Ecstasy chords by Lou Reed

Chords with lyrics

Lou Reed
"Ecstasy"
From "Ecstasy" (2000)

Intro:

  FF     E MajorE     Fmaj7b5
e|-------0---0---0-0---0--0--0--0-0---------------------------|
BB|-1--1------0---0-0---0--0--0--0-0---------------------------|
G+G|-2--2------1---1-1---2--2--2--2-2---------------------------|
D MajorD|-3--3------2---2-2---3--3--3--3-3---------------------------|
A augmentedA|------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|------------------------------------------------------------|

Verse:

FF       E MajorE        Fmaj7b5
They call you ecstasy,nothing ever sticks to you
FF        E MajorE
Not Velcro, not Scotch Tape
Fmaj7b5
Not my arms dipped in glue
      FF        E MajorE
Not if I wrap myself in nylon
           Fmaj7b5
A augmentedA piece of duct tape down my back
FF             E MajorE
Love pierced the arrow with a 12
      Fmaj7b5
And I can't get you back

Chorus:

FF    E MajorE    Fmaj7b5
Ah, ecstasy, ecstasy

FF    E MajorE    Fmaj7b5
Ecstasy, ah, ecstasy


Verse:

FF             E MajorE
Across the streets an old Ford
         Fmaj7b5
They took off its wheels, the engine is gone
FF           E MajorE
In it seat sits a box
            Fmaj7b5
With a note that says, "Goodbye Charlie, thanks a lot"
        FF            E MajorE
I see a child through a window with a bib
             Fmaj7b5
And I think of us and what we almost did
FF               E MajorE
The Hudson rocketing with light
       Fmaj7b5
Ships pass the Statue of Liberty at night

Chorus:

FF  E MajorE     Fmaj7b5
Ah, ecstasy, ecstasy

FF  E MajorE     Fmaj7b5
Ecstasy, ah, ecstasy


Verse:

    FF         E MajorE
Some men call me St. Ivory
       Fmaj7b5
Some call me St. Maurice
     FF       E MajorE
I'm smooth as alabaster
        Fmaj7b5
With white veins running through my cheeks

   FF           E MajorE
Big stud through my eyebrow
       Fmaj7b5
A augmentedA scar on my arm that says, "Domain"
     FF        E MajorE
I put it over the tattoo
    Fmaj7b5
That contained your name


Chorus:

FF  E MajorE     Fmaj7b5
Ah, ecstasy, ecstasy

FF  E MajorE      Fmaj7b5
Ecstasy, ah, ecstasy


Verse:

     FF           E MajorE
The moon passing through a cloud
        Fmaj7b5
A augmentedA body facing up is floating towards a crowd
    FF                E MajorE
And I think of a time and what I couldn't do
       Fmaj7b5
I couldn't hold you close, I couldn't become you
       FF
They call you ecstasy
          E MajorE        Fmaj7b5
I can't hold you down, I can't hold you up
  FF             E MajorE
I feel like that car that I saw today
       Fmaj7b5
No radio, no engine, no hood

          FF           E MajorE
I'm going to the cafe, I hope they've got music there
    Fmaj7b5
And I hope those guys can play
    FF
But if we have to part
        E MajorE
I'll have a new scar right over my heart
Fmaj7b5
I'll call it ecstasy


Chorus:

FF  E MajorE     Fmaj7b5
Ah, ecstasy, ecstasy

FF  E MajorE      Fmaj7b5