Pale Blue Eyes

Words & Music:

Lou Reed (The Velvet Underground)

 

Intro riff: [this style is used for whole song]

     F                  C       F                   C

e:------5-----5-----5-----3-|------5-----5-----5-------3-|

B:--------------------------|----------------------------|

G:-3/5-----5-----5-----2/3--|-3/5-----5-----5-----2/3----|

 

  F                        Bb                  F

Sometimes I feel so happy, sometimes I feel so sad.

F                            Dm

Sometimes I feel just about everything.

 Bb         C            F   Bb         C            F

Lately I'm just feeling bad, lately I'm just feeling bad.

 

CHORUS:

       C                 F C F         C                 F C F

Linger on your pale blue eyes.  Linger on your pale blue eyes.

 

I thought of you as my mountaintop, I thought of you as my peak.

I thought of you as just about everything.

I had but couldn't keep, I had but couldn't keep.

 

CHORUS:

 

INSTRUMENTAL SOLO OVER VERSE CHORDS:

E------8-5-6-5-----------8------------8---------------------8----------8--------

B-4sl6---------8-6-8sl10---10--4sl6-6---6-8-6---8-8-10-8-10---6--8sl10--10-8-10-

G---------------------------------------------7---------------------------------

 

E-------1-----

B---1-3---3---

G-3-----------

 

CHORUS:

 

If I could make the world as pure and strange as what I see.

I'd put you in a mirror, I'd put in front of me, I'd put in front of me.

 

CHORUS:

 

Skip a life completely, stuff it in a cup

She said, "Money is like us in time; it lies, but can't stand up.

Down for you is up."

 

CHORUS:

 

It was good, what we did yesterday and I'd do it once again.

The fact that you are married only proves you're my best friend.

But it's truly, truly a sin.

 

CHORUS:

 


"Pale Blue Eyes" auf Deutsch (and alt. solo):

 

Manchmal bin ich so glŸcklich.  Manchmal bin ich so traurig.

Manchmal bin ich so glŸcklich.

Aber meistens bin ich wegen dir bšse (bzw. wŸtend).

Baby (Schatz) du machst mich nur bšse (bzw. wŸtend).

 

CHORUS:

Verweilen, deine blassen blauen Augen.

Verweilen, deine blassen blauen Augen.

 

Dachte, du warst meine Bergspitze. Dachte, du als meine Spitze.

Dachte, du warst alles

Was ich hatte aber nicht behalten konnte.

Was ich hatte aber nicht behalten konnte.

 

CHORUS:

 

Kšnnte ich die Welt so rein und komisch machen wie das was ich sehe.

WŸrde ich dich auf den Spiegel machen.

Den ich vor mich liege, den ich vor mich liege.

 

CHORUS:

 

Ein Leben total Ÿberspringen (bzw. auslassen) in eine Tasse hineinstopfen.

Sie sagte, das Geld ist wie uns im Laufe der Zeit

Es liegt, aber aufstehen kann es nicht unten ist fŸr dich oben.

 

CHORUS:

 

Es war gut, was wir gestern machten.  Und ich wŸrde es nocheinmal machen.

Die Tatsache, da§ du verheiratet bist, beweist nur, da§ du mein bester Freund bist.

Aber es ist wirklich, wirklich eine SŸnde.

 

Alt. Guitar Solo over verse chords:

|-----13----------------------------------------|

|--13---16v---13-----13v------------------------|

|----------------15--13v------------------------|

|--------------------------15--13h15-15-13-15---|

|-----------------------------------------------|

|-----------------------------------------------|

 

|--------------------------------------------------------|

|--15v--15-13---------------13v--------------------------|

|--15v--15-13------------13v---13v----------------13v----|

|-------------15-13-15-------------15v-------13h15---15--|

|---------------------------------------13h15------------|

|--------------------------------------------------------|

 

|--13-------------------10-----------------------|

|-----13-------------------10--------------------|

|--------15b17-r15-14v---------12b14-r12-10------|

|-------------------------------------------12---|

|------------------------------------------------|

|------------------------------------------------|

 

|---------------------------------------------------------------|

|-----------------11b13r11--10h11p10----------------------------|

|--12--10h12-10------------------------10--10\8----8-10-10-8-8--|

|-----------------------------------------------10--------------|

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