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Sword Of Damocles

Lou Reed
Version1
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
 
B|-----------|
G|-3-3-3-----|
D|-5-5-5-----|
A|-5-5-5-----|
E|-3-3-3-----|
 Whole Song:
 
e|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
B|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
G|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
D|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
A|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
E|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-----------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
 Lyrics:
 I see The Sword of Damocles
 is right above your head
 They're trying a new treatment
 to get you out of bed
 But radiation kills both bad and good
 it can not differentiate
 So to cure you they must kill you
 the Sword of Damocles hangs above your head
 Now I have seen lots of people die
 from car crashes or drugs
 Last night on 33rd st.
 I saw a kid get hit by a bus
 But this drawn out torture over which part of you lives
 is very hard to take
 To cure you they must kill you
 the Sword of Damocles above your head
 That mix of morphine and dexedrine
 we use it on the street
 It kills the pain and keeps you up
 your very soul to keep
 But this guessing game has its own rules
 the good don't always win
 And might makes right
 the Sword of Damocles is hanging above your head
 It seems everything's done that must be done
 from over here though things don't seem fair
 But there are things that we can't know
 maybe there's something over there
 Some other world that we don't know about
 I know you hate that mystic shit
 It's just another way of seeing
 the Sword of Damocles above your head

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Readable chord sheet for Sword Of Damocles by Lou Reed

[Gm]

B|-----------|
G|-3-3-3-----|
D|-5-5-5-----|
A|-5-5-5-----|
E|-3-3-3-----|

Whole Song:

  [Em]                 [C]                 [G]                 [G]

e|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
B|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
G|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
D|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
A|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
E|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-----------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|

Lyrics:

I see The Sword of Damocles
is right above your head
They're trying a new treatment
to get you out of bed
But radiation kills both bad and good
it can not differentiate
So to cure you they must kill you
the Sword of Damocles hangs above your head

Now I have seen lots of people die
from car crashes or drugs
Last night on 33rd st.
I saw a kid get hit by a bus
But this drawn out torture over which part of you lives
is very hard to take
To cure you they must kill you
the Sword of Damocles above your head

That mix of morphine and dexedrine
we use it on the street
It kills the pain and keeps you up
your very soul to keep
But this guessing game has its own rules
the good don't always win
And might makes right
the Sword of Damocles is hanging above your head

It seems everything's done that must be done
from over here though things don't seem fair
But there are things that we can't know
maybe there's something over there
Some other world that we don't know about
I know you hate that mystic shit
It's just another way of seeing
the Sword of Damocles above your head

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