Smalltown chords by Lou Reed

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Intro:
| D MajorD |

Verse 1:
D MajorD               G+G
 When you growing up in a small town.
     A augmentedA           D MajorD
When you growing up in a small town.
                G+G
When you growing up in a small town.
     A augmentedA            D MajorD
You say: "No one famous ever came from here".
               G+G
When you growing up in a small town.
    A augmentedA
And you having a nervous breakdown.
D MajorD
 And you think that you'll never escape it.
G+G  A augmentedA             D MajorD
 Yourself or the place that you live.

Bridge 1:
D MajorD
Where did Picasso come from?
G+G         A augmentedA            D MajorD
 There's no Michelangelo coming from Pittsburgh.
              G+G
If art is the tip of the iceberg
A augmentedA             D MajorD
I'm the part sinking below.

Interlude:
| A augmentedA D MajorD | G+G A augmentedA D MajorD D | A augmentedA D MajorD | G+G A augmentedA D MajorD D |

Verse 2:
D MajorD             G+G
 When you growing up in a small town
  A augmentedA            D MajorD
Bad skin, bad eyes, gay and fatty.
D MajorD
People look at you funny.
G+G            D MajorD
 When you're in a small town.
              E MajorE
My father worked in construction.
       A augmentedA
It's not something for which I am suited
D MajorD            G+G
 Oh, what is something, which you are suited?
A augmentedA         D MajorD
Getting outta here.

Interlude:
| A augmentedA D MajorD | G+G A augmentedA D MajorD D | A augmentedA D MajorD | G+G A augmentedA D MajorD D |

Verse 3:
D MajorD               G+G
 I hate being odd in a small town.
        A augmentedA              D MajorD
If they stare, let them stare in New York City.
                G+G
At this pink-eyed painting albino.
  A augmentedA          D MajorD
How far can my fantasy go?
D MajorD
I'm no Dalí coming from Pittsburgh.
G+G  A augmentedA         D MajorD
No adorable lisping Capote, my hero.
             G+G
Oh, do you think I could meet him?
  A augmentedA           D MajorD
I'd camp out at his front door.

Verse 4:
                  G+G
There's only one good thing about a small town.
       A augmentedA         D MajorD
There's only one good use for a small town
                  G+G
There's only one good thing about a small town.
  A augmentedA             D MajorD
You know that you wanna get out.
               G+G
When you growing up in a small town.
       A augmentedA           D MajorD
You know that you'll grow down in a small town.
                G+G
There's only one good use for a small town.(tacet)

Outro:
N.C.                      D MajorD
You hate it and you know you'll have to leave. (1 stroke)