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"Trouble With Classicists"
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album _Songs For Drella_
(Lou Reed/John Cale, 1990)

written by Lou Reed/John Cale

sung by John Cale
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        The trouble with a classicist
        he looks at a tree
        that's all he sees
        he paints a tree
        The trouble with a classicist
        he looks at the sky
        he doesn't ask why
        he just paints a sky

        The trouble with an impressionist
        he looks at a log
        he doesn't know who he is
        standing, staring at this log
        And surrealist memories
        are too amorphous and proud
        while those downtown macho painters
        are just alcoholic

        The trouble with impressionists
        that's the trouble with impressionists
        That's the trouble with impressionists
        that's the trouble with impressionists

        The trouble with personalities
        they're too wrapped up in style
        it's too personal
        they're in love with their own guile
        They're like illegal aliens
        trying to make a buck
        they're driving gypsy cabs
        but they're thinking like a truck

        That's the trouble with personalities
        that's the trouble with personalities
        That's the trouble with personalities
        that's the trouble with personalities

        I like the druggy downtown kids
        who spray-paint walls and trains
        I like their lack of training
        their primitive technique
        I think sometimes it hurts you
        when you stay too long in school
        I think sometimes it hurts you
        when you're afraid to be called a fool

        That's the trouble with classicists
        that's the trouble with classicists
        That's the trouble with classicists
        that's the trouble with classicists



intro   {A/Asus2}{G/D}{A/Asus2}{G/D}
        {A/Asus2}{G/D}{A/Asus2}{G/D}

        {A/Asus2}{G/D}{A/Asus2}{G/D}   (The trouble with a ...)
        {A/Asus2}{G/D}{A/Asus2}{G/D}   (That's the trouble with ...)

        {A/Asus2}{G/D}{A/Asus2}{G/D}

        {A/Asus2}{G/D}{A/Asus2}{G/D}   (The trouble with an ...)
        {A/Asus2}{G/D}{A/Asus2}{G/D}   (And surrealist memories ...)

        {A}{A}{A}{A}                   (The trouble with ...)
        {A}{A}{A}{A}                   (That's the trouble with ...)

        {A/Asus2}{G/D}{A/Asus2}{G/D}
        {A/Asus2}{G/D}{A/Asus2}{G/D}

        {A/Asus2}{G/D}{A/Asus2}{G/D}   (The trouble with ...)
        {A/Asus2}{G/D}{A/Asus2}{G/D}   (They're like illegal ...)

        {A}{A}{A}{A}                   (That's the trouble with ...)
        {A}{A}{A}{A}                   (That's the trouble with ...)

piano   {A}{A}{A}{A}
        {A}{A}{A}{A}

guitar  {F#}{G}{F#}{E}
        {F#}{G}{F#}{E}
        {E}

        {A/Asus2}{G/D}{A/Asus2}{G/D}
        {A/Asus2}{G/D}{A/Asus2}{G/D}

        {A/Asus2}{G/D}{A/Asus2}{G/D}   (I like the druggy ...)
        {A/Asus2}{G/D}{A/Asus2}{G/D}   (I think sometimes it ...)

        {A}{A}{A}{A}                   (That's the trouble with ...)
        {A}{A}{A}{A}                   (That's the trouble with ...)

piano   {A}{A}{A}{A}
        {A}{A}{A}{A}

guitar  {F#}{G}{F#}{E}
        {F#}{G}{F#}{E}
        {E}

        {A}{A}{A}{A...




* intro and verse

     {A    /Asus2 }{G  /  D}
 1e ----------------3-----2--------
 2B -----2-----0----0-----3--------
 3G -----2-----2----0-----2--------
 4D -----2-----2----0-----0--------
 5A --0-----0-------2--------------
 6E ----------------3--------------

 {A    /Asus2 }    {G  /  D}
--------------------3-----2--------
-----2-----0--------0-----3--------
-----2-----2--------0-----2--------   ...
-----2-----2--------0-----0--------
--0-----0-----------2--------------
----------------0-2-3--------------




* chorus

      {A}              {A}
 1e ----------------------------------------
 2B ---------------------5v-5v-5v-5v-5v-----
 3G --2-----2-----2------5v-5v-5v-5v-5v-----   ...
 4D --2-----2-----2-------------------------
 5A --0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----------------------
 6E ----------------------------------------




* guitar solo: scale

       0   1   2   3   4   5
1e -o-||---|-o-|-o-|---|---|-
2B ---||---|-o-|-o-|---|-o-|-
3G ---||---|---|---|-o-|---|-
4D ---||---|---|---|---|---|-
5A ---||---|---|---|---|---|-
6E ---||---|---|---|---|---|-




* ending

     {E}
 1e -------------------
 2B -------------------
 3G -------------------
 4D -------------------
 5A -------------------
 6E ----------------3--

 {A}                {A}
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--0---4---------0-------------0--------
--------3----3-------0-0-3----------3--

 {A}                {A...
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--0---4---------0-------------0--------
--------3----3-------0-0-3-------------



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