Lou Reed
"Tell It To Your Heart"
From "Mistrial" (1986)
[Intro]
C Am7 C Am7
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A|-0-3----------------3--0--------------0-3----------------3--0-------------|
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A|-0-3----------------3--0--------------0-3----------------3--0-------------|
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[Verse]
C Am7 C Am7
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B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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C Am7 F
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G|-----0---0---0-------0---0---0---------2------2----2---2------------------|
D|-------------------------------------3------3-----------------------------|
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Fm C G C/E Dm
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Dm G
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[Verse]
C Am7
I'm staring through a telescope at night
C Am7
at a large light in the sky
C Am7 F
Its spinning lights reminded me of you
Fm C G C/E
A star spinning in orbit lighting up the sky
Dm G
Or maybe it was not a star at all
[Verse]
C Am7
I'm standing by the Hudson River's edge at night
C Am7
looking out across the Jersey shore
C Am7 F
At a neon light spelling out some cola's name
Fm
And I thought your name should be dancing
C G C/E
beamed from satellites
Dm G
Larger than any billboard in Times Square
[Chorus]
F F G C/E
Tell it to your heart, please don't be afraid
G F
I'm the one who loves you in each and every way
F F G C/E
Tell it to your heart, please don't be afraid
Dm G
New York City lovers
C Am7
Tell it to your heart, please don't be afraid
C Am7
Tell it to your heart
[Verse]
C Am7
I'm up on the roof, it's 5 a.m.
C Am7
I guess I couldn't sleep
C Am7 F
And I see this spinning light that I saw last week
Fm C G C/E
Maybe I should wake you up but by then it might be gone
Dm G
You never know what you see when you look up in the sky
[Verse]
C Am7
I ran outside down a darkened street
C Am7
listening to my boot heels click
C Am7 F
My leather jacket squeaked, I needed a cigarette
Fm C G C/E
When I turned the corner my spinning light was in the street
Dm G
They were filming a commercial on TV
[Chorus]
F F G C/E
Tell it to your heart, please don't be afraid
G F
We're no teenage movie that ends in tragedy
F F G C/E
Tell it to your heart, please don't be afraid
Dm G
New York City lovers
[Chorus]
F F G C/E
Tell it to your heart, please don't be afraid
G F
I'm the one who loves you in each and every way
F F G C/E
Tell it to your heart, please don't be afraid
Dm G
New York City lovers
C Am7
Tell it to your heart, please don't be afraid
Am7 C
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Lou Reed
"Tell It To Your Heart"
From "Mistrial" (1986)
[Intro]
C Am7 C Am7
[Verse]
C Am7 C Am7
C Am7 F
Fm C G C/E Dm
Dm G
[Verse]
[Verse]
[Chorus]
[Verse]
[Verse]
[Chorus]
[Chorus]Tell It To Your Heart Chords by Lou Reed
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