WWW.AZCHORDS.COM | Jeffrey Lewis - The Chelsea Hotel Oral Sex Song Chords | Ver. 1
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Walkin' up 23rd Street
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I was tired and alone
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It was late my housemate
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Would be asleep when I got home
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The sign ahead glowin' red
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Said the Chelsea Hotel
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Where Nancy and Sid Vicious
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And my friend Dave once dwelled
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The street was black under my feet
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Which continued their walkin'
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Though I was vaguely interested
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In the folks behind me talkin'
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Two guys maybe gay
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Wearin' Reber type suits
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And a girl wearin' glasses
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Who looked kinda cute
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Her hair was short and curly
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She had a tattoo on her back
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Which I could see cos her red shirt
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Was sleeveless with straps
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But I only saw this later
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Not in my first glance
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But I could hear her talkin' behind me
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And as if by chance
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She was tryin' to describe
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A song I knew well
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The Leonard Cohen song
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About the Chelsea Hotel
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And I smiled a smile to myself
When she said
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That was the song where he talks about
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Someone giving him head
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On the bed that's unmade
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And how the song was outrageous
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And that's when I got
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Uncharacteristically courageous
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I could have left the three of them laughin'
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And just gone on home
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But I turned and I faced her
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And I said Leonard Cohen?
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.....just like that....
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She was shocked and surprised
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But she looked very happy
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That she now had a witness
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To back up her story
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She looked at me
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With her spectacled eyes
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And said, "see I told you"
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To the two others guys
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My tale might have ending right there and then
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But we started talkin' about Leonard Cohen
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How his lyrics were cool
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And how he sang so sincere
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That it must have been true
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And it happened right here
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Usually women right of the bat
Don't find me that great
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But there we were laughin', scrollin'
Like we could really relate
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Although we didn't mention the head line
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It was alluded
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And her conversation was better
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Because her friends weren't included
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The guys were more into each other
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At least that's how it seemed to me
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I heard the faint knocking of opportunity
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Although it's easy for me now
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Upon my looking back
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To think of all the things
I could have said
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To make me the mac
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Just keep the sad truth in mind
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As I tell this to you
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That we really only talked
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For a minute or two
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And I never got her name
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And she never got mine
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But in this couple short minutes
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We had a pretty good time
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And on top of that
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Though you may not believe it
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You know what she says to me next
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As I repeat it
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That line about gettin the blow job
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That Leonard sings
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She said it made her
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Want to do naughty things
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Right about then
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I should have asked
If she knew
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What the Chelsea charged
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If we got a room for two
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But I didn't and I know
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I'm a schmuck, don't you doubt it
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The only thing I did
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Was write this stupid song about it
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If I was Leonard Cohen
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Or some other song writing master
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I'd know to first get the oral sex
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And then write the song after
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You can practice writing songs
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About romance every day
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But if you haven't loved
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Then you'll have nothing to say
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We could have given each other head
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On Leonard same unmade bed
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But I was too shy to suggest it
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And so instead
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When the three of them stopped
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To look through a pub window
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I said good night
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Tho I hadn't quite meant to
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And waved as we walked tho
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I wouldn't forget her
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Especially when she mysteriously said
See you later
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So now every time I'm walking
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I hope that we'd meet
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And on purpose
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I always go up 23rd Street
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Where the sign glowin' red
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Says the Chelsea Hotel
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Where Nancy and Sid Vicious
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And my friend Dave's once dwelled
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Life doesn't work out
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The way it does in old songs
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That's why we sing new ones
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To say what really goes on
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So if I ever see her again
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And we pick up
Right we were ended
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Maybe I'll play her this song
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Maybe she won't get too offended
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And listen I'll tell you why
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There's more than this situation
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Than miss the eyes
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You may think it's sad
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You may think it's pathetic
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But I sing this song
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And that she'll never know it
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But think a minute 'bout what that means
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And you'll realize it's actually a wonderful thing
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That all around the world
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There maybe folks singin' tunes
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For the love of others folks
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That they barely knew
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And it puts a smile on my face
Yes, it do
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And let me tell you
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You ought to be smilin' too
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Because the next time you're feelin'
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Kinda lonesome and blue
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Just think that someone somewhere
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Might be singin' about you
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So who knows if I'll ever see her again
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Maybe we'll see this whole time
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She could have been singing about me
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Probably not
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But it could be
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