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Sick of You chords by
Lou Reed
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Key: A major•
Verse 1
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I was up in the morning

with the TV blarin'

brush my teeth sittin' watchin' the news

All the beaches were closed

the ocean was a Red Sea

but there was no one there

to part it in two
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There was no fresh salad because

there's hypos in the cabbage

Staten Island disappeared at noon
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And they say the midwest is

in great distress

and NASA blew up the moon
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The ozone layer has no ozone anymore
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and you're gonna leave me

for the guy next door
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I'm Sick of You

They arrested the Mayor

for an illegal favor

sold the Empire State to Japan

And Oliver North married William Secord

and gave birth to a little Teheran
C
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And the Ayatollah bought a nuclear warhead

if he dies he wants to go out in style
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And there's nothing to eat

that don't carry the stink

of some human waste dumped in the Nile
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Well one thing is certainly true
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no one here knows what to do
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I'm Sick of You
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The radio said there were 400 dead

in some small town in Arkansas
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Some whacked out trucker

drove into a nuclear reactor

and killed everybody he saw
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Now he's on Morton Downey

and he's glowing and shining

doctors say this is a medical advance
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They say the bad makes

the good

and there's something to be learned

in every human experience
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Well I know one thing that really is true
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This here's a zoo and

the keeper ain't you
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And I'm sick of it, I'm Sick of You

They ordained the Trumps

and then he got the mumps

and died being treated at Mt. Sinai
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And my best friend Bill

died from a poison pill

some wired doctor prescribed

for stress
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My arms and legs are shrunk

the food all has lumps

They discovered some animal

no one's ever seen
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It was an inside trader eating a rubber tire

after running over Rudy Giuliani
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They say the President's dead

but no one can find his head
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It's been missing now for weeks
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But no one no ticed it

he has seemed so fit
Outro 1

and I'm Sick of it
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Chords

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  • F

  • Bb

Capo: 2

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Frequently asked questions

The original key of Sick of You by Lou Reed is A major.

The primary chords used in Sick of You are A, D, G, C.

To play in the original key, place your capo on the 2 fret.

Yes, this version uses open chords like A, D, G, C, making it a great song for beginner guitarists.

The tempo of Sick of You is approximately 182 beats per minute.

You can easily change the key of Sick of You using our Transpose button located in the toolbar. This will automatically update all chord diagrams on the page to match your new key.

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