Banging On My Drum

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Lou Reed
"Banging On My Drum"
From "Rock and Roll Heart" (1976)


[Intro]

         D                  A
e|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-7-7-9--7-7-7-9-------------------------------------------------| x4
A|-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-------7-7-9--7-7-7-9----------------------------|
E|----------------------5-5-5--5-5-5-5----------------------------|


[Verse]


         D                  E
e|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-7-7-9--7-7-7-9----9-9-11--9-9-9-11-----------------------------|
A|-5-5-5--5-5-5-5----7-7--7--7-7-7-7------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|

                A                                                   x4
e|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--7-7-9--7-7-7-9---7-7-9--7-7-7-9-------------------------------|
E|--5-5-5--5-5-5-5---5-5-5--5-5-5-5-------------------------------|


[Verse]
                    D
I'm banging on my drum
E                  A
I'm banging on my drum
                    D
Then banging on my drum, boy
E                     A
And I'm having lots of fun
                    D
I'm banging on my drums, yeah
E                  A
I'm banging on my drums
                    D         E
I'm banging on my drum, now baby
                        A   D  A
and I'm having lots of fun


D  A (x4)


[Chorus]

                    D
I'm banging on my drum
E                  A
I'm banging on my drum
                    D
Then banging on my drum, boy
E                     A
And I'm having lots of fun
                    D      
I'm banging on my one, my one 
E               A
Yeah, yeah my drum
                    D
I'm banging on my one, my one 
E                A
Yeah, yeah my drum
                   D
I'm banging on my drums
E                      A        D
I'm banging on my drum, now baby
E                        A
and I'm having lots of fun

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Lou Reed
"Banging On My Drum"
From "Rock and Roll Heart" (1976)
[Intro]
[Verse]
[Verse]
D  A (x4)
[Chorus]

Banging On My Drum Chords by Lou Reed

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Banging On My Drum Chords · Lou Reed