Trade In chords by Lou Reed

Chords with lyrics

• Difficulty: Intermediate

Key: A augmentedA

🎸 Intro:


A augmentedA A majorA D/F#D/F# DmDm
A augmentedA A majorA D/F#D/F# DmDm



🎸 Verse 1:

A augmentedA
 I met a new me at 8 am
Amaj7Amaj7
 The other one got lost
A7A7
 This was not a trade in
D MajorD
 Although I wouldn't believe the cost
DmDm
 I woke up crying as we said goodbye
A augmentedA
 Me an my old self
F# minorF#m
 Each day he vanished more and more
B minorBm            E MajorE
 As I became someone else

🎸 Verse 2:

A augmentedA
 He actually was murdered
Amaj7Amaj7
 I had taken him apart
A7A7
 But when I put him back together
D MajorD
 I couldn't find his heart
DmDm
 It was resting underneath a chair
A augmentedA
 In a bed of bright tin foil
F# minorF#m
 If I pulled back the flaps
B minorBm
 I could still see it beat
E MajorE
 I could still hear his voice uncoil
As I said :

🎸 Chorus:

A augmentedA        Amaj7Amaj7           A7A7
 I want a trade in, a 14th chance at this life
D MajorD                   A augmentedA
 I've met a woman with a thousand faces
F# minorF#m          B minorBm   E MajorE
 And I want to make her my wife


🎸 Verse 3:

A augmentedA
 How could I have been so mistaken
Amaj7Amaj7
 How could I think that it was true
A7A7
 A augmentedA child that is raised by an idiot
D MajorD
 And that idiot then becomes you
A augmentedA
 How could I believe in a movie
Amaj7Amaj7
 How could I believe in a book
A7A7
 But most of all how could I listen to you
D MajorD
 Such an obvious schmuck
DmDm
 A augmentedA life spent listening to assholes
A augmentedA
 It's funny but it's true
F# minorF#m
 So get rid of them I said to myself
B minorBm                E MajorE
 But first I'm getting rid of you

🎸 Chorus:

A augmentedA        Amaj7Amaj7           A7A7
 I want a trade in, a 14th chance at this life
D MajorD
 I've met a woman with a thousand faces
A augmentedA F# minorF#m          B minorBm   E MajorE
 And I want to make her my wife


🎸 Verse 4:

A augmentedA
 Take me over to the window
Amaj7Amaj7
 my heart said to my head
A7A7
 Please set me on fire
D MajorD
 so we can start again
DmDm
 I was so wrong that it's funny
A augmentedA
 and I can't apologize
F# minorF#m                    B minorBm             E MajorE
 But instead you can be everything that I'm not, the second that I die


🎸 Chorus:

E MajorE    A augmentedA        Amaj7Amaj7             A7A7
 Ooohhh
I want a trade in, the second chance at this life
D MajorD
 I've met a woman with a thousand faces
A augmentedA F# minorF#m          B minorBm   E MajorE
 And I want to make her my wife


🎸 Outro:

A augmentedA A augmentedA D/F#D/F# DmDm
 Ha!
A augmentedA            A augmentedA  D/F#D/F#         DmDm
 A augmentedA 14th chance at this life
I want a trade in
A augmentedA         A augmentedA  D/F#D/F#            DmDm
  I said  uuuhhh, 14th, 14th chance at this life
A augmentedA A augmentedA D/F#D/F# DmDm