================================ "Coney Island Steeplechase" ================================ album _Another View_ (The Velvet Underground, 1986) written by Lou Reed/John Cale/ Sterling Morrison/Maureen Tucker May 06, 1969 Record Plant Studios, NY ================================ Would you like to go on the Coney Island Steeple go and have a good time We'll take the subway right down to King's Highway goin' out and have a good time It'd be so nice like summer with ice If you come and go with me the roller-coaster you and me We'd just fly Would you like to go on the Coney Island Steeple go and have a good time Like a sister and brother who cling to each other when they find out their parents are mad Oh, it'd be so nice like summer with ice Oh, if you come and go with me how nice it would be Don't we would fly Monday Tuesday, Wednesday Thursday, baby, not Friday Saturday, Sunday Coney Island, Coney Island Coney Island Coney Island, Coney Island Coney Island, Coney Island Coney Island, Coney Island ... * 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 A} {A}{A}{A}{A} (Would you -) {D}{A}{G}{G/Em} (- like to go on the Coney Island ...) {D}{A}{G}{G/Em} (We'll take the subway right down ...) {Em}{A}{B}{B} (It'd be so nice, like summer ...) {G}{A}{G}{A} (If you come and go with me ...) {B}{B} (- fly) ... {G}{A}{D}{B} (Monday) {G}{A}{D}{D} (Tuesday, Wednesday) {G}{A}{D}{D} (Thursday, baby, not Friday) {G}{A}{D}{D} (Saturday, Sunday) {G}{A}{D}{D} (Coney Island, Coney Island) {G}{A} (Coney Island) {A}{A}{A}{A} (Coney Island, Coney Island) {A}{A}{A}{A} (Coney Island, Coney Island) {A}{A}{A}{A} (Coney Island, Coney Island) {A}{A}{A}{A} (Coney Island, Coney Island) ... fade out * intro (all the strings downtuned a whole-tone) A} *1d ----- *2A --1-- *3F --2-- *4C --2-- *5G ----- *6D ----- {A} {A} --------------------------------------- --2-2-2-2--2-2-2-1---2-2-2-2--2-2-2-1-- --2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-- ... --2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-- --------------------------------------- --------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- * chords and tabs for standard-tuning intro G} {G}{G}{G}{G} (Would you -) {C}{G}{F}{F/Dm} (- like to go on the Coney Island ...) {C}{G}{F}{F/Dm} (We'll take the subway right down ...) {Dm}{G}{A}{A} (It'd be so nice, like summer ...) {F}{G}{F}{G} (If you come and go with me ...) {A}{A} (- fly) ... {F}{G}{C}{A} (Monday) {F}{G}{C}{C} (Tuesday, Wednesday) {F}{G}{C}{C} (Thursday, baby, not Friday) {F}{G}{C}{C} (Saturday, Sunday) {F}{G}{C}{C} (Coney Island, Coney Island) {F}{G} (Coney Island) {G}{G}{G}{G} (Coney Island, Coney Island) {G}{G}{G}{G} (Coney Island, Coney Island) {G}{G}{G}{G} (Coney Island, Coney Island) {G}{G}{G}{G} (Coney Island, Coney Island) ... fade out * intro (standard-tuning) G} 1e ----- 2B ----- 3G --3-- 4D --5-- 5A --5-- 6E ----- {G} {G} --------------------------------------- --------------------------------------- --4-4-4-4--4-4-4-3---4-4-4-4--4-4-4-3-- ... --5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-- --5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-- --------------------------------------- ********************************************************************* --------------------------------------------------------------------- thanks: Einar Stenseng (einar@asker.online.no) --------------------------------------------------------------------- there were still a lot of errors in the lyrics for "Coney Island steeplechase". I'm pretty sure I've got it right now, although there are a couple of lines that don't make much sense to me I can't understand that he's saying something else. The lines that don't make sense (although I'm 99% sure this is what he's singing) are "Like summer with ice" and "Don't we would fly"... On the last one it's possible that he sang wrong, and then corrected himself, making this a wierd line. This is quite possible since this song wasn't released (until "Another view" came along). It's also possible that he's so fond of ice that he likes to eat it all summer or something like that and therefore sings "Like summer with ice". But, like I said, I think I've got it right this time: Would you like to go on a Coney Island steeple Go out and have a good time We'll take the subway right down to King's Highway Goin' out and have a good time It'd be so nice Like summer with ice If you come and go with me The roller-coaster you and me We'd just fly Would you like to go on a Coney Island Steeple Go out and have a good time Like a sister and brother who cling to each other When they find out their parents are mad Oh, it'd be so nice Like summer with ice Oh, if you come and go with me How nice it would be Don't we would fly Monday Tuesday, Wednesday Thursday, baby, not Friday Saturday, oh baby, Sunday Oh Coney Island, oh Coney Island Oh Coney Island Coney Island, Coney Island Coney Island, Coney Island Coney Island, Coney Island --------------------------------------------------------------------- ********************************************************************* transcribed by Shiroh KOUCHI (wildside@mx21.tiki.ne.jp) http://ww21.tiki.ne.jp/~wildside/ *********************************************************************