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Lou Reed
"Betrayed"
From "Legendary Hearts" (1983)
[Chorus]
DBetrayed by the oGne who says she loves Dyou
GBy the one who says she Dneeds you
GAbove all other mAsusenA  
DBetrayed by her fraGgile, vicious beDauty
GHer father did his Dduty and GI lie Adown Dbetrayed
[Verse]
DJustice taught her confidence her motheGr was like steel
Her cEmousins, they're all convicts
She aAlone rose above that wheelAsus  
DBut a motorcyclist no matter how good
Is slaGve to the oncoming truck
And the Empoison of her father was hAer most pitiless luck
[Chorus]
DBetrayed by the oGne who says she loves Dyou
GBy the one who says she Dneeds you
GAbove all other mAsusen
DBetrayed by her fraGgile, vicious beDauty
GHer father did his Dduty and GI lie Adown Dbetrayed
[Verse]
DThree of us lie in this bed, Gnight of infamy
EmOne of us lies on our back, her fAather's in her head
DAnd quick she turns and slaps my face
And with Gher eyes open wide she screams
"I hEmate you, I hate you, I hate you!"
But she's looAking right past me
[Chorus]
DBetrayed by the oGne who says she loves Dyou
GBy the one who says she Dneeds you
GAbove all other mAsusenA  
DBetrayed by her fraGgile, vicious beDauty
GHer father did his Dduty and GI lie Adown DbetrayedG  A  D  
And GI lie dAown DbetrayedG  A  D  
I Glie dAown DbetrayedG  A  D  
G A D
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