Tatters chords by Lou Reed

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Verse 1
G 
Bm 
 (G major) Some couples live in har (B minor) mony
Em 
G 
Some do not  (E minor)  (G major) 
Bm 
Some couples  (B minor) yell
D 
Em 
and scream  (D major)  (E minor) 
Some do not

Verse 2

But what you said was something

That I can't forget

It echoes in my head

Like a bullet made of lead

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Verse 3

Some people yell and scream

And some do not

Some people sacrifice their lives

And some do not

Verse 4
Am 
 (A minor) 
Bm 
Some people wait for sleep (B minor) 
C 
To take them  (C major) away
Am 
C 
While  (A minor) others read books endlessly  (C major) 
Bm 
D 
C 
 (B minor) Hoping  (D major) problems will  (C major) go away

Verse 5
G 
 (G major) 
Bm 
I  (B minor) know you're hoping everything
D 
Em 
 (D major) Works  (E minor) out
G 
Bm 
 (G major) Neither one of us  (B minor) is
Em 
The  (E minor) type who shouts

Verse 6
Am 
Bm 
 (A minor) You sleep in the bedroom  (B minor) 
C 
While I pace up and  (C major) down the hall
Am 
C 
 (A minor) Our baby stares at both  (C major) of us
Bm 
D 
 (B minor) Wondering which  (D major) one of us to call
C 
 (C major) 

Verse 7
G 
 (G major) I guess it's true that not
Bm 
Em 
 (B minor) Every match burns  (E minor) bright
G 
I  (G major) guess it's true
Bm 
 (B minor) Not all that I say is right
Em 
 (E minor) 

Verse 8
Am 
C 
Bm 
But  (A minor) what you said still  (C major) bounces  (B minor) 
C 
Am 
C 
Around in my  (C major)  (A minor) head  (C major) 
Bm 
Who thought  (B minor) this could happen to us
D 
 (D major) When we first went to bed
C 
 (C major) 

Verse 9
G 
 (G major) 
Bm 
 (B minor) I'm told in the end
Em 
That none of this  (E minor) matters
G 
Bm 
All couples  (G major) have troubles  (B minor) 
Em 
And none of this mat (E minor) ters

Verse 10
Am 
But  (A minor) what you said
Bm 
D 
C 
Still  (B minor) echoes  (D major) in my  (C major) head
Am 
C 
Bm 
And  (A minor) I'm still in the  (C major) hallway  (B minor) 
D 
C 
Down (D major) stairs sleep (C major) ing alone instead
G 
 (G major) 

Verse 11
Bm 
 (B minor) I know you don't care
Em 
But here's my last thought  (E minor) 
G 
Not that it matter (G major) s
Bm 
D 
 (B minor) But here's the last thing  (D major) I thought
Em 
 (E minor) 

Verse 12
Am 
 (A minor) 
Bm 
Our little thing is  (B minor) lying
C 
Here in  (C major) tatters
Am 
C 
Bm 
And  (A minor)  (C major) you my dear  (B minor) 
D 
C 
 (D major) Don't have any  (C major) manners
Em 
 (E minor) 

Verse 13
Sad to leave this way
To leave it all in tatters
Saddening to leave this way
To leave it all in tatters
I suppose that we all could say
That nothing of it matters
Still it's sad