Smalltown chords by Lou Reed

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

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)