NICO interview Chords
Tempo:
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

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[C#m] [Cm] [G] Do you find that you're sort of swamped a lot by your
Volvo underground?
that?
[D] but
it very tasteless, really.
lot, [G] because
still alive, I'm [E] [G] one
[C#m] [Cm] [G] Do you find that you're sort of swamped a lot by your
Volvo underground?
that?
[D] but
it very tasteless, really.
lot, [G] because
still alive, I'm [E] [G] one
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[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C#m] _ [Cm] _ [G] Do you find that you're sort of swamped a lot by _ your_
the days with the Volvo underground?
Lou Reed, do you find you're harassed by that?
_ [D] _ [G] You can't say harassed, [D] but_
_ _ _ I just find it very_ _ _ _ _ tasteless, really.
_ People must go on about it an awful lot, _ [G] because_
Because already [Dm] that I'm still alive, I'm [E] _ [G] _ _ one_
few that are still alive.
Because I know_
I know_
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ clichés.
[G] _ That's the only attitude to the oldest?
It's really [E]
being _ _ [D] sarcastic.
_ [C] Being cynical, I guess.
[E] _ _ _ _ Can't avoid [Cm] being cynical.
_ [E] _ _ [G] _ _
What was it like?
Well, it had _ a lot [C] to do with_
_ [G] _ Taking LSD, I guess.
_ [D] Yeah?
_ Everybody was _ _ [D#] taking LSD.
What was the [A#] exploding plastic in your_ _ _
I _ _ [G] _ _ _ think _ _ it was mainly Dr.
Aus's _ _ _ _ _ days.
[D#] That [Dm] _ was what [D] was really happening.
[G] _ _ [F] _ _ _
Explosions and_
Multiple explosions in [F#] _
people's [G] brains.
[D] So what you're saying is everyone was really bombed out,
and that was [N] about the state of things, eh?
Yes.
Is there any truth in the story that_
_ _ _ _ is because the lights were so bright?
[G] _ _ It had to do with the _ _ image of_
_ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
like the Jesus trip. _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Everybody_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ What_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F#m] _
[G] 6,000 people on the 13th of _ _ December_ 1974.
I thought that was a much _ bigger_
_ _ [F#m] exploding _ [D] _ _ _ inevitable _ _ thing than_ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ than 16 years ago.
How big a part in the_ Bell Bundling?
He [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
was in the shadow.
[F#] In the shadow?
Standing in the shadow.
_ _ [G] He was always behind the camera.
_ _ _ [A] Never in front.
[G] Sometimes, sometimes in front. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Actually, when the filming went on_ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Pictures?
Still pictures.
_ _ _ _ _ But he was the one _ _ that_ _ _
_ [B] had the guts _ to_
[G] to save the Velvet [B] Underground.
_ _ [G]
Because _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ they had been thrown out of _ _ _ _ a_
_ on Third Street.
The [B] Café Bizarre.
[G] Because people couldn't dance to their music.
_ _ _ _ [Am] So_
_ _ _ _ [G] They had no_
no job, _ so_
that's when [Gm] Andy came [G] and_
saved the situation.
And that's when I [Dm] joined them.
_ _ _ _ Because I had [G] just come_
come from England.
_ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Regrets?
I have no regrets.
No. _
_ _ _ Except that [Gm] I was born a [A] woman instead of a _ _ _ _
_ [Gm] man.
_ [C#m] _ _ _ _
[C#m] _ [Cm] _ [G] Do you find that you're sort of swamped a lot by _ your_
the days with the Volvo underground?
Lou Reed, do you find you're harassed by that?
_ [D] _ [G] You can't say harassed, [D] but_
_ _ _ I just find it very_ _ _ _ _ tasteless, really.
_ People must go on about it an awful lot, _ [G] because_
Because already [Dm] that I'm still alive, I'm [E] _ [G] _ _ one_
few that are still alive.
Because I know_
I know_
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ clichés.
[G] _ That's the only attitude to the oldest?
It's really [E]
being _ _ [D] sarcastic.
_ [C] Being cynical, I guess.
[E] _ _ _ _ Can't avoid [Cm] being cynical.
_ [E] _ _ [G] _ _
What was it like?
Well, it had _ a lot [C] to do with_
_ [G] _ Taking LSD, I guess.
_ [D] Yeah?
_ Everybody was _ _ [D#] taking LSD.
What was the [A#] exploding plastic in your_ _ _
I _ _ [G] _ _ _ think _ _ it was mainly Dr.
Aus's _ _ _ _ _ days.
[D#] That [Dm] _ was what [D] was really happening.
[G] _ _ [F] _ _ _
Explosions and_
Multiple explosions in [F#] _
people's [G] brains.
[D] So what you're saying is everyone was really bombed out,
and that was [N] about the state of things, eh?
Yes.
Is there any truth in the story that_
_ _ _ _ is because the lights were so bright?
[G] _ _ It had to do with the _ _ image of_
_ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
like the Jesus trip. _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Everybody_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ What_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F#m] _
[G] 6,000 people on the 13th of _ _ December_ 1974.
I thought that was a much _ bigger_
_ _ [F#m] exploding _ [D] _ _ _ inevitable _ _ thing than_ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ than 16 years ago.
How big a part in the_ Bell Bundling?
He [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
was in the shadow.
[F#] In the shadow?
Standing in the shadow.
_ _ [G] He was always behind the camera.
_ _ _ [A] Never in front.
[G] Sometimes, sometimes in front. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Actually, when the filming went on_ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Pictures?
Still pictures.
_ _ _ _ _ But he was the one _ _ that_ _ _
_ [B] had the guts _ to_
[G] to save the Velvet [B] Underground.
_ _ [G]
Because _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ they had been thrown out of _ _ _ _ a_
_ on Third Street.
The [B] Café Bizarre.
[G] Because people couldn't dance to their music.
_ _ _ _ [Am] So_
_ _ _ _ [G] They had no_
no job, _ so_
that's when [Gm] Andy came [G] and_
saved the situation.
And that's when I [Dm] joined them.
_ _ _ _ Because I had [G] just come_
come from England.
_ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Regrets?
I have no regrets.
No. _
_ _ _ Except that [Gm] I was born a [A] woman instead of a _ _ _ _
_ [Gm] man.
_ [C#m] _ _ _ _