Tatters chords by Lou Reed

Chords with lyrics

Key: D MajorD

Intro:

A augmentedA


Verse 1:
   Aadd9Aadd9      C# minorC#m  C#m7C#m7
Some couples live in harmony
C# minorC#m   F#m/A A augmentedA F#m/A
Some do not
A augmentedA     Aadd9Aadd9    C# minorC#m  C#m7C#m7 C# minorC#m
Some couples yell and scream
F#m/A    F#m/A
Some do not.

Verse 2:
  B minorBm        C# minorC#m
But what you said was something
C#m7C#m7 C# minorC#m   D MajorD
That I   can't forget
B minorBm        C# minorC#m
It echoes in my head
D MajorD
Like a bullet made of lead.


Verse 3:
A augmentedA  Aadd9Aadd9      C# minorC#m  C#m7C#m7
Some people yell and scream
C# minorC#m     F#m/A  F#m/A
And some do not
A augmentedA        Aadd9Aadd9   C# minorC#m  C#m7C#m7 C# minorC#m
Some people sacrifice their lives
F#m/A
And some do not.


Verse 4:
B minorBm          C#m7C#m7
Some people wait for sleep
D MajorD
To take them away
B minorBm            C#m7C#m7
While others read books endlessly
D MajorD
Hoping problems will go away.

Verse 5:
A augmentedA Aadd9Aadd9 C# minorC#m        C#m7C#m7 C# minorC#m
    I know you're hoping everything
F#m/A F#m/A
Works out
A augmentedA Aadd9Aadd9     C# minorC#m C#m7C#m7 C# minorC#m
 Neither one of us is
F#m/A      F#m/A
The type who shouts.


Verse 6:
B minorBm          C#m7C#m7
You sleep in the bedroom
D MajorD
While I pace up and down the hall
Bm7Bm7
Our baby stares at both of us
C#m7C#m7             D MajorD Dmaj7Dmaj7 D MajorD
Wondering which one of us to call.


Verse 7:
A augmentedA           Aadd9Aadd9
I guess it's true that not
C# minorC#m  C#m7C#m7 C# minorC#m  F#m/A F#m/A F# minorF#m
Every match burns bright
A augmentedA        Aadd9Aadd9
I guess it's true
A augmentedA    C# minorC#m  C#m7C#m7 C# minorC#m F#m/A F# minorF#m
Not all that I say is  right.


Verse 8:
B minorBm
But what you said still bounces
C#m7C#m7    D MajorD
Around in my head
Bm7Bm7   C#m7C#m7
  Who thought this could happen to us
D MajorD   Dmaj7Dmaj7  D MajorD Dmaj7Dmaj7
When we first went to bed.


Verse 9:
A augmentedA   Aadd9Aadd9    C#m7C#m7
  I'm told in the end
C# minorC#m C#m7C#m7 C# minorC#m C#m7C#m7 F#m/A F#m/A
That none of this  matters
A augmentedA      Aadd9Aadd9  C#m7C#m7  C# minorC#m
All couples have troubles
C# minorC#m C#m7C#m7  C# minorC#m F#m/A F# minorF#m
And none of this matters.



Verse 10:
  Bm7Bm7
But what you said
C#m7C#m7   C# minorC#m D MajorD
Still echoes in my  head
Bm7Bm7
And I'm still in the hallway
C#m7C#m7    D MajorD           Dmaj7Dmaj7 D MajorD
Downstairs sleeping alone instead.



Verse 11:
A augmentedA  Aadd9Aadd9  C#m7C#m7      C# minorC#m
     I know you don't care
C#m7C#m7  C# minorC#m   F#m/A F#m/A
But here's my last thought
A augmentedA    Aadd9Aadd9
Not that it matters
A augmentedA     C# minorC#m C#m7C#m7 C# minorC#m F#m/A F# minorF#m
But here's the last thing I  thought.



Verse 12:
Bm7Bm7         C#m7C#m7
Our little thing is lying
D MajorD
Here in tatters
Bm7Bm7    C#m7C#m7 C# minorC#m
And you my dear
D MajorD
Don't have any manners.


Outro:
F#m/A  F# minorF#m
F#m
Sad to leave this way
F# minorF#m F#m/A
To leave it all in tatters
F#m/A
F#m/A
Saddening to leave this way
F# minorF#m
To leave it all in tatters
F#m/A F#m/A
   A augmentedA  F#m/A      F#m/A A augmentedA F#m/A
I suppose we all could say
F#m/A           F#m/A A augmentedA F#m/A
That nothing of it matters
F#m/A
A augmentedA     F#m/A
Still it's sad
A augmentedA F#m/A           F#m/A A augmentedA F#m/A
To see everything in tatters.
F#m/A
A augmentedA F#m/A
F#m/A
A augmentedA F#m/A
F#m/A
A augmentedA F#m/A
F#m/A
A augmentedA F#m/A
F#m/A
A augmentedA F#m/A
(Fade Out)


Note: Please use the chord fingering as shown below to match what is played.
   For the outro play the F#m/A and A augmentedA on the 5th fret. Only need to take pinkie off.


Chords:
Aadd9Aadd9 xx7653:
C#m7C#m7  x46457:
F#m/A xx7675:
F# minorF#m  xx11 11 10 9: