Dirty Blvd. chords by Lou Reed (Official Version)

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Intro 1

Verse 1
G 
D/A 
A 
D/A 
 (G major) Pedro lives  (D/A) out of the Wilshire Ho (A major) tel  (D/A) 
G 
D/A 
A 
D/A 
he looks out a window  (G major) without glass  (D/A)  (A major)  (D/A) 
G 
D/A 
The walls  (G major) are made of card (D/A) board
A 
D/A 
news (A major) papers on his  (D/A) feet
And his father beats him
G 
D/A 
A 
D/A 
'cause  (G major) he's too tired to  (D/A) beg  (A major)  (D/A) 

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Verse 2

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

Chorus 1
G 
D/A 
He's going to end up,  (G major)  (D/A) 
A 
D 
on the  (A major) dirty boule (D major) vard
G 
D/A 
A 
D 
He's going out,  (G major)  (D/A) to    the dirty  (A major) boulevard  (D major) 
G 
D/A 
A 
D 
He's going down,  (G major)  (D/A) to    the dirty  (A major) boulevard  (D major) 
G 
D/A 
A 
D 
 (G major)  (D/A)  (A major)  (D major) 

Verse 3
G 
D/A 
This room  (G major) cost 2,000  (D/A) dollars a month
A 
D/A 
you can  (A major) believe it man  (D/A) it's  true
G 
somewhere a landlord's  (G major) laughing
D/A 
A 
D/A 
 (D/A) till  he wets his pants  (A major)  (D/A) 
G 
D/A 
No one here dreams of  (G major) being a  (D/A) doctor
A 
D/A 
or a lawyer or  (A major) anything  (D/A) 
G 
D/A 
they dream of dealing on  (G major) the dirty  (D/A) boulevard
A 
D/A 
 (A major)  (D/A) 

Verse 4
G 
Give me your  (G major) hungry,
D/A 
A 
D/A 
 (D/A) your  tired your poor  (A major) I'll piss  (D/A) on    'em
G 
D/A 
That's what the  (G major) Statue of Bigotry  (D/A) says
A 
D/A 
G 
D/A 
 (A major)  (D/A) Your  (G major) poor huddled  (D/A) masses,
A 
D/A 
let's club 'em to death  (A major) and  (D/A) get   it over with
G 
D/A 
A 
D/A 
And just dump 'em  (G major) on the boulevard  (D/A)  (A major)  (D/A) 

Chorus 2

Get em' out, on the dirty boulevard

Going out, to the dirty boulevard

He's going down, on the dirty boulevard

Going out

Verse 5
G 
D/A 
 (G major) Outside  (D/A) it's  a bright night
A 
D/A 
there's  (A major) opera at Lincoln  (D/A) Center
G 
D/A 
A 
D/A 
Movie stars  (G major) arrive  (D/A) by    limousine  (A major)  (D/A) 
G 
D/A 
The klieg  (G major) lights  (D/A) shoot up
A 
D/A 
over the skyline of  (A major) Manhattan  (D/A) 
G 
D/A 
but the lights are out  (G major) on the Mean  (D/A) Streets
A 
D/A 
 (A major)  (D/A) 

Verse 6
G 
D/A 
A small kid  (G major) stands by the Lin (D/A) coln  Tunnel
A 
D/A 
G 
D/A 
 (A major)  (D/A) he's  selling plastic  (G major) roses for a  (D/A) buck
A 
D/A 
 (A major)  (D/A) 
G 
D/A 
The traffic's backed  (G major) up to 39th  (D/A) street
A 
D/A 
G 
 (A major)  (D/A) The TV whores  (G major) are calling
D/A 
A 
D/A 
the  (D/A) cops  out for a suck  (A major)  (D/A) 

Verse 7
G 
And back at the  (G major) Wilshire,
D/A 
A 
D/A 
 (D/A) Pedro sits there dream (A major) ing  (D/A) 
G 
D/A 
He's found a book on  (G major) magic in a  (D/A) garbage can
A 
D/A 
G 
 (A major)  (D/A) He looks at the  (G major) pictures
D/A 
A 
D/A 
and  (D/A) stares up at the cracked  (A major) ceiling  (D/A) 
G 
"At the count of 3"  (G major) he says,
D/A 
A 
"I hope  (D/A) I     can disappear"  (A major) 
D/A 
 (D/A) And   fly, fly away

Chorus 3
G 
D/A 
A 
D 
 (G major)  (D/A) from this dirty  (A major) boulevard  (D major) 
G 
D/A 
A 
D 
I want to fly  (G major)  (D/A) from this  (A major) dirty boule (D major) vard
G 
D/A 
A 
D 
I want to fly  (G major)  (D/A) from the  (A major) dirty boule (D major) vard
G 
D/A 
I want to fly,  (G major) fly, fly, fly  (D/A) 
A 
D 
from the  (A major) dirty boule (D major) vard

Outro 1
G 
D/A 
I want to  (G major) fly away  (D/A) 
A 
D/A 
G 
D/A 
 (A major)  (D/A) I want to fly  (G major)  (D/A) 
A 
D/A 
G 
D/A 
 (A major)  (D/A) Fly, fly away  (G major)  (D/A) 
A 
D/A 
G 
D/A 
 (A major)  (D/A) I want to fly  (G major)  (D/A) 
A 
D/A 
G 
D/A 
A 
D/A 
 (A major)  (D/A) Fly, fly away  (G major) (fly,  (D/A) fly,  (A major) fly a (D/A) way)
G 
D/A 
A 
D/A 
Fly, fly,  (G major) fly (fly,  (D/A) fly,  (A major) fly a (D/A) way)
G 
D/A 
A 
D/A 
Fly fly a (G major) way (fly,  (D/A) fly,  (A major) fly a (D/A) way)
G 
D/A 
A 
D 
Fly away  (G major) (fly,  (D/A) fly,  (A major) fly a (D major) way)

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Tuning: E A D G B EDifficulty: BeginnerKey: D majorBPM: 123

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Finger positions, low to high (E A D G B e). 0 is open, x is muted.

G: 3-2-0-0-0-3
D/A: x-0-4-2-3-x
A: x-0-2-2-2-0
D: x-x-0-2-3-2

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This is the definitive original version of Dirty Blvd. by Lou Reed, transcribed exactly as it was recorded in the studio. Unlike our simplified arrangement, this chart preserves the precise chord voicings and progressions in the original key of D major. It suits players who want to learn Dirty Blvd. the way Lou Reed intended, without oversimplifying the arrangement.