WWW.AZCHORDS.COM | Lou Reed - Smalltown Chords | Ver. 1
[Intro]
| D |
[Verse 1]
D G
When you growing up in a small town.
A D
When you growing up in a small town.
G
When you growing up in a small town.
A D
You say: "No one famous ever came from here".
G
When you growing up in a small town.
A
And you having a nervous breakdown.
D
And you think that you'll never escape it.
G A D
Yourself or the place that you live.
[Bridge 1]
D
Where did Picasso come from?
G A D
There's no Michelangelo coming from Pittsburgh.
G
If art is the tip of the iceberg
A D
I'm the part sinking below.
[Interlude]
| A D | G A D D | A D | G A D D |
[Verse 2]
D G
When you growing up in a small town
A D
Bad skin, bad eyes, gay and fatty.
D
People look at you funny.
G D
When you're in a small town.
E
My father worked in construction.
A
It's not something for which I am suited
D G
Oh, what is something, which you are suited?
A D
Getting outta here.
[Interlude]
| A D | G A D D | A D | G A D D |
[Verse 3]
D G
I hate being odd in a small town.
A D
If they stare, let them stare in New York City.
G
At this pink-eyed painting albino.
A D
How far can my fantasy go?
D
I'm no Dalí coming from Pittsburgh.
G A D
No adorable lisping Capote, my hero.
G
Oh, do you think I could meet him?
A D
I'd camp out at his front door.
[Verse 4]
G
There's only one good thing about a small town.
A D
There's only one good use for a small town
G
There's only one good thing about a small town.
A D
You know that you wanna get out.
G
When you growing up in a small town.
A D
You know that you'll grow down in a small town.
G
There's only one good use for a small town.(tacet)
[Outro]
N.C. D
You hate it and you know you'll have to leave. (1 stroke)
