Turning Time Around chords by Lou Reed

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

3/4 measure song.

Intro:
| E | A | A | A |
| A | E | E | E |
| F# | A | A | A |
| A | E | E | E | E |

Verse 1:
A            E                A       A  D
 She says,: "What do you call love?"
D      E                E
..Well I call it Harry.
A     E                     A    A
  Oh, please I'm being serious.
D                        E  E
   What do you call love?

Verse 2:
D                     Dm           A             F#m
 Well I don't call it family and I don't call it lust.
D         Dm                 A       F#m
And as we all know, marriage isn't a must.
         D                       A         F#m
And I suppose in the end, it's a matter of trust.
            D                E
If I had to:   I'd call love time.

Break:
| E |F#m A A | E |

Verse 3:
A                       E           A  A
 She says: "What do you call love?"
D                      E       E
  Can't you be more specific?
A           E        A
What do you?  Call love.
A     D                                   E  E
Is-it-more than the heart's hieroglyphic?

Verse 4:
D                Dm                   A
Well for me time has no meaning, no future, no past.
F#m   D                   Dm     A             F#m
  And when you're in love:   You don't have to ask.
        D                 Dm       A            F#m    F#m  N.C.
There's never enough time, to hold love in your grasp...
D                    E
   Turning time around.

Break:
| E | C#m | B | E |
| D | C#m | B | E |
| E | E | E | A |

Verse 5:
E                 A   A  D
Turning time around.
D                 E   E  A
That is what love is.
E             A      A
Turning time around.
D                   E        E
  Yes, that is what love is.

Verse 6:
D               Dm    A              F#m
My time is your time, when you're in love.
    D                      A           F#m
And time is what you never have enough of.
          D               D
You can't see or hold it,
N.C.                    N.C.  D
It's exactly like love.

Coda:
D                 E  E  D
Turning time around.
D             E     E  D
Turning time around.
D             E     E  D
Turning time around.
D             E
Turning time around.
E               D     E
 Well I gotta have it.
E                     D
  I gotta-gotta-gotta have it.

Break:
| D | E | E | D | x2
| D | E |

Outro:
E       D                    E
Turning, turning time around.
E              D                    E  E
 Gotta have it, turning time around.
D                      E     E
Turning, turning time around.
D               E     E
  Turning time around.
| E | D | D | E |