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==================== "Dime Store Mystery" ==================== album _New York_ (Lou Reed, 1989) written by Lou Reed ==================== He was lying banged and battered, skewered and bleeding talking crippled on the Cross Was his mind reeling and heaving hallucinating fleeing what a loss The things he hadn't touched or kissed his senses slowly stripped away Not like Buddha not like Vishnu life wouldn't rise through him again I find it easy to believe that he might question his beliefs The beginning of the Last Temptation Dime Story Mystery The duality of nature, Godly nature, human nature splits the soul Fully human, fully divine and divided the great immortal soul Split into pieces, whirling pieces, opposites attract From the front, the side, the back the mind itself attacks I know the feeling, I know it from before descartes through Hegel belief is never sure Dime Store Mystery, Last Temptation I was sitting drumming thinking thumping pondering the Mysteries of Life Outside the city shrieking screaming whispering the Mysteries of Life There's a funeral tomorrow at St. Patrick's the bells will ring for you Ah, what must you have been thinking when you realized the time had come for you I wish I hadn't thrown away my time on so much Human and so much less Divine The end of the Last Temptation The end of a Dime Store Mystery intro {E7}{E7}{E7}{E7} {E7}{E7}{E7}{E7} {E7}{E7}{E7}{E7} {E7}{E7}{E7}{E7} {E7}{E7}{E7}{E7} (He was lying banged and battered ...) {E7}{E7}{E7}{E7} (Was his mind reeling and heaving ...) {A7}{A7}{A7}{A7} (The things he hadn't touched or kissed ...) {E7}{E7}{E7}{E7} (Not like Buddha not like Vishnu life ...) {A7}{A7}{A7}{A7} (I find it easy to believe ...) {E7}{E7}{E7}{E7} (The beginning of the Last Temptation ...) ... guitar {E7}{E7}{E7}{E7} {E7}{E7}{E7}{E7} {A7}{A7}{A7}{A7} {E7}{E7}{E7}{E7} {E7}{E7}{E7}{E7} (I was sitting drumming thinking ...) {E7}{E7}{E7}{E7} (Outside the city shrieking screaming ...) {A7}{A7}{A7}{A7} (There's a funeral tomorrow at ...) {E7}{E7}{E7}{E7} (Ah, what must you have been thinking ...) {A7}{A7}{A7}{A7} (I wish I hadn't thrown away my time ...) {E7}{E7}{E7}{E7} (The end of the Last Temptation ...) {E7}{E7}{E7}{E7} {E7}{E7}{E7}{E7} {E7}{E7}{E7}{E7} {E7}{E7}{E7}{E7} ... repeat and fade out * backing guitar (chord E7 part): scale 0 1 2 3 1e ||---|-o-|-o-|---|- 2B ||---|---|-o-|---|- 3G ||---|-o-|---|---|- 4D ||---|---|---|---|- 5A ||---|---|---|---|- 6E ||---|---|---|---|- * backing guitar (chord A7 part): scale 0 1 2 3 1e ||---|---|---|---|- 2B ||---|-o-|-o-|---|- 3G ||---|-o-|---|---|- 4D ||---|---|---|---|- 5A ||---|---|---|---|- 6E ||---|---|---|---|- * guitar solo ...E7}|{E7} {E7} {E7} {E7} --------|--------------------------------------------------------- --------|--------------------------------------------------------- ---4--6-|-6/7--7-7-7---6/7--7---7-7--6/7--7-----4v------------6/7- --------|--------------------------------------------------------- --------|--------------------------------------------------------- --------|--------------------------------------------------------- {E7} {E7} {E7} {E7} --------------------------------------------------- ----------7---------------------------------------- --7---7-7---7-6-6/7-7-----7-7--/4v----4v---4\------ --------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------- {A7} {A7} {A7} {A7} --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --9/11-11---9-9---9/11-11--9-9---9/11-11-9--9/11-11-9--9/11-11-9--11-9-11-- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- {E7} {E7} {E7} {E7} --------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------- --/16v-------6-/7--7\6-7\6--7\6---/4v-------------------- --------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------- *** please note *** h - hammer on p - pull off b - bend string up r - release bend / - slide up \ - slide down v - vibrato ^ - harmonics ***************************************************************************** transcribed by Shiroh KOUCHI (wildside@mtci.ne.jp) http://w3.mtci.ne.jp/~wildside/lou_reed/index.html ***************************************************************************** ***************************************************************************************** The above is solely MY INTERPRETATION of this great song, in a format aimed at learning guitarists. No attempt has been made to copy or reproduce the artist's or publisher's sheet music for the song, if such exists. It can be used for INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. To play the song as it should be played, you should purchase the official sheetmusic for the song. You should also purchase and listen to the song to learn the rhythm and timing of the song - this is essential if you wish to play the song with any degree of accuracy *****************************************************************************************