The Heroine Chords by Lou Reed

[D] _ _ _ The heroine stood [Em] up on the deck, [G] the ship was out of control.
_ _ [D] _ _ The [Em] bow was being ripped [G] to shreds, men were fighting down below.
_ _ _ [D] The sea had [Em] pummeled them for so long [G] that they knew nothing [Bb] but fear. _ _ _ _
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[C] And the baby's in his box, _
[Am] _ _ he thinks the door is locked.
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The sea is in a state, _
[Am] the baby learns [G] to wait for [C] the _ heroine. _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ Oh, [G] _ _
for [C] the heroine. _ _ _ _
[F] _ Locked in [G] his defense, he [C] waits for the heroine. _ _ _
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_ [D] The mast is cracking [Em] as the waves are [G] slapping, sailors rolled across the deck.
_ _ _ [D] And when they thought [A] no one was [G] looking, they would cut a weak man's neck.
[D] While the heroine, [Em] dressed in a virgin white [G] dress, tried to steer the mighty ship.
But [D] the raging storm [Em] wouldn't hear of it, [G] they were in for a [Bb] long trip. _ _ _ _ _
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[Em] [C] The baby's in a box, _ _
[Am] _ _ _ thinks the door is [C] locked.
He finds it hard to breathe, _
[Am] _ _ drawing in the sea.
[G] And [C] wears the heroine _ to _
[F] _ _ fire off the gun, _
[G] [C] to calm the raging [Em] seas.
[F] And let herself be seized [C] by the baby in the box. _ _
_ [Am] _ _ He thinks the door is locked, [C] the woman has the keys.
[G]
[A] But there's no moment she can _ seize.
[F] Here's to the heroine, _ _ _ _
[Em] [G] who transcends all the men. _
Who [C] were locked inside the box, [Am] will the lady let him out? _
[F] Oh, the heroine. _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ Oh, _ [C] _ _ _
[F] the _ _ heroine. _ _ _
[Bb] [F] Strap to the mast, [C] the [G] pale _ [C] ascendant heroine.
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[F] Strap to the [C] mast, the [G] pale _ [C] ascendant heroine.
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