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Forever Changed

Lou Reed
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
{tuning: Standard (EADGBE)}
{sot} 1e -------|
2B -------|
3G ---7---|
4D ---7---|
5A ---5---|
6E -------|{eot}
* chorus part/single note play: scale ({A#}{C}{D5}{D5} part)
{sot} 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
1e --|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|-
2B --|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|-
3G --|-o-|---|-o-|---|-o-|-o-|---|-o-|---|-o-|---|-
4D --|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|-
5A --|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|-
6E --|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|-{eot}

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Arrangement source for Forever Changed by Lou Reed

{tuning: Standard (EADGBE)}
intro   {[D]}{[D]}{[G]}{[G]}
        {[D]}{[D]}{[G]}{[G]}

        {[D]}{[D]}{[G]}{[G]}      (Train entering the city)
        {[D]}{[D]}{[G]}{[G]}      (I lost myself and never came back)
        {[D]}{[D]}{[G]}{[G]}      (Took a trip 'round the world ...)
        {[D]}{[D]}{[G]}{[G]}      (Black silhouettes, crisscrossed ...)

chorus  {[Bb]}{[C]}{[D5]}{[D5]}   (Forever changed)
        {[Bb]}{[C]}{[D5]}{[D5]}   (Forever changed)
        {[Bb]}{[C]}{[D5]}{[D5]}
        {[Bb]}{[C]}{[D5]}{[D5]}

        {[D]}{[D]}{[G]}{[G]}
        {[D]}{[D]}{[G]}{[G]}

        {[D]}{[D]}{[G]}{[G]}      (You might think I'm frivolous ...)
        {[D]}{[D]}{[G]}{[G]}      (You might think I'm empty ...)
        {[D]}{[D]}{[G]}{[G]}      (Society Andy who paints and records them)
        {[D]}{[D]}{[G]}{[G]}      (The high and the low, never turn back)

chorus  {[Bb]}{[C]}{[D5]}{[D5]}   (Forever changed)
        {[Bb]}{[C]}{[D5]}{[D5]}   (Forever changed)
        {[Bb]}{[C]}{[D5]}{[D5]}   (Forever changed)
        {[Bb]}{[C]}{[D5]}{[D5]}   (Forever changed)

        {[D]}{[D]}{[G]}{[G]}
        {[D]}{[D]}{[G]}{[G]}

        {[D]}{[D]}{[G]}{[G]}      (Got to get to the city, get a job)
        {[D]}{[D]}{[G]}{[G]}      (Got to get some work to see me through)
        {[D]}{[D]}{[G]}{[G]}      (My old life's behind, I see it receding)
        {[D]}{[D]}{[G]}{[G]}      (My life's disappearing ...)

chorus  {[Bb]}{[C]}{[D5]}{[D5]}   (Hong Kong and I was changed, Burma, -)
        {[Bb]}{[C]}{[D5]}{[D5]}   (- Thailand and I was changed)
        {[Bb]}{[C]}{[D5]}{[D5]}   (A few good friends to see me through ...)
        {[Bb]}{[C]}{[D5]}{[D5]}   (- Brigid to see me through, Only -)
        {[Bb]}{[C]}{[D5]}{[D5]}   (- art to see me through, Only -)
        {[Bb]}{[C]}{[D5]}{[D5]}   (- heart to see me through, My -)
        {[Bb]}{[C]}{[D5]}{[D5]}   (- old life's disappearing ...)
        {[Bb]}{[C]}{[D5]}{[D5]}   (Forever changed)
        {[Bb]}{[C]}{[D5]}{[D5]}   (Forever changed)
        {[Bb]}{[C]}{[D5]}{[D5]}   (I was forever changed)

coda    {[D]}{[D]}{[G]}{[G]}
        {[D]}{[D]}{[G]}{[G]}
        {[D]}{[D]}{[G]}{[G]}
        {[D]}{[D]}{[D]}{[D]..

* [D5] chord

{sot} 1e -------|
 2B -------|
 3G ---7---|
 4D ---7---|
 5A ---5---|
 6E -------|{eot}

* chorus part/single note play: scale ({A#}{C}{D5}{D5} part)

{sot}     4   5   6   7   8   9  10  11  12  13  14  15
1e --|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|-
2B --|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|-
3G --|-o-|---|-o-|---|-o-|-o-|---|-o-|---|-o-|---|-
4D --|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|-
5A --|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|-
6E --|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|-{eot}

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