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"Dirty Blvd."
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album _New York_
(Lou Reed, 1989)
written by Lou Reed
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Pedro lives out of the Wilshire Hotel
he looks out a window without glass
The walls are made of cardboard, newspapers on his feet
his father beats him 'cause he's too tired to beg
He's got 9 brothers and sisters
they're brought up on their knees
it's hard to run when a coat hanger beats you on the thighs
Pedro dreams of being older and killing the old man
but that's a slim chance he's going to the boulevard
He's going to end up, on the dirty boulevard
he's going out, to the dirty boulevard
He's going down, to the dirty boulevard
This room cost 2,000 dollars a month
you can believe it man it's true
somewhere a landlord's laughing till he wets his pants
No one here dreams of being a doctor or a lawyer or anything
they dream of dealing on the dirty boulevard
Give me your hungry, your tired your poor I'll piss on 'em
that's what the Statue of Bigotry says
Your poor huddled masses, let's club 'em to death
and get it over with and just dump 'em on the boulevard
Get to end up, on the dirty boulevard
going out, to the dirty boulevard
He's going down, on the dirty boulevard
going out
Outside it's a bright night
there's an opera at Lincoln Center
movie stars arrive by limousine
The klieg lights shoot up over the skyline of Manhattan
but the lights are out on the Mean Streets
A small kid stands by the Lincoln Tunnel
he's selling plastic roses for a buck
The traffic's backed up to 39th street
the TV whores are calling the cops out for a suck
And back at the Wilshire, Pedro sits there dreaming
he's found a book on magic in a garbage can
He looks at the pictures and stares at the cracked ceiling
"At the count of 3" he says, "I hope I can disappear"
And fly fly away, from this dirty boulevard
I want to fly, from dirty boulevard
I want to fly, from dirty boulevard
I want to fly-fly-fly-fly, from dirty boulevard
I want to fly away
I want to fly
Fly, fly away
I want to fly
Fly-fly away (Fly a-)
fly-fly-fly (-way, ooohhh...)
Fly-fly away (I want to fly-fly away)
fly away (I want to fly, wow-woh, no, fly away)
intro {G/D}{A/D}{G/D}{A/D}
{G/D}{A/D}{G/D}{A/D}
{G/D}{A/D}{G/D}{A/D} (Pedro lives out of the Wilshire ...)
{G/D}{A/D}{G/D}{A/D} (The walls are made of cardboard ...)
{G/D}{A/D}{G/D}{A/D} (- brothers and sisters, they're ...)
{G/D}{A/D}{G/D}{A/D} (- dreams of being older and ...)
{G/D}{A/D}{G/D}{A/D} (- on the dirty boulevard, he's ...)
{G/D}{A/D}{G/D}{A/D} (- down, to the dirty boulevard)
....
* intro (right channel: Mike Rathke)
{G / D } {A / D } {G / D } {A / D }
1e -------------------------------------------------------------
2B -------------------------------------------------------------
3G -------------------------------------------------------------
4D -------------------------------------------------------------
5A -------------------------------------------------------------
6E ----------------------------------------------------------0--
{G / D } {A / D } {G / D } {A / D }
-------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------
-----------0-2-4-5---5/7-7-7v-------------0-2-4-5---5/7-7-7----7\--
----0-2-4--------------------------0-2-4---------------------------
--3----------------------------------------------------------------
* riff (left channel: Lou Reed)
{G / D } {A / D }
1e --x-3-x-x--2---x-x---------2----2-2-x--
2B --x-0-x-x--3---x-x---2-0-x-3----3-3-x--
3G --x-0-x-x--2---x-x---2-2-x-2----2-2-x-- ...
4D --x-0-x-x--0---x-x---2-2-x-0----0-0-x--
5A --x-2-x-x------------0-0-x-------------
6E --x-3-x-x------------------------------
*** 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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"Dirty Blvd."
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album _Perfect Night Live In London_
(Lou Reed, 1998)
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Ah, Pedro lives out of the Wilshire Hotel
looks out a window without glass
Walls are made of cardboard, newspapers on his feet
you're men, beats him 'cause he's too tired to beg
He's got 9 brothers and sisters
they're brought up on their knees
hard to run when a coat hanger his young five
Pedro dreams of being older and killing the old man
slim chance he's going to the boulevard
Get it, get it, get it, to the dirty boulevard
I'm gonna get out, to the dirty boulevard
Going down, to the dirty boulevard
get it out
This room cost 2,000 dollars a month
you can believe it, baby, it's true
somewhere a landlord's laughing till he wets his pants
wets his pants
No one dreams of being a doctor or a lawyer or anything
they just dream of dealing on the boulevard
Give me your hungry, your tired your poor I'll piss on
that's what the Statue of Bigotry says
Ah, your poor huddled masses
what a we just call club 'em to death, get it over with
dump 'em on the boulevard
And get it out, huh
I'm going down
Get it, get it, get it out
going down
You ever had rage in your heart
you ever had some rage in your heart
You ever had rage in your heart
every, ever had rage in your heart
Outside it's a bright night, there's an opera
at Lincoln Center
The klieg lights shoot up over the Manhattan skyline
but the lights are out on the Mean Streets, ah
Small kids stands by the Lincoln Tunnel
selling plastic roses for a buck
Traffic's backed up to 39th street
the TV whores are calling the cops out get a suck
Back at the Wilshire, Pedro sits there dreaming
found a book on magic in a garbage can
Looks at the pictures, looks at stares at the cracked ceiling
by the count of 3, I'll get out here
And fly away
I want to fly
Fly away
I want to fly
From this dirty boulevard, fly-fly
(Fly-fly, fly away)
I want to get out here, get out, get out here
(Fly-fly, fly away)
I want to fly, fly, fly, fly
(Fly-fly, fly away)
get, get, get-get, get, get, get out here now
(Fly-fly, fly away)
I'm fly, I'm fly, I'm fly away
(Fly-fly, fly away)
get out here, get out here, get out here
(Fly-fly, fly away)
Hey, gimme-gimme-gimme go, gimme-gimme-gimme go
(Fly-fly, fly away)
gimme-gimme-gimme go, fly, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah
(Fly-fly, fly away)
Fly, fly, fly, fly
(Fly-fly, fly away)
fly, fly, I wanna get it, get it, get it
(Fly-fly, fly away)
Fly, fly, away, ha
(Fly-fly, fly away)
I wanna fly, fly-fly-fly-fly-fly
I wanna fly, fly, fly, fly, fly, fly away
* chords: same as _New York_ version
* riff 1
{G / D} {Asus4 / D}
1e --3------2-------------2-------
2B --0------3------3------3-------
3G --0------2------2------2-------
4D --0------0------2------0-------
5A --2-------------0--------------
6E --3----------------------------
* riff 2
{G / D} {A / D}
1e --3------2-------------2-------
2B --0------3------2------3-------
3G --0------2------2------2-------
4D --0------0------2------0-------
5A --2-------------0--------------
6E --3----------------------------
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thanks: Manuel Rodriguez (mmanucko@hotmail.com)
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In the lyrics of Dirty Blvd in "Perfect night", you can read
Ever had rasing your heart
ever had some, rasing your heart
Ever had rasing your heart
... ever had rasing your heart
I think that what Lou says is:
You have rage in your heart.
Ever have some rage in your heart
Ever have rage in your heart
Ever have some rage in your heart.
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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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