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White Prism easy guitar chords by
Lou Reed
Lou Reed

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Intro 1
G
F
G
F

G
F
G
F

G


C
G
C
G

Verse 1
G

There's
C

a white prism with phony jism
G

Spread across its face

And the soulful convicts forever interred
C
G

Lose the smile across their faces

The smile that registered hopes or dreams
C
G

Has proven just a waste
Verse 2
Em
G

And I'm the indentured servant
F
G

Forever in his place

I'm the indentured servant
Interlude 1

Forever in his place
G
C
G
C
G

Verse 3
G

I wish I built a cabinet
C
G

Of shiny bolts and wood
C
G

Secret draws and hiding places
C
G

Sculpted out of wood

Secret places, secret lies

In a desk lying alone
Verse 4
Em
G

A secret letter written to you
F
G

To be read when you're alone
Em
G

A secret letter written to you
F
G

To be read when you're alone
Verse 5
G

It says I'm your indentured servant

I can no longer pretend

That I'm a lover or an equal
C
G

I'm not even a friend

I'm not good enough to serve you

I'm not good enough to stay
Verse 6
G

So it is that I beseech you
F
G

To please turn me away

So it is that I beseech you
F
G
Am
G

To please turn me away
Verse 7
C
G

Turn me away
Am
G

Turn me away
C
G

Turn me away
Verse 8

G

I'm asking you to let me go
C
G

It hurts me when you're sad

And I can not do better than this
C
G

Which must surely make you mad

I'd be better off in your cabinet
Verse 9

Or in a prison made of cloth
G

Crouched beneath your dress I come
F
G

Shooting little spurts
Em
G

Crouched beneath

your dress I come
F
G

Shooting little spurts
Verse 10
G

I'm your indentured servant

But even I have pride

In what I make or say or do
C
G

Although I've lots to hide

I hide from freedom and I

hide from you

'cause you've found me out
Verse 11
C
G

I belong in prison beneath your legs
F
G

In a cabinet that I've built
Em
G

Beneath a candle in a secret drawer
F
G

In a prison by a moat
Verse 12
G

I'm your indentured servant
C
G

And I'm asking you to leave

Me outside this prison cell
C
G

Where only you can breathe

I'm your indentured servant
C
G

But I'm asking you for this
Verse 13
G

Please release me from this love

And do it with a kiss
Em
G

I'm your indentured servant
F
G

I'm the one you'll miss
Verse 14
Am
G

Do it with a kiss
C
G

Do it with a kiss

Do it with a kiss

I'm the one you'll miss

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