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Verse 1
(G major) When I (D major) think of (A minor) you (A major) (D major) baton rouge (G major)
I think of a (A major) mariachi band (D major) (G major)
I think of six (A major) teen and a (D major) crisp
green football (G major) field
I think of a girl (A major) (D major) I never (G major) had
Verse 2
When I think of (A major) you baton (D major) rouge (G major)
I think of a back (A major) seat in a (D major) car (G major)
Windows are foggy (A major) and so are (D major) we (G major)
As the po (C major) lice asked for our i.d. (G major)
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Verse 3
So helpless (G major)
Verse 4
So helpless
(C major) Ooohhh, (G major) ooohhh, so helpless
(C major) Oooh (G major) hh, so helpless
(C major) Ooohhh, (G major) so helpless
(C major) So helpless
Well I once had (D major) a car
Verse 5
(A major) lost (D major) it
in a divorce (G major)
The judge was (A major) a woman (D major) of (G major) course
She said give her the car (A major) and the
house and your (D major) taste (G major)
Or else (A minor) (A major) I set (D major) the trial date (G major)
Verse 6
So now when I think of (A minor) you
(D major) baton rouge (G major)
And the deep southern
belles (A major) (D major) with their touch (G major)
I wonder where love (A major) ends and
(D major) hate starts to (G major) blush
In the fields in the swamps (A major) in the rush (D major) (G major)
Verse 7
In the terra-cotta cobwebs cob (A major)
webs of your (D major) mind (G major)
When did you start seeing me as
(A major) a spider spin (D major) ning web (G major)
Of malicious intent and you (A minor) as poor,
(A major) poor me (D major)
At the (G major) fire at the joint,
this disinterred and broken moun (A minor) t
In the bed (D major) room in the house
where (G major) we were unmarried
Verse 8
(C major) So (D major) help (C major) less, (G major) so helpless
(C major) So helpless (G major) (C major)
So helpless, (G major) so helpless (C major)
So helpless
Verse 9
When was I the vil (A major) lain (D major) in your heart (G major)
Putting (A minor) the brake (D major) on your start (G major)
You slapped my (A major) face and cried
(D major) and screamed (G major)
That's what marriage (A major) came (D major) to mean
(G major) The bitterest ending of a dream
(A major) (D major)
Verse 10
(G major)
You wanted chil (A major) dren and (D major) I did not (G major)
Was that what it (A major) was (D major) all about (G major)
You might get a laugh when you
(A major) hear me shout (D major) (G major)
You might get a laugh when
(A major) you hear me shout (D major)
(G major) I wish I had (C major)
Verse 11
So helpless, (G major) so helpless
(C major) So helpless
(G major) (C major) So helpless, (G major) so helpless
(C major) So helpless
Sometimes (A major) when I think
Verse 12
(A minor) (A major) of (D major) baton rouge (G major)
I see us with two (A major) and a half
strapping (D major) sons (G major)
One and a half flushed (A major) daughters
preparing to marry (D major) (G major)
And two fat grandsons (A major) I can
barely carry (D major) (G major)
Verse 13
Daddy, uncle, family (A major)
gathered (D major) there for grace (G major)
A dog in a barbecue (A major) pit goes (D major) up in space
(G major) The dream recedes in the morning
with a (A major) bad aftertaste (D major)
(G major) And I'm back in the big city worn
from the (A major) race of the chase
What a (D major) waste (G major)
Verse 14
So thanks for the card (A major) the (D major) an
nouncement of (G major) child
And I must say you and sam (A major) look great (D major)
(G major) Your daughter's gleaming in that -
(A major) - white wedding dress with (D major) pride
(G major) Sad to say I could never bring
(A major) that to you that wide (D major) smile
Verse 15
(G major) So I try not to think (A minor) of (D major) baton rouge
(G major) Or of a, of a, of a (A minor) (D major) mariachi band
(G major) Or of sixteen and a cris (A minor) p
green football (D major) field (G major)
And the girl,
(A minor) (A major) and the (D major) girl I never (G major) had (C major)
Verse 16
So helpless, (G major) so helpless
(C major) So helpless
(G major) (D major) (C major) So helpless, (G major) so helpless
(C major) So helpless
Baton Rouge
Lou Reed
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