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"Standing On Ceremony"
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album _Growing Up In Public_
(Lou Reed, 1980)

written by Lou Reed/Michael Fonfara
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        Remember your manners
        will you please take your hat off
        Your mother is dying
        listen to her cough

        We were always standing on ceremony
        We were always standing on ceremony

        Can't you show some respect please
        although you didn't in real life
        Your mother is dying
        and I god damn well hope you're satisfied

        We were always standing on ceremony
        We were always standing on ceremony

        So please play another song on that juke box
        Please play another pretty sad song for me
        And if that phone rings, tell them that you haven't seen me
        If that last phone rings
        tell them that you haven't seen me for weeks
        and this one here's on me

        Standing on ceremony, standing on ceremony
        Standing on ceremony, standing on ceremony
        Standing on ceremony, you were always standing on ceremony
        (Standing, on ceremony)
        (Standing, on ceremony)
        (Standing, on ceremony)
        (Standing, on ceremony)
        (Standing, on ceremony)
        (Standing, on ceremony)
        ...



intro    /x.E}
        {Am}{Am}{F}{F}
        {Am}{Am}{F}{F}

        {Am}{Am}{F}{F}          (Remember your manners, will you ...)
        {Am}{Am}{F}{F}          (Your mother is dying, listen to ...)

        {Em}{Bm}{F}{Am/E}       (We were always standing on ceremony)
        {Em}{Bm}{F}{Am/E}       (We were always standing on ceremony)

        {Am}{Am}{F}{F}
        {Am}{Am}{F}{F}

        ...

        {C}{F}{C}{G}            (So please play another song on ...)
        {C}{F}{C}{G}            (Please play another pretty sad ...)
        {C}{F}{C}{G}            (And if that phone rings, tell ...)
        {C}{F}{C}{F}            (If that last phone rings ...)

        {Am}{Am}{F}{F}
        {Am}{Am}{F}{F}

        {F/G}{Am}{F/G}{Am}      (Standing on ceremony, standing ...)
        {F/G}{Am}{F/G}{Am}      (Standing on ceremony, standing ...)
        {F/G}{Am}{F/G}{Am}      (Standing on ceremony, you were ...)
        {F/G}{Am}{F/G}{Am}      (Standing, on ceremony)
        {F/G}{Am}{F/G}{Am}      (Standing, on ceremony)
        {F/G}{Am}{F/G}{Am}      (Standing, on ceremony)
        {F/G}{Am}{F/G}{Am}      (Standing, on ceremony)
        {F/G}{Am}{F/G}{Am}      (Standing, on ceremony)
        {F/G}{Am}{F/G}{Am}      (Standing, on ceremony)
        ...fade out




* intro and riff

   /x.E}{Am}           {Am}           {F}           {F}
1e ---------------------------------------------------------------
2B ---------------0-1---------------------------------------------
3G -------------------2------------------------2p0----------------
4D ---x---2-------------2v-------------------------3--------------
5A ---x---0----------------------------3-------------3v-----------
6E ------------------------------------1--------------------------

 {Am}           {Am}           {F}           {F}
-----------------------------------------------------------
-----------0-1---------------------------------------------
---------------2------------------------2p0----------------
---2-------------2v-------------------------3--------------
---0----------------------------3-------------3v-----3--2--
--------------------------------1--------------------------



* We were always standing on ceremony
    {Em}            {Bm}              {F}              {Am   / E   }
1e --0-------0--------2-------2--------1-------1--------5-5-5--4----
2B ----0-------0--------3-------3--------1-------1------5-5-5--5----
3G ------0-------0--------4-------4--------2-------2----------------
4D --------2-------2--------4-------4--------3-------3--------------
5A -----------------------------------------------------------------
6E -----------------------------------------------------------------
    |------------------- mute play -------------------|

 We were always standing on ceremony
 {Em}            {Bm}              {F}             {Am   / E   }
--0-------0--------2-------2--------1-------1--------------------
----0-------0--------3-------3--------1-------1------------------
------0-------0--------4-------4--------2-------2----2-3-2-1v----
--------2-------2--------4-------4--------3-------3--------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------
 (           ---- mute play ---                    )



*** please note ***

h - hammer on
p - pull off
b - bend string up
r - release bend
/ - slide up
\ - slide down
v - vibrato
^ - harmonics




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thanks: Detlef Juergens (detlef.juergens@nwn.de)
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Maybe it helps.


Standing On Ceremony

Remenber your manners
Will you please take your hat off
Your mother is dying
Listen to her cough

We were always Standing on Ceremony

Can't you show some respect please
Although you didn't in real life
Your mother is dying
And I god damn will hope you're satisfied

We were always Standing on Ceremony
We were always Standing on Ceremony

So please play another song on that jukebox
Please play another pretty sad song for me
And if that phone rings
Tell them that you haven't seen me
If the phone rings
Tell them you haven't seen me for weeks

And this one here's on me

Standing on Ceremony
Standing on Ceremony
Standing on Ceremony
Standing on Ceremony
Standing on Ceremony

You were always Standing on Your Ceremony


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transcribed by Shiroh KOUCHI (wildside@mx21.tiki.ne.jp)
http://ww21.tiki.ne.jp/~wildside/
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