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Trouble with classicists chords by
Lou Reed
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Key: D major•
Intro 1
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The trouble with a classicist he looks at a tree
Verse 1
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That's all he sees, he paints a tree
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The trouble with a classicist
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he looks at the sky
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He doesn't ask why,
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he just paints a sky
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Verse 2
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The trouble with an impressionist,
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he looks at a log
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And he doesn't know who he is,
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standing, staring, at this log
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And surrealist memories are too
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amorphous and proud
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While those downtown
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macho painters are just alcoholic
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The trouble with im

pressionist is

The trouble with impressionist
Interlude 1

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The trouble with personalities, they're too wrapped up in style
Verse 3
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It's too personal,
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they're in love with their own guile
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They're like illegal aliens trying
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to make a buck
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They're driving gypsy cabs
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but they're thinking like a truck
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The trouble with personalities is
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The trouble with personalities is
Interlude 2
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Verse 4
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I like the druggy downtown kids
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who spray paint walls and trains
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I like their lack of training,
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their primitive technique
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I think sometimes it hurts you
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when you stay too long in school
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I think sometimes it hurts you
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when you're afraid to be called a fool
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The trouble with classicists is
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The trouble with classicists is
Outro 1
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Chords

  • A

  • G

  • D

  • E

  • F#

    2

  • Em

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The original key of Trouble with classicists by Lou reed is D major.

The primary chords used in Trouble with classicists are A, G, D, E, F#, Em.

No capo is required for this song.

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

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