power and glory - the situation chords by Lou Reed

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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I was  (C major) visited
by the power and the glory
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I was  (F major) visited by a majestic hymn
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 (C major) Great bolts of lightning
Lighting up the sky
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 (F major) Electricity flowing through my veins
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 (C major) I was captured by a larger mo (F major) ment
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I was  (C major) seized by divinity's hot breath  (F major) 
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 (C major) Gorged like a lion on exper (F major) ience
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 (C major) Powerful from life  (F major)  (E flat major) 
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I wanted all of it  (F major) 
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Not some  (E flat major) of  (F major) it  (C major) 
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I saw a man turn into a bird  (F major) 
I saw a bird turn into a tiger
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I  (C major) saw a man hang from a
cliff by the tips of his toes
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In  (F major) the jungles of the Amazon
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I saw a  (C major) man put a red hot
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needle  (F major) through his eye
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Turn into a crow,  (C major) 
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and fly through the trees  (F major) 
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Swal (C major) low hot coals,
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and  (F major) breathe out flames
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And I  (C major) wanted this  (F major)  (E flat major) to  (F major)  (E flat major) 
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happen  (F major) to me  (C major) 
We saw the moon vanish into his pocket
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 (F major) We saw the stars disappear from sight
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 (C major) We saw him walk across
water into the sun
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While  (F major) bathed in eternal light
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We spewed out ques (C major) tions,
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waiting for answers  (F major) 
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Creating  (C major) legends, religions,
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and myths  (F major)  (C major) 
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Books, stories,  (F major) movies, and plays
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All  (C major) trying to explain this  (F major) 
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 (E flat major) I  (F major)  (E flat major) saw a  (F major) 
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 (C major) great man turn
into a little child
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The cancer  (F major) reduced him to dust
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His  (C major) voice growing weak as
he fought for his life
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With a  (F major) bravery few men know
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I saw  (C major) isotopes introduced
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into his lung (F major) s
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Trying to stop  (C major) the cancerous spread  (F major) 
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And it  (C major) made me think of
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Leda  (F major) and The Swan
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And  (C major) gold being made from lead  (F major) 
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The same  (C major) power that burned Hiroshima
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Caus (F major) ing three-legged babies
babies and death
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 (C major) Shrunk to the size of a nickel
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To  (F major) help him regain his breath
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And I was struck  (C major) by
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the power and the glory  (F major) 
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I was vis (C major) ited by a majestic Him  (F major) 
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 (C major) Great bolts of lightning, lighting  (F major) up the sky
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As the  (C major) radiation flowed through him  (F major) 
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He  (E flat major) wanted all of it
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Not some of  (F major) it