Velvet Underground - The Gift Chords

_ _ _ Walter Jeffers had reached his limit.
It was now mid-August, [C]
which meant [Eb] he had been separated from Martha for four months.
[Bm] [C] In two months, Paul [D] had to show three [C] dog-eared letters and [D] two very expensive clock-distance [C] phone [Bb] calls.
[C] When school [Gbm] had ended, she [Em] returned to Wisconsin, [D] due to locus [C] of intervening.
[G] She had a plan to maintain a certain fidelity.
[Bb]
She [A] would date occasionally, [Bb] but her marriage was [A] reserved.
She would remain faithful. _
[Dm] But lately, [A] Walter had begun to worry.
He had trouble sleeping at [Bm] night.
[C] And when he did, he [D] had a [G] horrible dream.
[D] He lay awake at night, tossing and turning.
[C] He did [D] put on a jacket, [G] tears welling in his eyes, [D]
as he pictured [Gm] Martha, her sworn vows [C] overcome by [D] liquor and the [C] soothing of some [D]
Neanderthal,
[Gm] finally [D] submitting to the final [C] caress of sexual pleasure.
_ [G] It was [Dm] more than human [D] mind could bear.
[A] Visions [C] of Martha's faithlessness [D] haunted him.
_ Daytime fantasies of [C] sexual abandon permeated [Dm] his thoughts.
[G] And the thing was, they wouldn't understand how she really was.
She in Waldo alone understood this.
[C] He had intuitively grasped the [D] heavy look and cranny of her psyche.
[C] It [Am] made her smile.
[D] She needed him. _ _ _
The idea came to him on the Thursday before the film was already scheduled to appear.
He just [G] finished mowing and etching the Adelson's lawn for a dog-fence date.
I checked the mailbox to see if it was in his [D] mind.
Ah, sure.
[C] There was nothing but a search warrant for the American Women [Bm] and Company of America [C] [G] inquiring into his [Dm] own immune system.
[C]
[G] At least they cared enough to write.
It was New York.
_ [C] She could [D] go anywhere in a [Cm] band.
[D] Then the stroke.
[G] He [D] didn't have enough money to go to [C] Wisconsin and they [D] accepted Hatcher with treat.
[G] Why not [D] mail him some?
He would have sex.
He [C] would ship himself [D] possible for a special delivery.
The next day, Waldo went to the supermarket to purchase pastries.
[A] _ He bought a master's cake, a staple gun, a medium-sized cardboard box, and a striped fur coat.
_ [Dm] He [Cm] jerked up to the minimum of Jocelyn.
He [Am] could ride quite fast [D] at the base.
A few [E] air horses [Eb] brought him a [Dm] bird-food made snack.
[G] He would probably [D] be as good as going [G] tourist.
_ By Friday afternoon, Waldo was _ [Cm] stuttering packed in the coat [F] office, waiting [C] to pick him up at 3 o [A]'clock.
_ [C] He managed to adjust, [D] and as he [Gm] sat curled [A] up inside, resting on the foam rubber cushioning in the [Bb] soft-covered exhibit,
[C] he tried to picture the look of awe and happiness on Marshall's face as he opened the door,
saw the package, tipped the [D] deliverer, [Cm] and then opened it to see how [D] Waldo [C] finally let it go.
_ [D]
[Cm] Cute kisser.
An unnoticed human? _
If you'd only thought of this before.
Suddenly, [C] rough hands [Bb] took him back.
[Gm] He felt himself worn [D] out.
He [Gm] landed on his toes in [D] a truck and was [A] off.
Marshall Bronson [Ab] was definitely setting [D] her hair.
It had been a very rotten thing.
[G] She had to [Dm] remember not to drink [A] like that.
_ [Dm] Bill had been [A] nice about it, though.
After it was over, he said he [Bm] still respected her, [C] and that law was [A] certainly the way of [D] nature.
Even [Ab] though he [D] knows she [G] didn't love her, he would feel an affection for her.
[Dm] After all, [C] they were grown-up. _
[A] Oh, what a beautiful cute girl.
But that [Dm] seemed many years ago.
[Am] _
Sheila Tyne, [Gm] her very, very best friend, [Am] walked into the porch [Dm] sweet door and into the kitchen. _
[Db] Oh, God, it's absolutely [D] amazing.
[A] _
_ I know [Gbm] it is.
[C] I feel all the [Dm] heat.
[A] Marshall tightened [G] the belt on her collar, [Eb] circled her leg.
Sheila ran [Am] her finger over the soft-covered [G] ventilation table. _
_ _ [F] _ [D] I suppose it would be dangerous to be soft [Dm]-covered, [Cm] but you should definitely be like growing [Dm] up.
_ Marshall started to walk to [D] _ some places like she'd [Am] seen on television.
[G] _ God, don't even talk [C] about that.
[Dm] She got up from the table and went to the sink [G] where she picked up [D] a rotten pickaxe.
_ What was it?
I'd better not say.
And she never touched it. _
I don't think I'd ever touch a drunken [Cm] idiot.
She gave up and sat down, and stood near the small table to put her telephone down.
[C] Maybe Bill would call [Gb] if she said that [Cm] she was ill.
[Am] Sheila never let him [C] through.
[Gm] [C] After last night, I thought maybe [E] he'd be through [D] with him.
[G] _ [Cm] I know what [D] you mean.
My [Em] God, he was like an octopus.
[A] His hands all over the place.
[Dm] Yeah, she just_
She had [E] her arms upward in her [D] hands.
The [G] thing is, after a while, [Dm] you get tired of fighting [Gm] with a woman.
[D] That's what all I [Cm] didn't really do anything fighting on Saturdays, so I [Dm] didn't talk about it. _ _
She had a scratch.
_ Sheila was giving him the hand of [C] a knife.
That's how you [D] know I've had this [C] problem.
[Dm] And even after a while, [C] she went [Dm] forward and missed [C] him.
_ [D] _ That's his [G] laughing face.
_ [Dm] _ [G] It was at this point [A] that Mr.
Jameson of [G] the Clannan Starr Post Office rang the doorbell of the last clerk of the [Am] house.
_ [Ebm] _ [Bm] _
[Dm] _ What do you know?
He had his yellow and sweet silver paper [D] signed at the left of it in [A] his _ _ small pocketbook for the day.
What do you [Dm] think it is, Sheila?
[G] _ [D] Marcia stood with her [Am] arms folded behind [D] her back.
She stared at the brown cardboard card with a [G] sigh.
_ [Dm] I don't [Cm] know.
[G] _ Inside the package, Waldo quivered with excitement.
_ _ [C] _ Sheila wound [Bm] her finger near the [G] masking tape and [D] then said to the clerk,
_ When are [A] you going to return our business e-mails from?
_ Waldo felt his heart beat and feel the [Dm] vibration of his steps. _
_ [D] _ _ Marcia walked around the carton and [Cm] read the e-mail to [D] Clatchley.
_ [Gb]
God, [Dm] it's from Waldo!
[C] _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ Waldo resembled his expectation.
_ Well, he might as well open it, said Sheila.
[Ab] He both knew he was trying to [D] tear up the paper. _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _
He must have [C] nailed it shut.
[D] They talked [C] on the phone again.
[D] _ [C] My gosh, he did [D] power drill to get this [C] thing open.
[Dm] _ Again. _
[Cm] _ [A] Stop, [Cm] get it apart.
_ [D] _
[C] They both stood still, [D] nothing happened.
[C] _
[D] When did you get a [C] scissors, said Sheila?
[D] _
[C] Marcia laughed.
_ Marcia got a scissors.
_ Then she [D] remembered that her father kept the collection of books and papers.
[C] She ran downstairs, [N] and when she came back up, she had a large, kind _ of,
less than a coin, [Dm] said yes.
[A] Here, you do it.
I'm going to die.
_ [Bb] The son took a large plastic couch and made a pair [A] of toys with it.
[D] _
[C] Sheila tried to make a [B] slit between the [G] masking tape and the end of the [Bb] card.
But the [C] [G] blade was too big, there wasn't [C] enough room.
[D] _ [A] God damn this thing!
_ _ _ [B] That's [Db] why I [A] didn't let it in.
What?
_ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ Inside the package, Walter was [G] so [Dm] transfixed with excitement, he couldn't bear it any longer.
If Tim [Em] felt quickly [D] from the heat, he [Cm] could feel his heart [A] beating in his throat.
[Dm] It won't be soon.
_ _ [Cm] Sheila [B] stood [C] quite upright and walked [Dm] around to the other side of the [A] package.
Then she sank down to her knees, grasped the cover by both [F] handles,
and deep breathed, [D]
[Dm] touched the mouth plate through the middle of the package,
through the masking tape, through [A] the cardboard, through the cushion,
[D] _
[A] right through the center of Walter [Dm] Jeffers' hand.
[A] Slits like this caused [Dm] little MacArthur's friend [Cm] to curse him [G] gently in his [Dm] heart. _
[Cm] _ [Dm] _ _ _ [Em] _ [Dm] _
_ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _