############### by elem089 ################ # Lou Reed: Caroline Says II ########################################### # NOTES: within the verse lines Lou Reed appears to play a standard Bm chord between C and Am; I prefer playing this as an Cmaj7/E, i.e. Em with an additional first fret on the B string INTRO: C Bm Am G (2x) VERSE: C Cmaj7/E Am F (G) Caroline says, C Cmaj7/E Am F (G) As she gets up off the floor C Em Am Em Am Why is it that you beat me, D G It isn't any fun C Cmaj7/E Am F (G) Caroline says, C Cmaj7/E Am F (G) As she makes up her eye C Em Am Em Am You've ought to learn more about your-self, D G Think more than just I CHORUS: C F G But she's not a-fraid to die C F G All of her friends call her Alaska C F When she takes speed, they laugh and ask her C F C G What is in her mind C F C G What is in her mind VERSE: C Cmaj7/E Am F (G) Caroline says, C Cmaj7/E Am F (G) As she gets up from the floor C Em Am Em Am You can hit me all you want to, D G But I don't love you any-more C Cmaj7/E Am F (G) Caroline says, C Cmaj7/E Am F (G) While biting her lip C Em Am Em Am Life is meant to be more than this, D G And this is a bum trip CHORUS: C F G But she's not a-fraid to die C F G All of her friends call her Alaska C F When she takes speed, they laugh and ask her C F C G What is in her mind C F C G What is in her mind BRIDGE: Dm G C F C She put her fist through the window pane Dm G It was such a funny feeling CHORUS 2: C F G It's so cold in Alaska C F G It's so cold in Alaska C F G It's so cold in Alaska OUTRO: C Bm Am G C