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Lady Day by Lou Reed
Lady Day
Tuning: E A D G B E
Key: Gm
[Intro]
C A
[Verse 1]
Dsus4 Dm Gm/D Csus4 C C A
When she walked on down the street
Dsus4 Dm Gm/D C
She was like a child staring at her feet
C Dm Eb F G C7
But when she
[Pre-chorus]
F Eb/F
passed the bar and she heard the music play
Gm F Eb
She had to go in and sing, it had to be that way
Gm F Eb
She had to go in and sing, it had to be that way
[Chorus]
F Gm
And I said no, no, no
F Eb
Oh Lady Day
F Gm
And I said no, no, no
F Eb
Oh Lady Day
[Transition riff]
N.C.
[Interlude]
Bm Bm A
G G A
Bm Bm A
G C F C/G A
[Verse 2]
Dsus4 Dm Gm/D
Csus4 C C A
Dsus4 Dm Gm/D Csus4 C C A
After the applause had died down
Dsus4 Dm Gm/D C
And the people drifted away
C Dm Eb F G C7
She climbed down
[Pre-chorus]
F Eb/F
off the bar and went out the door
Gm F Eb
To the hotel that she called home
Gm F Eb
It had greenish walls, a bathroom in the hall
[Chorus]
F Gm
And I said no, no, no
F Eb
Oh Lady Day
F Gm
And I said no, no, no
F Eb
Oh Lady Day
F Gm
I said no, no, no
F Eb
Oh Lady Day
F Gm
And I said no, no, no
F Eb
Oh Lady Day
[Outro chorus]
F Gm
And I said no, no, no
F Eb
Oh Lady Day
F Gm
And I said no, no, no
F Eb
Oh Lady Day
F Gm
I said no, no, no
F Eb
Oh Lady Day
F Gm
And I said no, no, no
F Eb
Oh Lady Day
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version 2
Tuning: Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb
Tune down 1 fret.
(The song is actually played in Gm and not in G#m)
This tab is supposed to feature both the rythm guitar
and the horn section which makes this song so special.
(verse 1)
C# A# D#m C#
When she walked on down the street
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C# A# D#m C#
She was like a child staring at her feet
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D#m C# F# C# F#
But when she passed the bar and she
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-11---8---6---4---3--------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------4-4-4--4---4--4--4--4-4-4--4---4--
-----------------------------------2-2-2--2---2--2--2--2-2-2--2---2--
E
heard the music play she had to
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--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2---
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G#m F# E
go in and sing It had to be that way
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--6-----4-----2-----6-----4----2----1--6--4-----2------------
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G#m F# E
She had to go in and sing it had to be that way
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(chorus)
G#m E
And I said no, no, no oh, la-----dy Day
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G#m E
And I said no, no, no oh, la-----dy Day
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--------------------------6-------6-----6----6----6---------2----2-----2------
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(bridge)
Cm C# Cm G# A#
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-0--2--4-------------3--------------------------4---6---
Cm C# Cm C# A# Ebm
----------------------------------6--
----------------------------------7--
--------------------------6---7---8--
-5--------------6---5-----6---8---8--
-3-----1-3----1-4---3-----4---8---6--
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(verse 2)
C# A# D#m C#
After the applause had died down
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----6-----7------------11--------------------9---
----6--7--8------------11-------------------10---
----6--8--8--------------------------------------
----4--8--6--------------------------------------
-------6-----------------------------------------
C# A# D#m C#
and the people drifted away
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----6-----7------------11----------------9---
----6--7--8------------11---------------10---
----6--8--8----------------------------------
----4--8--6----------------------------------
-------6-------------------------------------
D#m C# F# C# F#
she climbed down off the bar and went
--9---6---4---2---1-----------------------------------------------------
--9---7---6---2---2-----------------------------------------------------
-10---8---6---3---1-----------------------------------------------------
-11---8---6---4---3-----------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------4-4-4--4---4--4--4--4-4-4--4---4--
--------------------------------------2-2-2--2---2--2--2--2-2-2--2---2--
E
out the door to
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--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2---
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G#m F# E
the ho---tel that she called "home".
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--6-----4-----2-----6-----4----2----1--6--4-----2------------
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G#m F# E
it had greenish walls a bathroom in the hall
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(chorus)
When she walked on down the street
She was like a child staring at her feet
But when she passed the bar
And she heard the music play
She had to go in and sing
It had to be that way
She had to go in and sing
It had to be that way
And I said no, no, no
Oh, Lady Day
And I said no, no, no
Oh, Lady Day
After the applause had died down
And the people drifted away
She climbed down off the bar
And went out the door
To the hotel
That she called home
It had greenish walls
A bathroom in the hall
And I said no, no, no
Oh, Lady Day
And I said no, no, no
Oh, Lady Day
I said no, no, no
Oh, Lady Day
And I said no, no, no
Oh, Lady Day
And I said no, no, no
Oh, Lady Day
I said no, no, no
Oh, Lady Day
And I said no, no, no
Oh, Lady Day
And I said no, no, no
Oh, Lady Day
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