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"The Black Angel's Death Song"
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album _The Velvet Underground and Nico_
(The Velvet Underground, 1967)

written by Lou Reed/John Cale
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        The myriad choices of his fate
        set themselves out upon a plate for him to choose
        What had he to lose

        Not a ghost-bloodied country all covered with sleep
        where the black angel did weep
        not an old city street in the east
        Gone to choose

        And wandering's brother walked on through the night
        with his hair, in his face
        long a long splintered cut from the knife
        Of G.T.

        The Rally Man's patter ran on through the dawn
        Until we said so long to his skull
        Shrill yell

        Shining brightly, red-rimmed and red-lined with the time
        effused with the choice
        of the mind on ice skates scraping chunks
        From the bells

        Cut mouth bleeding razors forget in the pain
        antiseptic remains coo goodbye
        So you fly to the cozy brown snow of the east
        Gone to choose, choose again

        Sacrificials remains make it hard to forget
        where you come from
        the stools of your eyes serve to realize pain
        Choose again

        And Roberman's refrain of the sacrilege recluse
        for the loss of a horse
        went the bowels in the tail of a rat
        Come again, choose to go

        And if epiphanies terror reduced you to shame
        have your head bobbed and weaved
        choose a side
        To be on

        If the stone glances off split didactics in two
        lay the color of the mouse trails
        all's green try between, if you choose
        If you choose, try to lose
        for the loss of remain come and start
        Start the game
        I chi-chi, chi-chi I
        chi-chi-chi, ka-ta-ko, choose to choose
        choose to choose, choose to go



* all the strings downtuned a whole-tone

 1d ----- * downtuned a whole-tone (from e to d)
 2A ----- * downtuned a whole-tone (from B to A)
 3F ----- * downtuned a whole-tone (from G to F)
 4C ----- * downtuned a whole-tone (from D to C)
 5G ----- * downtuned a whole-tone (from A to G)
 6D ----- * downtuned a whole-tone (from E to D)



intro   /x.x.D}
        {D}{D}{Em}{Em}
        {E}{E}{D}{D}

        {D}{Em/D}               (The myriad choices of his fate ...)
        {E}{E}                  (- choose, What had he to -)
        {D}{D}                  (- lose)

        {D}{Em/D}{Em/D}{Em/D}   (Not a ghost-bloodied country ...)
        {E}{E}                  (- east, gone to -)
        {D}{D}{D}{D}            (- choose, And -)

        {D}{Em/D}{Em/D}{Em/D}   (- wandering's brother walked ..)
        {E}{E}                  (- knife, of -)
        {D}{D}{D}{D}            (- G.T., The -)

        {D}{Em/D}{Em/D}         (- Rally Man's patter ran on ...)
        {E}{E}                  (- skull, Shrill -)
        {D}{D}                  (- yell, Shining -)

        {D}{Em/D}{Em/D}{Em/D}   (- brightly, red-rimmed and ...)
        {E}{E}                  (- chunks, From the -)
        {D}{D}                  (- bells)

        {D}{D}{Em}{Em}          (shhhhhhhhhhhhhhh..)
        {E}{E}{D}{D}
        {D}{D}                  (Cut -)

        {D}{Em/D}{Em/D}         (- mouth bleeding razors forget ...)
        {E}{E}                  (- goodbye, So you -)
        {D}{Em/D}{E}{E}         (- fly to the cozy brown snow ...)
        {D}{D}{D}               (- choose, choose again)

        {D}{D}{D}{D}            (shhhhhhhhhhhhhhh..)

        {D}{Em/D}{Em/D}{Em/D}   (Sacrificials remains make it ...)
        {E}{E}                  (- realize pain, Choose -)
        {D}{D}                  (- again, And -)

        {D}{Em/D}{Em/D}{Em/D}   (- Roberman's refrain of the ...)
        {E}{E}                  (- a rat, Come -)
        {D}{D}{D}               (- again, choose to go)

        {D}{D}{D}{D}            (shhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.., And if -)

        {D}{Em/D}{Em/D}         (- epiphanies terror reduced ...)
        {E}{E}                  (- side, To be -)
        {D}{D}                  (- on, If the -)

        {D}{Em/D}{Em/D}{Em/D}   (- stone glances off split ...)
        {E}{E}                  (- choose, If you -)
        {D}{Em}{D}{Em}          (- choose, try to lose ...)
        {D}{D}{Em}{D}           (- game, I chi-chi, chi-chi I ...)
        {Em}{D}{Em}{D}          (-ko, choose to choose ...)

        {D}{D}{D}{D}            (shhhhhhhhhhhhhhh..)
        {D}{D}{D...




* intro (all the strings downtuned a whole-tone)

 /x.x.D}
*1d -------
*2A -------
*3F -------
*4C --0----
*5G -------
*6D -------

 {D}                        {D}
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------2-2----------2-2-----------2-2-------------------
--0-0-----0-0--0-0-----0-0---0-0-----0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0--
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 {Em}                       {Em}
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------0-0----------0-0-----------0-0-------------------
--0h2-----2-2--2-2-----2-2---2-2-----2-2--2-2-2-2-2-2--
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 {E}                        {E}
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------1-1----------1-1-----------1-1-------------------
--2-2-----2-2--2-2-----2-2---2-2-----2-2--2-2-2-2-2-2--
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 {D}                        {D}
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------2-2----------2-2-----------2-2----------2-2------
--0-0-----0-0--0-0-----0-0---0-0-----0-0--0-0-----0-0--
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* verse (all the strings downtuned a whole-tone)

     The myriad choices ...    - themselves out upon ...
     {D}                        {Em         / D}
*1d -------------------------------------------------------
*2A -------------------------------------------------------
*3F --2-2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2-2---0-0-0-0-0-0--2-2-2-2-2-2--
*4C --0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0---2-2-2-2-2-2--0-0-0-0-0-0--
*5G -------------------------------------------------------
*6D -------------------------------------------------------

- choose                                What had he to -
 {E}                        {E}
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------1-1----------1-1-----------1-1----------1-1------
--2-2-----2-2--2-2-----2-2---2-2-----2-2--2-2-----2-2--
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- lose
 {D}                        {D}
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------2-2----------2-2-----------2-2----------2-2------
--0-0-----0-0--0-0-----0-0---0-0-----0-0--0-0-----0-0--
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*** 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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* chords for standard-tuning



intro   /x.x.C}
        {C}{C}{Dm}{Dm}
        {D}{D}{C}{C}

        {C}{Dm/C}               (The myriad choices of his fate ...)
        {D}{D}                  (- choose, What had he to -)
        {C}{C}                  (- lose)

        {C}{Dm/C}{Dm/C}{Dm/C}   (Not a ghost-bloodied country ...)
        {D}{D}                  (- east, gone to -)
        {C}{C}{C}{C}            (- choose, And -)

        {C}{Dm/C}{Dm/C}{Dm/C}   (- wandering's brother walked ..)
        {D}{D}                  (- knife, of -)
        {C}{C}{C}{C}            (- G.T., The -)

        {C}{Dm/C}{Dm/C}         (- Rally Man's patter ran on ...)
        {D}{D}                  (- skull, Shrill -)
        {C}{C}                  (- yell, Shining -)

        {C}{Dm/C}{Dm/C}{Dm/C}   (- brightly, red-rimmed and ...)
        {D}{D}                  (- chunks, From the -)
        {C}{C}                  (- bells)

        {C}{C}{Dm}{Dm}          (shhhhhhhhhhhhhhh..)
        {D}{D}{C}{C}
        {C}{C}                  (Cut -)

        {C}{Dm/C}{Dm/C}         (- mouth bleeding razors forget ...)
        {D}{D}                  (- goodbye, So you -)
        {C}{Dm/C}{D}{D}         (- fly to the cozy brown snow ...)
        {C}{C}{C}               (- choose, choose again)

        {C}{C}{C}{C}            (shhhhhhhhhhhhhhh..)

        {C}{Dm/C}{Dm/C}{Dm/C}   (Sacrificials remains make it ...)
        {D}{D}                  (- realize pain, Choose -)
        {C}{C}                  (- again, And -)

        {C}{Dm/C}{Dm/C}{Dm/C}   (- Roberman's refrain of the ...)
        {D}{D}                  (- a rat, Come -)
        {C}{C}{C}               (- again, choose to go)

        {C}{C}{C}{C}            (shhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.., And if -)

        {C}{Dm/C}{Dm/C}         (- epiphanies terror reduced ...)
        {D}{D}                  (- side, To be -)
        {C}{C}                  (- on, If the -)

        {C}{Dm/C}{Dm/C}{Dm/C}   (- stone glances off split ...)
        {D}{D}                  (- choose, If you -)
        {C}{Dm}{C}{Dm}          (- choose, try to lose ...)
        {C}{C}{Dm}{C}           (- game, I chi-chi, chi-chi-I ...)
        {Dm}{C}{Dm}{C}          (-ko, choose to choose ...)

        {C}{C}{C}{C}            (shhhhhhhhhhhhhhh..)
        {C}{C}{C...







==============================
"Black Angel's Death Song"
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album _Live MCMXCIII_
(The Velvet Underground, 1993)

Jun 1993
L'Olympia, Paris, France
==============================


        The myriad choices of his fate
        set themselves out upon a plate for him to choose
        What had he to lose

        Not a ghost-bloodied country all covered with sleep
        where the black angel did weep
        not an old city street in the east
        Gone to choose, choose to go

        Wandering's brother walked on through the dawn
        with his hair, in his face
        long a long splintered cut from the knife
        From G.T.

        Cut mouth bleeding razors forget in the pain
        antiseptic remains coo goodbye
        So you fly to the cozy brown snow of the east
        Choose to go, choose to choose

        Roberman's refrain of the sacrilege recluse
        for the loss of a horse
        went the bowels in the tail of a rat
        Oh, oh, choose to go

        Sacrificials remains make it hard to forget
        where you come from
        the stools of your eyes serve to realize pain
        Choose to go

        If epiphanies terror reduced you to shame
        have your head bobbed and weaved
        choose a side
        Oh, to be on

        If the stone glances off split didactics in two
        lay the .... of the mouses
        all's green try between, if you choose
        If you choose, try to lose
        for the loss of remain come and start the game
        I chi-chi, chi-chi I
        chi-chi-chi, oh, ka-ta-ko, if you choose
        Choose to lose, choose to go



* all the strings downtuned a whole-tone

 1d ----- * downtuned a whole-tone (from e to d)
 2A ----- * downtuned a whole-tone (from B to A)
 3F ----- * downtuned a whole-tone (from G to F)
 4C ----- * downtuned a whole-tone (from D to C)
 5G ----- * downtuned a whole-tone (from A to G)
 6D ----- * downtuned a whole-tone (from E to D)



intro   {D}{D}{D}{D}         viola
        {D}{D}{D}{D}
        {D}{D}{D}{D}         guitar
        {D}{D}{D}{D}
        {D}{D}{D}{D}

        {D}{E/D}             (The myriad choices of his fate ...)
        {E}{E}               (- choose, What had he to -)
        {D}{D}               (- lose, Not a -)

        {D}{E/D}{E/D}{E/D}   (- ghost-bloodied country ...)
        {E}{E}               (- east, Gone to -)
        {D}{D}               (- choose, choose to go)

        {D}{D}{D}{D}         (shhhhhhhhh..)
        {D}{D}{D}{D}

        {D}{E/D}{E/D}{E/D}   (Wandering's brother walked on ...)
        {E}{E}               (- knife, From -)
        {D}{D}               (- G.T.)

        {D}{D}{D}            (Cut -)

        {D}{E/D}{E/D}        (- mouth bleeding razors forget ...)
        {E}{E}               (- goodbye, So you -)
        {D}{D}               (- fly to the cozy brown snow of the -)
        {E}{E}               (- east, Choose to -)
        {D}{D}               (- go, choose to choose)

        {D}{D}{D}{D}         (shhhhhhhhh..)
        {D}{D}{D}{D}
        {D}

        {D}{E/D}{E/D}{E/D}   (Roberman's refrain of the ...)
        {E}{E}               (- rat, Oh, oh, -)
        {D}{D}               (- choose to go)

        {D}{D}{D}{D}
        {D}{D}{D}{D}
        {D}{D}{D}{D}

        {D}{E/D}{E/D}{E/D}   (Sacrificials remains make it hard ...)
        {E}{E}               (- pain, Choose -)
        {D}{D}               (- to go)

        {D}{D}{D}{D}
        {D}{D}{D}{D}         (shhhhhhhhh..)
        {D}{D}{D}{D}
        {D}

        {D}{E/D}{E/D}        (If epiphanies terror reduced you ...)
        {E}{E}               (- side, Oh, to be -)
        {D}{D}               (- on)

        {D}{D}               (If the -)

        {D}{E/D}{E/D}{E/D}   (- stone glances off split ...)
        {E}{E}               (- choose, if you -)
        {D}{E}{D}{E}         (- choose, try to lose ...)
        {D}                  (- game, I chi-)
        {D}{E}{D}{E}         (-chi, chi-chi I, chi-chi-chi ...)
        {D}{E}{D}{D}         (- choose, Choose to lose ...)

        {D}{D}

        {D}{D}{D}{D}         (shhhhhhhhh..)
        {D}{D}{D}{D}
        {D}{D}{D}{D}         (shhhhhhhhh..)
        {D}{D}{D}{D}
        {D...




* riff (all the strings downtuned a whole-tone)

    The myriad choices of ...        choose
     {D           }  {E    / D    }  {E           }  {E           }
*1d ----------------------------------------------------------------
*2A --3-3-3--3-3-3----0-0-0--3-3-3----0-0-0--0-0-0----0-0-0--0-0-0--
*3F --2-2-2--2-2-2----1-1-1--2-2-2----1-1-1--1-1-1----1-1-1--1-1-1--
*4C --0-0-0--0-0-0----2-2-2--0-0-0----2-2-2--2-2-2----2-2-2--2-2-2--
*5G ----------------------------------------------------------------
*6D ----------------------------------------------------------------




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* chords for standard-tuning



intro   {C}{C}{C}{C}         viola
        {C}{C}{C}{C}
        {C}{C}{C}{C}         guitar
        {C}{C}{C}{C}
        {C}{C}{C}{C}

        {C}{D/C}             (The myriad choices of his fate ...)
        {D}{D}               (- choose, What had he to -)
        {C}{C}               (- lose, Not a -)

        {C}{D/C}{D/C}{D/C}   (- ghost-bloodied country ...)
        {D}{D}               (- east, Gone to -)
        {C}{C}               (- choose, choose to go)

        {C}{C}{C}{C}         (shhhhhhhhh..)
        {C}{C}{C}{C}

        {C}{D/C}{D/C}{D/C}   (Wandering's brother walked on ...)
        {D}{D}               (- knife, From -)
        {C}{C}               (- G.T.)

        {C}{C}{C}            (Cut -)

        {C}{D/C}{D/C}        (- mouth bleeding razors forget ...)
        {D}{D}               (- goodbye, So you -)
        {C}{C}               (- fly to the cozy brown snow of the -)
        {D}{D}               (- east, Choose to -)
        {C}{C}               (- go, choose to choose)

        {C}{C}{C}{C}         (shhhhhhhhh..)
        {C}{C}{C}{C}
        {C}

        {C}{D/C}{D/C}{D/C}   (Roberman's refrain of the ...)
        {D}{D}               (- rat, Oh, oh, -)
        {C}{C}               (- choose to go)

        {C}{C}{C}{C}
        {C}{C}{C}{C}
        {C}{C}{C}{C}

        {C}{D/C}{D/C}{D/C}   (Sacrificials remains make it hard ...)
        {D}{D}               (- pain, Choose -)
        {C}{C}               (- to go)

        {C}{C}{C}{C}
        {C}{C}{C}{C}         (shhhhhhhhh..)
        {C}{C}{C}{C}
        {C}

        {C}{D/C}{D/C}        (If epiphanies terror reduced you ...)
        {D}{D}               (- side, Oh, to be -)
        {C}{C}               (- on)

        {C}{C}               (If the -)

        {C}{D/C}{D/C}{D/C}   (- stone glances off split ...)
        {D}{D}               (- choose, if you -)
        {C}{D}{C}{D}         (- choose, try to lose ...)
        {C}                  (- game, I chi-)
        {C}{D}{C}{D}         (-chi, chi-chi I, chi-chi-chi ...)
        {C}{D}{C}{C}         (- choose, Choose to lose ...)

        {C}{C}

        {C}{C}{C}{C}         (shhhhhhhhh..)
        {C}{C}{C}{C}
        {C}{C}{C}{C}         (shhhhhhhhh..)
        {C}{C}{C}{C}
        {C...







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"Black Angel's Death Song"
(The Matrix, San Francisco, 11-23-69)
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box set _Bootleg Series Volume 1: The Quine Tapes_
(The Velvet Underground, 2001)

Nov 23, 1969
The Matrix, San Francisco, California
==================================================


        The myriad choices of his fate
        set themselves out upon a plate for him to choose
        What had he to lose

        Not a ghost-bloodied country all covered with sleep
        where the black angel did weep
        just not an old city street in the east
        Gone to choose

        And wandering's brother ran on through the dawn
        Until we said so long to his skull
        Shrill yell

        Shining brightly, red-rimmed and red-lined with the time
        effused with the choice
        of the mind on ice skates scraping chunks
        From the bells, say so long

        The Rally Man's patter ran on through the dawn
        Until we said so long to his skull, shrill yell
        Gone to choose

        And the sacrificials remains make it hard to forget
        where you come from the stools
        of your eyes serve to realize pain
        Choose again

        Cut mouth bleeding razors forget in the pain
        antiseptic remains coo goodbye
        So you fly to the cozy brown snow of the east
        Gone to choose, choose again

        Roberman's refrain of the sacrilege recluse
        for the loss of a horse
        went the bowels in the tail of a rat
        From G.T.

        If epiphanies terror reduced you to shame
        have your head bobbed and weaved
        choose a side
        To be on

        If the stone glances off split didactics in two
        lay the color of the mouse trails
        all's green try between, if you choose
        Oh, if you choose, try to lose
        for the loss of remain come and start
        Start the game
        I chi-chi, chi-chi I
        chi-chi-chi, ka-ta-ko, if you choose
        choose to lose, choose to go



* chords:
same as _The Velvet Underground and Nico_ version
They played using down-tuning
(all the strings downtuned a whole-tone)
and note that organ is key in Dm




* intro (all the strings downtuned a whole-tone)

     {D}
*1d ----------------------------
*2A --3---3-3------3---3-3------
*3F --2---2-2------2---2-2------
*4C ----------0------------0----
*5G ----------------------------
*6D ----------------------------

 {D}                        {D}
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--3---3-3------3---3-3-------3---3-3------3---3-3------
--2---2-2------2---2-2-------2---2-2------2---2-2------
----------0------------0-------------0------------0----
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 {D}                        {D}
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--3---3-3------3---3-3-------3---3-3------3---3-3------
--2---2-2------2---2-2-------2---2-2------2---2-2------
----------0------------0-------------0------------0h2--
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 {Em}                       {Em}
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--0---0-0------0---0-0-------0---0-0------0---0-0------
--0---0-0------0---0-0-------0---0-0------0---0-0------
----------2------------2-------------2------------0h2--
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 {E}                        {E}
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--0---0-0------0---0-0-------0---0-0------0---0-0------
--1---1-1------1---1-1-------1---1-1------1---1-1------
----------2------------2-------------2------------0-0--
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                                                The myriad -
 {D}                        {D}
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--3---3-3------3---3-3-------3---3-3------3---3-3------
--2---2-2------2---2-2-------2---2-2------2---2-2------
----------0------------0-------------0------------0----
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* guitar lick: background Dm organ play
(all the strings downtuned a whole-tone)

     {D}                        {D}
*1d --1-1-1-1-1-1--1-1-1-1-1-1---1-1-1-1-1-1--1-1-1-1-1-1--
*2A --3-3-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-3-3--
*3F --2-2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2-2--
*4C --0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0--
*5G -------------------------------------------------------
*6D -------------------------------------------------------

 {D}                        {D}
--0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0--
--3-3-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-3-3--
--2-2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2-2--
--0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0--
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 {D}                        {D}
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--3-3-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-3-3--
--2-2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2-2--   ...
--0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0--
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*** 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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"Black Angels Death Song"
===============================
album _Le Bataclan '72_
(Lou Reed/John Cale/Nico, 2003)

Jan 29, 1972
Le Bataclan, Paris, France
===============================


        The myriad choices of his fate
        set themselves out upon a plate for him to choose
        What had he to lose

        Not a ghost-bloodied country all covered with sleep
        where the black angel did weep
        not an old city street in the east
        Gone to choose

        And the Rally Man's patter ran on through the dawn
        Until we said so long to his skull
        Shrill yell

        Shining brightly, red-rimmed and red-lined with the time
        effused with the mind on ice skates scraping bells
        from the chunks
        Say so long

        Cut mouth bleeding razors make it hard to forget
        where you come from
        the stools of your eyes serve to realize pain
        Ooohhh, come again

        And Roberman's refrain of the sacrilege recluse
        for the loss of a horse
        went the bowels in the tail of a rat
        Gone to choose, choose to go

        If epiphanies terror reduced you to shame
        have your head bobbed and weaved
        choose a side
        To be on

        If the stone glances off split didactics in two
        lay the color of the mouse trails
        all's green try between, but if you choose
        Oh, if you choose, choose to lose
        for the loss of refrain come and start
        Start the game
        I chi-chi, chi-chi I
        chi-chi-chi, ka-ta-ko, if you choose
        choose to lose, choose to go



* all the strings downtuned one and a half tone (1 + 1/2)

 1c# ----- * downtuned one and a half tone (from e to c#)
 2G# ----- * downtuned one and a half tone (from B to G#)
 3E  ----- * downtuned one and a half tone (from G to E)
 4B  ----- * downtuned one and a half tone (from D to B)
 5F# ----- * downtuned one and a half tone (from A to F#)
 6C# ----- * downtuned one and a half tone (from E to C#)

        Olivier Landemaine's The VU Web Page says:
        there is no speed correction
        and the whole recording is too slow (6%)
        as compared with the French TV broadcast.




intro   {Dsus2}{Dsus2}{Dsus2}{Dsus2}
        {Dsus2}{Dsus2}{Dsus2}{Dsus2}

        {Dsus2}{Em/Dsus2}                       (The myriad ...)
        {E}{E}                                  (- choose ...)
        {Dsus2}{Dsus2}                          (- lose, Not a -)

        {Dsus2}{Em/Dsus2}{Em/Dsus2}{Em/Dsus2}   (- ghost ...)
        {E}{E}                                  (- east, Gone to -)
        {Dsus2}{Dsus2}{Dsus2}{Dsus2}            (- choose ...)

        {Dsus2}{Em/Dsus2}{Em/Dsus2}             (- Rally Man's ...)
        {E}{E}                                  (- skull, Shrill -)
        {Dsus2}{Dsus2}                          (- yell, Shining -)

        {Dsus2}{Em/Dsus2}{Em/Dsus2}{Em/Dsus2}   (- brightly ...)
        {E}{E}                                  (- chunks, Say so -)
        {Dsus2}{Dsus2}{Dsus2}{Dsus2}            (- long ...)

        {Dsus2}                                 (Cut -)

        {Dsus2}{Em/Dsus2}{Em/Dsus2}{Em/Dsus2}   (- mouth ...)
        {E}{E}                                  (- pain ...)
        {Dsus2}{Dsus2}                          (- again, And -)

        {Dsus2}{Em/Dsus2}{Em/Dsus2}{Em/Dsus2}   (- Roberman's ...)
        {E}{E}                                  (- rat, Gone to -)
        {Dsus2}{Dsus2}                          (- choose ...)

        {Dsus2}{Dsus2}{Dsus2}{Dsus2}            (If -)

        {Dsus2}{Em/Dsus2}{Em/Dsus2}             (- epiphanies ...)
        {E}{E}                                  (- side, To be -)
        {Dsus2}{Dsus2}{Dsus2}{Dsus2}            (- on, If the -)

        {Dsus2}{Em/Dsus2}{Em/Dsus2}{Em/Dsus2}   (- stone ...)
        {E}{E}                                  (- choose, Oh ...)
        {Dsus2}{Em}{Dsus2}{Em}                  (- choose ...)
        {Dsus2}{Dsus2}{Em}{Dsus2}               (- game, I chi ...)
        {Em}{Dsus2}{Em}{Dsus2}                  (-ko, if you ...)

        {Dsus2}{Dsus2}{Dsus2}{Dsus2}
        {Dsus2}{Dsus2...




* Dsus2 chord (1 + 1/2 down)

      Dsus2
*1c# ---0---
*2G# ---3---
*3E  ---2---
*4B  ---0---
*5F# -------
*6C# -------








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"Black Angels Death Song"
===============================================
album _American Poet Box: Lou Reed - Paris '72_
(Lou Reed, 2003)

Jan 25 (?), 1972
Paris, France
(rehearsal)
===============================================


        The myriad choices of his fate
        set themselves out upon a plate for him to choose
        What had he to lose

        Not a ghost-bloodied country all covered with sleep
        where the black angel did weep
        not an old city street in the east
        Gone to choose

        Wandering's brother walked on through the dawn
        with his hair, in his face
        long a long splintered cut from the knife
        Of G.T.

        Rally Man's patter ran on through the dawn
        Until we said so long to his skull
        Shrill yell

        Shining brightly, red-rimmed and red-lined with the time
        effused with the choice
        of the mind on ice skates scraping chunks
        From the bells, say so long

        Cut mouth bleeding razors forget in the pain
        antiseptic remains coo goodbye
        So you fly to the cozy brown snow of the east
        Gone to choose, choose again

        Roberman's refrain of the sacrilege recluse
        for the loss of a horse
        went the bowels in the tail of a rat
        Choose to go

        If the stone glances off split didactics in two
        lay the color of the mouse trails
        all's green try between
        If you choose, choose to lose
        for the loss of remain come and start
        Start the game
        I chi-chi, chi-chi I
        ka-ta-ko, if you choose
        choose to lose, choose to go




* chords: same as _Le Bataclan '72_ version








===================================================
"The Black Angel's Death Song"
(acetate version)
===================================================
album _The Velvet Underground and Nico - Unripened_
(The Velvet Underground, 2007)
===================================================



        * alternate mix




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