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Cool It Down

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"Cool It Down"
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album _Loaded_
(The Velvet Underground, 1970)

written by Lou Reed
Tabbed by loureed.it
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[Verse 1]
D
Somebody took the papers
and somebody's got the key
And somebody's nailed the door shut
and says, hey, what you think that you see

        G
But me l'm down around the corner
you know I'm looking for Miss LindaLee
        D
Because she's got the power to love me by the hour, gives me W-L-O-V-E, oh

[Bridge]
Bm                              A G
Hey baby, if you want it so fast
                                  A Bm
don't you know, it ain't gonna last
Of course you know it makes no
            A  G
difference to me

[Verse 2]
D
Somebody's got the time time
somebody's got the right
All of the other people
trying to use up the night

            G
But now me, l'm out on the corner
you know I'm looking for Miss LindaLee
        D
Because she's got the power to love me by the hour gives me W-L-O-V-E, ooohhh


[Bridge]
Bm                         A G
Hey, if you want it so fast
but don't you know honey, you can get
       A  Bm
It so fast
Of course you know it makes no
            A  G
difference to me

[Chorus]
A                D         A
Oh oh, you better cool it dowN
                    A#          D
you know you better cool it down
                  D         A
You know you better cool it down
                     A#      D
you know you better cool it down

[Bridge]
Bm
Oh oh oh, hey, if you want it so fast
now look it, look baby, don't you want it to last
But of course you know that
hey, it makes no difference to me


[Outro]
A                     D      A
Oh oh oh, you better cool it down
                          A#         D
now baby, you better, oh, cool it down
                          D       A
Don't you know you better cool it down
                    A#          D
you know you better cool it down

You better cool it down
oh baby, cool it down
You better cool it down
oh, you better cool it down




* riff ({D} part)

       {D}                  {D}
e|----------------------------------|
B|---------------------1h3----------|
G|---------------------2------------|
D|---------------------------0-3v-0-|
A|----------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|

       {D}                  {D}
e|----------------------------------|
B|--------3-x-----------------------|
G|--------2-x-------------0h2p0-----|
D|--------0-x------------0-----3v-0-|
A|----------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|



* riff ({G} part)

       {G}                  {G}
e|-------3-x---3-x-------------------|
B|-------3-x---3-x-------------------|
G|-------4-x---4-x-------5h7-5-3v----|
D|--------------------------------5--|
A|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|




* scale ({Bm}{Bm/Bm.A}{G}{G/G.A} part)

             7   8   9  10
 1e ... -|-o-|---|---|---|- ...
 2B ... -|-o-|---|---|-o-|- ...
 3G ... -|-o-|---|-o-|---|- ...
 4D ... -|-o-|---|-o-|---|- ...
 5A ... -|---|---|---|---|- ...
 6E ... -|---|---|---|---|- ...



*** please note ***

h - hammer on
p - pull off
b - bend string up
r - release bend
/ - slide up
\ - slide down
v - vibrato
^ - harmonics

Cool It Down chords and lyrics

Free chords for Cool It Down by Lou Reed. Scroll the interactive sheet above or read the chord names inline below.

==============================
"Cool It Down"
==============================
album _Loaded_
(The Velvet Underground, 1970)
written by Lou Reed
Tabbed by loureed.it
==============================
[Verse 1]
and somebody's got the key
And somebody's nailed the door shut
and says, hey, what you think that you see
you know I'm looking for Miss LindaLee
[Bridge]
Of course you know it makes no
[Verse 2]
somebody's got the right
All of the other people
trying to use up the night
you know I'm looking for Miss LindaLee
[Bridge]
but don't you know honey, you can get
Of course you know it makes no
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
now look it, look baby, don't you want it to last
But of course you know that
hey, it makes no difference to me
[Outro]
You better cool it down
oh baby, cool it down
You better cool it down
oh, you better cool it down
* riff ({D} part)
* riff ({G} part)
* scale ({Bm}{Bm/Bm.A}{G}{G/G.A} part)
*** please note ***
h - hammer on
p - pull off
b - bend string up
r - release bend
/ - slide up
\ - slide down
v - vibrato
^ - harmonics

Cool It Down Chords by Lou Reed

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