Coney Island Baby original guitar chords by
Lou Reed

1976•Rock•281 views•

Key: C major•

Intro 1

C

C

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F

F

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C

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F

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C

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You know, man,

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when I was a young man in high school

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C

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You believe it or not,

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I wanted to play football for the coach

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C

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F

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And all those older guys, they said

that he was mean and cruel, but you know

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C

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I wanted to play football, for the coach

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C

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They said I was a little too lightweight

to play lineback and so I was playin' right- end

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C

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F

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Wanted to play football for the coach

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C

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'Cause, you know some day,

man you gotta stand up straight

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C

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unless you're gonna fall

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Then you're going to die

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C

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F

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And the straightest dude, I ever knew

was standing right for me, all the time

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C

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F

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So I had to play football for the coach

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C

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F

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And I wanted to play football for the coach

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C

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F

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Verse 1

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C

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F

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When you're all alone and lonely

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C

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In your midnight hour

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C

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F

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And you find that your soul

Dm7

Dm7

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G

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It has been up for sale

Cmaj7

Cmaj7

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Fmaj7

Fmaj7

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And you're getting to think about

Cmaj7

Cmaj7

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Fmaj7

Fmaj7

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All the things that you done

Cmaj7

Cmaj7

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Fmaj7

Fmaj7

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And you're getting to hate

Dm7

Dm7

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G

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Just about everything

Chorus 1

Am

Am

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G

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But remember the princess

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G

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who lived on the hill

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Am

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G

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Who loved you even though she knew

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you was wrong

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Am

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And right now she just

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G

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might come shining through, and the

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C

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F

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Glory of love

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C

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Glory of love

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C

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Glory of love,

Dm7

Dm7

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G

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just might come through

Verse 2

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C

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F

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And all your two-bit friends have gone

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C

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and ripped you off

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C

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F

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They're talking behind your back saying

"man, you're never going to be

Dm7

Dm7

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G

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no human being"

Cmaj7

Cmaj7

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Fmaj7

Fmaj7

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And you start thinking again

Cmaj7

Cmaj7

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about all those things that you've done

Fmaj7

Fmaj7

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Cmaj7

Cmaj7

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And who it was and what it was

Fmaj7

Fmaj7

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And all the different things

Dm7

Dm7

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G

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that made every different scene

Chorus 2

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Am

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Ah, but remember

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that the city is a funny place

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Something like a circus or a sewer

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Am

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And just remember,

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G

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F

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different people have peculiar tastes, and the

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C

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F

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Glory of love

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C

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F

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The glory of love

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C

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F

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The glory of love,

Dm7

Dm7

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G

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might see you through

Outro 1

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C

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F

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Yeah, but now, now, glory of love

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C

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F

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The glory of love

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C

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F

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The glory of love

Dm7

Dm7

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G

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might see you through

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C

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F

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Glory of love, uh, huh-huh

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C

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The glory of love

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C

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Glory of love, glory of love

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C

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Glory of love, now, glory of love, now

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C

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Glory of love, now, now, now, glory of love

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C

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Glory of love, give it to me now,

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F

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glory of love to see you through, huh

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C

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F

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Oh, my Coney Island baby, now

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C

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F

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(I'm a Coney Island baby)

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C

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I'd like to send this one out

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F

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C

C

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to Lou and Rachel (I'm a Coney Island baby)

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F

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And all the kids at P.S. 192

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C

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(Coney Island baby) Man, I'd swear,

I'd give the whole thing up for you

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Chords

C
F
Dm7
G
Cmaj7
Fmaj7
Am

Capo: 0

Transpose: 0

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The original key of Coney Island Baby by Lou Reed is C major.

The primary chords used in Coney Island Baby are C, F, Dm, G, Am.

No capo is required for this song.

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