Safety Zone chords by Lou Reed

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Intro 1

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Verse 1
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I thought
I'd make a safety zone
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I  thought the doctor and the sister
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I thought I'd make a safety zone
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I thought I'd make a bridge
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Keep civility over here
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I thought I'd build a safety zone
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I thought I'd build a safety zone
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I thought I'd bring together a hospital,
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a school and my home
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Sidestepping morality, that isn't me
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I thought with my heart,
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I thought I'd build a safety zone
The Japanese in this war
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have brought us to our collective knees.
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I am asking, please,
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can we all agree on one thing,
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please?
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Here are proper letters sealed
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and sent to state the obvious.
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And though it seems too late,
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I'm asking, please,
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can we declare a safety zone?
Dear General,
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may we build a safety zone
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We're askin' please,
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may we build a safety zone
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Lives fly by in a  minute
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Rape at the end of a bayonet
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The sick and the elderly,
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we build a safety zone
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Last flight by in a minute
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Stuck to the end of a bayonet
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Nothing to fear from here
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May we build a safety zone
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We're gonna starve or freeze
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May we build a safety zone
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G may build a safety zone
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G -General,
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may we build a safety zone
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Starve or freeze, starve or freeze
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Starve or freeze,
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may we build a safety zone