
[D] to the life of Lyson, Juliet, Belle. _
_ _ [A] And Romeo wanted [E] Juliet, _
_ _ [D] and Juliet wanted Romeo, _
_ _ [A] and Romeo wanted [E] Juliet, _
_ _ [D] and Juliet wanted her Romeo. _
_ _ _ [A] Romeo, rotten, [E] meek as he swears his shoulders and curses [D] Jesus,
runs his hands through his black ponytail. _ _
_ _ [A] He's thinking of his lonely [E] room,
the sooth that by his bed gives off a [D] stink,
and then he smells the perfume in her eyes,
her voice is like a bell.
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_ _ [A] Outside, the streets are [E] streaming,
the crack dealers are dreaming [D] of an Uzi someone had just scored. _ _
_ _ [A] I bet you I could hit that [E] light,
with my one good arm behind my [D] back,
to this little Joey Diaz. _ _
_ _ [A] Hey brother, give me another tote,
[E] those downtown hoots are no damn good,
those [D] Italians need a lesson of Ita. _
That _ [A] cop who died in Harlem,
[E] hope he got the warning,
I [D] was laughing when his brains run out to the street. _
_ [A] And Romeo wanted Juliet,
[E] _ _
_ _ [D] Juliet had her Romeo, _
_ [A] and Romeo wanted [E] Juliet, _
_ _ [D] and Juliet had his Romeo. _
_ _ [A] I'll take Manhattan in a [E] garbage bag,
with Latin writ on it that says,
[D] it's hard to give a shit these days. _ _
_ _ [A] _ Manhattan's sinking like a [E] rocket to the filthy Hudson,
what a shock, [D] they wrote a book about it,
they said it's like ancient Rome.
_ _ [A] _ The perfume [E] burns his eyes,
_ _ [D] cold internally to his thighs, _
and [A] then something flickered for a minute,
[E] _ _
and [D] then it vanished and was gone. _
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The amazing Lou Reed in New York, on New York,
and Mary Harron talked to him.
And that's all for tonight, tomorrow night.