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"Dime Store Mystery"
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album _New York_
(Lou Reed, 1989)
written by Lou Reed
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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}
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---4--6-|-6/7--7-7-7---6/7--7---7-7--6/7--7-----4v------------6/7-
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{E7} {E7} {E7} {E7}
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----------7----------------------------------------
--7---7-7---7-6-6/7-7-----7-7--/4v----4v---4\------
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{A7} {A7} {A7} {A7}
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--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--
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{E7} {E7} {E7} {E7}
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--/16v-------6-/7--7\6-7\6--7\6---/4v--------------------
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*** please note ***
h - hammer on
p - pull off
b - bend string up
r - release bend
/ - slide up
\ - slide down
v - vibrato
^ - harmonics
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transcribed by Shiroh KOUCHI (wildside@mtci.ne.jp)
http://w3.mtci.ne.jp/~wildside/lou_reed/index.html
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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
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