Trouble with classicists chords by Lou Reed

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Intro 1

The trouble with a classicist he looks at a tree

Verse 1
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 (A major) That's all he sees, he  (G major) paints a tree  (D major) 
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 (A major) The trouble with a classicist
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 (G major) he looks at the sky  (D major) 
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He doesn't ask  (A major) why,
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he just  (G major) paints a sky
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Verse 2
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 (A major) The trouble with an impressionist,
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 (D major) he looks at a log
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And he doesn't know  (A major) who he is,
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standing,  (G major) staring, at  (D major) this log
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 (A major) And surrealist memories are too
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 (G major) amorphous and  (D major) proud
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 (A major) While those downtown
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macho painters are  (G major) just alcoholic
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 (D major) The trouble with  (A major) im
pressionist is
The trouble with impressionist

Interlude 1

The trouble with personalities, they're too wrapped up in style

Verse 3
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 (A major) It's too  (G major) personal,
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they're in  (A major) love with their own guile  (D major) 
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 (A major) They're like illegal  (G major) aliens trying
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to make a  (D major) buck
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They're driv (A major) ing gypsy cabs
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but they're  (G major) thinking like  (D major) a truck
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The  (A major) trouble with personalities is
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The trouble with personalities  (E major)  (A major) is

Interlude 2
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 (G major)  (D major)  (A major)  (G major)  (D major) 

Verse 4
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I  (D major) like the  (A major) druggy downtown  (G major) kids
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who spray  (D major) paint  (G major) walls and  (D major) trains
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 (A major) I like their lack of training,
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 (G major) their primitive technique  (D major) 
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I think some (A major) times it hurts you
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when you stay too long in school  (D major) 
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I  (A major) think sometimes it hurts you
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when you're afraid to be  (G major) called a fool  (D major) 
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 (G major) The  (A major) trouble with classicists is
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The trouble with classicists  (E major)  (E minor)  (A major) is

Outro 1
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