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Power And Glory - The Situation by Lou Reed







  Power And Glory - The Situation








Difficulty: novice
Tuning: E A D G B E
Key: C

[Verse 1]
C7
I was visited by the power and the glory
F7
I was visited by a majestic hymn
C7
Great bolts of lightning lighting up the sky
F7
electricity flowing through my veins
C7
I was captured by a larger moment
F7
I was seized by divinity's hot breath
C7
Gorged like a lion on experience
F7
powerful from life
 
 
[Chorus]
D#
(I wanted all of it, all of it, all of it)
F
    All of it
          D#
(Not just some of it, all of it, all of it)
F
    All of it
 
 
[Verse 2]
C7
I saw a man turn into a bird
F7
I saw a bird turn into a tiger
C7
I saw a man hang from a cliff by the tips of his toes
F7
in the jungles of the Amazon
C7
I saw a man put a redhot needle through his eye
F7
turn into a crow and fly through the trees
C7
Swallow hot coals and breathe out flames
F7
and I wanted this to happen to me
 
 
[Chorus]
D#
(I wanted all of it, all of it, all of it)
F
    All of it
          D#
(Not just some of it, all of it, all of it)
    F
Not some of it
 
 
[Verse 3]
C7
We saw the moon vanish into his pocket
F7
we saw the stars disappear from sight
C7
We saw him walk across water into the sun
F7
while bathed in eternal light
C7
We spewed out questions waiting for answers
F7
creating legends, religions and myths
C7
Books, stories, movies and plays
F7
all trying to explain this
 
 
[Chorus]
D#
(I wanted all of it, all of it, all of it)
F
    All of it
          D#
(Not just some of it, all of it, all of it)
    F
Not some of it
 
 
[Verse 4]
C7
I saw a great man turn into a little child
F7
the cancer reduce him to dust
C7
His voice growing weak as he fought for his life
F7
with a bravery few men know
C7
I saw isotopes introduced into his lungs
F7
trying to stop the cancerous spread
C7
And it made me think of "Leda And The Swan"
F7
and gold being made from lead
 
[Verse 5]
         C7
The same power that burned Hiroshima
        F7
causing three legged babies and death
C7
Shrunk to the size of a nickel
   F7
to help him regain his breath
          C7
And I was struck by the power and the glory
      F7
I was visited by a majestic Him
C7
Great bolts of lightning lighting up the sky
       F7
as the radiation flowed through him
 
 
[Chorus]
D#
(I wanted all of it, all of it, all of it)
F
    All of it
          D#
(Not just some of it, all of it, all of it)
    F
Not some of it









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