============================= "Trouble With Classicists" ============================= album _Songs For Drella_ (Lou Reed/John Cale, 1990) written by Lou Reed/John Cale sung by John Cale ============================= 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} --------------------------------------- --------------------------------------- --------------------------------------- --------------------------------------- --0---4---------0-------------0-------- --------3----3-------0-0-3----------3-- {A} {A... --------------------------------------- --------------------------------------- --------------------------------------- --------------------------------------- --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 ********************************************************************* transcribed by Shiroh KOUCHI (wildside@mx21.tiki.ne.jp) http://ww21.tiki.ne.jp/~wildside/ *********************************************************************