Baton Rouge

Baton Rouge easy guitar chords by Lou Reed

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    • Verse 1
    When 
    I 
    think 
    of 
    you 
    baton 
    rouge 

    I think 
    of 
    a 
    mariachi band 

    I think 
    of 
    six
    teen 
    and 
    a 
    crisp 

    green 
    football 
    field 

    I think 
    of a girl 
    I 
    never 
    had 

    Verse 2
    When 
    I 
    think 
    of 
    you 
    baton 
    rouge 

    I 
    think 
    of 
    a back 
    seat 
    in a 
    car 

    Windows 
    are foggy 
    and so 
    are 
    we 

    As 
    the po
    lice 
    asked 
    for 
    our 
    i.d. 

    Verse 3
    So 
    helpless 

    Verse 4
    So 
    helpless 

    Ooohhh, 
    ooohhh, so 
    helpless 

    Oooh
    hh, 
    so 
    helpless 

    Ooohhh, 
    so 
    helpless 

    So 
    helpless 

    Well I 
    once 
    had 
    a car 
    Verse 5
    lost 
    it 

    in a 
    divor
    ce 

    The judge 
    was 
    a 
    woman 
    of 
    course 

    She said 
    give 
    her the 
    car 
    and the 

    house 
    and your 
    taste 

    Or 
    else 
    I set 
    the 
    trial 
    date 

    Verse 6
    So 
    now 
    when I 
    think 
    of 
    you 

    baton 
    rouge 

    And the 
    deep 
    southern 

    belles 
    with 
    their 
    touch 

    I 
    wonder 
    where 
    love 
    ends 
    and 

    hate 
    starts 
    to 
    blush 

    In the 
    fields 
    in 
    the swamps 
    in 
    the rush 

    Verse 7
    In the 
    terra-cotta 
    cobwebs 
    cob

    webs 
    of 
    your 
    mind 

    When 
    did 
    you start 
    seeing 
    me as 

    a spider 
    spin
    ning 
    web 

    Of 
    malicious 
    intent 
    and you 
    as 
    poor, 

    poor 
    me 

    At 
    the 
    fire 
    at 
    the joint, 

    this 
    disinterred 
    and broken 
    moun
    t 

    In 
    the bed
    room 
    in the 
    house 

    where 
    we 
    were 
    unmarried 

    Verse 8
    So 
    help
    less, 
    so 
    helpless 

    So 
    help
    less 

    So 
    helpless, 
    so 
    helpless 

    So 
    helpless 

    Verse 9
    When 
    was 
    I 
    the vil
    lain 
    in 
    your 
    heart 

    Putting 
    the 
    brake 
    on 
    your start 

    You slapped 
    my 
    face 
    and 
    cried 

    and 
    screamed 

    That's 
    what 
    marriage 
    came 
    to mean 

    The bitterest 
    ending 
    of 
    a dream 

    Verse 10

    You 
    wanted 
    chil
    dren 
    and 
    I 
    did 
    not 

    Was 
    that 
    what 
    it 
    was 
    all 
    about 

    You might 
    get 
    a laugh 
    when you 

    hear 
    me 
    shout 

    You might 
    get 
    a laugh 
    when 

    you 
    hear 
    me 
    shout 

    I 
    wish 
    I 
    had 

    Verse 11
    So 
    helpless, 
    so 
    helpless 

    So 
    helpless 

    So 
    helpless, 
    so 
    helpless 

    So 
    helpless 

    Sometimes 
    when 
    I think 
    Verse 12
    of 
    baton 
    rouge 

    I see 
    us 
    with two 
    and 
    a half 

    strapping 
    sons 

    One 
    and a half 
    flushed 
    daughters 

    preparing 
    to marry 

    And two 
    fat 
    grandsons 
    I 
    can 

    barely 
    carry

    Verse 13
    Daddy, 
    uncle, 
    family 

    gathered 
    there 
    for 
    grace 

    A dog 
    in a 
    barbecue 
    pit 
    goes 
    up 
    in 
    space 

    The dream 
    recedes 
    in the morning 

    with 
    a 
    bad 
    aftertaste 

    And I'm 
    back 
    in the 
    big 
    city 
    worn 

    from the 
    race 
    of the 
    chase 

    What a 
    waste 

    Verse 14
    So 
    thanks 
    for 
    the card 
    the 
    an

    nouncement 
    of 
    child 

    And I must 
    say 
    you and 
    sam 
    look 
    great 

    Your 
    daughter's 
    gleaming 
    in 
    that 
    - 

    - white 
    wedding 
    dress 
    with 
    pride 

    Sad 
    to 
    say 
    I could 
    never 
    bring 

    that 
    to you 
    that 
    wide 
    smile 

    Verse 15
    So 
    I 
    try 
    not 
    to 
    think 
    of 
    baton 
    rouge 

    Or 
    of 
    a, of 
    a, of 
    a 
    mariachi band 

    Or 
    of 
    sixteen 
    and 
    a 
    cris
    p 

    green 
    football 
    field 

    And 
    the girl, 

    and the 
    girl 
    I 
    never 
    had 

    Verse 16
    So 
    helpless, 
    so 
    helpless 

    So 
    helpless 

    So 
    helpless, 
    so 
    helpless 

    So 
    helpless 

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