Chords for Suzanne Vega - Luka | Het verhaal achter het nummer | Top 2000 a gogo

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G#

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Suzanne Vega - Luka | Het verhaal achter het nummer | Top 2000 a gogo chords
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[D#m] [F#] So we're walking down Broadway.
[G#] We're approaching 102nd Street,
[B] and this is where I spent most of my childhood.
[B] I know this [F#] whole area so [D#] well.
[D#] This used to be a Lamston.
[F#] We used to [D#] go here to buy Christmas presents,
very cheap ones.
This is where we moved [B] to from East Harlem.
So it's 102nd Street and Broadway,
and [C#] all of my adventures began [B] pretty much from this doorstep.
[C#] It still haunts my dreams.
[F#] My name is Luca.
[B] I [C#] live on the second floor.
I live upstairs from you.
[B] Yes, I think [C#] you've seen me before.
[D#m] You [C#]
hear something late at [D#m] night,
[F#] some kind [C#] of trouble, some kind of [B] fright.
Just don't ask me what it [B] was.
Just don't [C#] ask me what it [B] was.
Just don't [C#] ask me what it [F#] was.
I wanted to write [G#] about child abuse.
I had been listening to Lou Reed a lot,
[N]
and I was impressed by the way he wrote about a violent world.
And I had to think of how [F] to write about a subject
that [N] no one talks about.
And I guess I saw the name on this magazine
of a boy who lived in my building down on 23rd Street.
[F#] And I thought, Luca.
I [C#] think it's cause I'm clumsy.
[B] I try [C#] not to talk too loud.
[F#] Maybe [C#] it's because I'm crazy.
[B] I try [C#] not to act too proud.
[D#m] Only [C#] hit till you cry.
[F#]
[C#] After that, you don't [B] ask why.
You just [C#] don't argue.
And I finally [B] met the boy one [C#] day.
I saw the boy [B] waiting for the elevator,
and I said, [C#] I don't think I've seen you before.
What's your [F#] name?
And he said, [C#] My name is Luca.
[B] I live on [C#] the second floor.
[F#] I live [C#] upstairs from you.
And [G#] since I lived on the ground floor,
I knew he lived upstairs from [Fm] me.
Everyone lived upstairs from me.
So that's how I slowly [C] made my way
into the angle [N] of the song.
And then just [G#] one day, I was listening
to Lou Reed's Berlin album, and the whole thing came out.
Started about [C#] 2 o'clock.
By [F#] 4 o'clock, I had the whole song done.
Yes, I think I'm okay.
I walked into [F#] the door again.
If you ask, that's what I'll say.
[B] It's not [F#] your business [C#] anyway.
I guess I'd like to be alone.
With nothing broken, nothing [B] broken.
Just [C#] don't ask me how I [B] am.
Just [F#]
don't ask me how I am.
Just don't ask me how I am.
There's no [N] rough drafts.
This came out pristine.
No, [Fm] my name is, I didn't try any other names,
I didn't try any other formats.
It's [C#] the song.
If you hear something late at [D#m] night,
[F#] some kind of trouble, some kind of [B] fight,
just [F#] don't ask me what it [B] was.
[F#] Just don't ask me what it was.
For a long time, it was sort of a [A#] song that was [A] private.
I would sing it for audiences,
and I noticed that they [C] would become uncomfortable.
They [D] didn't like it.
When they figured out [D#] what it was about, it made them sad.
[N] So I thought this song would just disappear,
and instead my manager said, I think that [A#] song could be a hit.
And I [B] was like, you [C#] have to be kidding me.
We had a big argument, and he said,
I think it's an important song.
It's a song about abuse.
This is the 80s, no one's writing songs about issues anymore.
Music changed the world, and I fought with him,
and I said, I don't think that music changed the world.
And he really let go.
We ended the Vietnam War.
How can you tell me [F#] that music didn't change anything?
So in the end I said, fine, knock yourself out.
You just don't argue anymore.
[B] [F#] Just don't [C#] argue anymore.
Just don't [C#]
argue anymore.
The little germ of an idea for a song is usually a problem,
[G#] and living here I see a lot of problems.
I spoke to somebody, I don't know, a couple of years ago,
and we were talking about the whole issue of Luka and abuse,
and this girl turned around and she said,
I don't know anyone who has not been abused in one way or another.
So in a sense, most of us are abused in life in some way or another,
and we carry those burdens, and we deal with them the way we deal with them.
So in [D#m] a sense, to be bitter [C#]
instead of sweet, [G#] what's the point?
What is the point?
[F#] [A#] [E]
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D#m
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G#
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C#
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F#
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_ _ [D#m] _ _ [F#] So we're walking down Broadway.
[G#] We're approaching 102nd Street,
[B] and this is where I spent most of my childhood.
[B] _ I know this [F#] whole area so [D#] well.
_ [D#] This used to be a Lamston.
[F#] We used to [D#] go here to buy Christmas presents,
_ very cheap ones. _
This is where we moved [B] to from East Harlem.
_ So it's 102nd Street and Broadway,
and [C#] all of my adventures began [B] pretty much from this doorstep.
[C#] It still haunts my dreams.
_ [F#] _ _ My name is Luca.
_ _ _ [B] _ I [C#] live on the second floor.
_ _ I live upstairs from you.
_ [B] _ Yes, I think [C#] you've seen me before.
_ [D#m] _ You [C#]
hear something late at [D#m] night,
[F#] some kind [C#] of trouble, some kind of [B] fright.
Just don't ask me what it [B] was.
Just don't [C#] ask me what it [B] was.
Just don't [C#] ask me what it [F#] was.
I wanted to write [G#] about child abuse.
I had been listening to Lou Reed a lot,
[N] _
and I was impressed by the way he wrote about a violent world.
_ And I had to think of how [F] to write about a subject
that [N] no one talks about.
_ _ And I guess I saw the _ _ name _ on this magazine
of a boy who lived in my building down on 23rd Street.
_ _ [F#] And I thought, Luca.
_ I [C#] think it's cause I'm clumsy.
[B] _ _ I try [C#] not to talk too loud.
[F#] _ _ Maybe [C#] it's because I'm crazy.
[B] _ _ I try [C#] not to act too proud.
[D#m] _ _ Only [C#] hit till you cry.
[F#] _ _
[C#] After that, you don't [B] ask why.
You just [C#] don't argue.
And I finally [B] met the boy one [C#] day.
_ I saw the boy [B] waiting for the elevator,
and I said, [C#] I don't think I've seen you before.
What's your [F#] name?
And he said, [C#] My name is Luca.
_ _ [B] _ _ I live on [C#] the second floor.
_ [F#] _ I live [C#] upstairs from you.
And [G#] since I lived on the ground floor,
I knew he lived upstairs from [Fm] me.
Everyone lived upstairs from me.
So _ _ that's how I slowly [C] made my way
into the angle [N] of the song. _ _ _ _
And then just [G#] one day, I was listening
to Lou Reed's Berlin album, and the whole thing came out.
Started about [C#] 2 o'clock.
By [F#] 4 o'clock, I had the whole song done.
_ Yes, I think I'm okay.
_ I walked into [F#] the door again.
_ _ If you ask, that's what I'll say.
[B] _ It's not [F#] your business _ [C#] anyway.
I guess I'd like to be alone.
With nothing broken, _ nothing [B] broken.
Just [C#] don't ask me how I [B] am.
Just [F#]
don't ask me how I am.
_ Just don't ask me how I am.
_ There's no [N] rough drafts.
This came out _ pristine.
No, [Fm] my name is, I didn't try any other names,
I didn't try any other formats.
It's _ _ [C#] the song.
If you hear something late at [D#m] night,
[F#] some kind of trouble, some kind of [B] fight,
_ just [F#] don't ask me what it [B] was.
_ [F#] Just don't ask me what it was.
For a long time, it was sort of a [A#] song that was [A] private.
I would sing it for audiences,
and I noticed that they [C] would become uncomfortable.
They [D] didn't like it.
When they figured out [D#] what it was about, it made them sad.
_ _ _ [N] So I thought this song would just disappear,
and instead my manager said, I think that [A#] song could be a hit.
And I [B] was like, you [C#] have to be kidding me.
_ We had a big argument, and he said,
I think it's an important song.
It's a song about abuse.
This is the 80s, no one's writing songs about issues anymore.
Music changed the world, and I fought with him,
and I said, I don't think that music changed the world.
And he really let go.
We ended the Vietnam War.
How can you tell me [F#] that music didn't change anything?
So in the end I said, fine, knock yourself out.
You just don't argue _ anymore.
[B] _ [F#] Just don't [C#] argue _ anymore.
_ Just don't [C#]
argue anymore.
The little germ of an idea for a song is usually a problem,
[G#] and living here I see a lot of problems.
I spoke to somebody, I don't know, a couple of years ago,
and we were talking about the whole issue of Luka and abuse,
and this girl turned around and she said,
I don't know anyone who has not been abused in one way or another.
So in a sense, most of us are abused in life in some way or another,
and we carry those burdens, and we deal with them the way we deal with them. _ _ _
So in [D#m] a sense, to be bitter [C#] _
instead of sweet, [G#] _ _ what's the point? _
_ _ What is the point?
[F#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A#] _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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