K-mille Posté(e) 1 mai 2007 Share Posté(e) 1 mai 2007 Jeffrey Lewis est un chanteur New Yorkais qui fait de la musique avec son frère Jack mais aussi de la bande dessinée. Il fait des chansons à texte pleines d'humour. Cette chanson est une réponse à la chanson "Chelsea Hotel #2" de Leonard Cohen, et d'ailleurs elle m'a permis d'en comprendre totalement le sens (une expression m'avait échappé ). Elle est extrainte d'un album qui s'appelle "The last time I did acid I went insane". Elle est facile à jouer et se résume à deux accords : C et F. En plus, il est facile de passer de l'un à l'autre Je l'ai aussi trouvée avec les accords C et G, mais c'est avec C et F que ça m'a l'air de ressembler le plus à l'original. Ça se joue en arpèges, voici comment : C F e -|------------0---------0------|------------------1-----------1--------- B -|-------1---------1-----------|------------1-----------1-------------- G -|------------0---------0------|------------------2-----------2--------- D -|-----------------------------|-----3--------------------------------- A -|---3-------------------------|-------------------------------------- E -|-----------------------------|---------------------------------------- Il suffit d'alterner sur chaque vers C - F - C - F pendant 7 minutes Et avec les paroles : C Walkin' up 23rd street F I was tired and alone C It was late my housemate F Would be asleep when I got home C The sign ahead glowin' red F Said the Chelsea hotel C Where Nancy and Sid Vicious F And my friend Dave once dwelled The street was black under my feet Which continued their walkin' Though i was vaguely interested In the folks behind me talkin' Two guys maybe gay Wearin' Raver type suits And a girl wearin' glasses Who looked kinda cute Her hair was short and curly She had a tattoo on her back Which I could see cos her red shirt Was sleeveless with straps But I only saw this later Not in my first glance But I could hear her talkin behind me And as if by chance She was tryin' to describe A song I knew well The Leonard Cohen song About the Chelsea hotel And I smiled a smile to myself When she said That was the song where he talks about Someone giving him head On the bed was unmade And how the song was outrageous And that's when I got Uncharacteristicly courageous I could left the three of them laughin' And just gone on home But I turned and I faced her And I said Leonard Cohen? .....just like that.... She was shocked and surprised But she looked very happy That she now had a witness To back up her story She looked at me With her spectacled eyes And said "see I told you" To the two others guys My tale might have ending right there and then But we started talkin' about Leornard Cohen And how his lyrics were cool And how he sang so sincere It must have been true And it happened right here Usually women right of the bat Don't find me that great But there we were laughin', scrollin' Like we could really relate Although we didn't mention the head line It was alluded And her conversation was better Because her friends were not included The guys were more into each other At least that's how it seemed to me I heard the faint knocking of opportunity Ilthough it's easy for me now Upon my looking back Yo think of all the things I could have said To make me the mac Just keep the sad truth in mind As I tell this to you That we really only talked For a minute or two And I never got her name And she never got mine But in this couple of short minutes We had a pretty good time And on top of that Though you may not believe it You know what she says to me next As I repeat it That line about gettin a blow job That Leonard sings She said it made her Want to do naughty things Right about then I should have asked If she knew What the Chelsea charged If we got a room for two But I didn't and I know I'm a schmuck, don't you doubt it The only thing I did Was write this stupid song about it If I was Leonard Cohen Or some others song writing master I'd know to first get the oral sex And then write the song after You can practise writing songs About romance every day But if you haven't loved Then you'll have nothing to say We could have given each other head On Leonard's same unmade bed But I was too shy to suggest it And so instead When the three of them stopped To look through a pub window I said good night Tho I had not quite meant to And waved as we walked tho I would not forget her Especially when she mysteriously said See you later Now every time I'm walking I hope that we'd meet And on purpose I always go up 23rd street Where the sign glowin' red Says the Chelsea Hotel Where Nancy and Sid Vicious And my friend Dave once dwelled Life doesn't work out The way it does in old songs That's why we sing new ones To say what really goes on So if I ever see her again And we pick up Right we were ended Maybe I'll play her this song Maybe she won't get too offended And listen I tell you why There's more than this situation Than meets the eye You may think it's sad You may think it's pathetic But I sing this song And that she will never know it But think a minute 'bout what that means And you'll realise it's actually a wonderful thing That all around the world There maybe folks singin' tunes For the love of others folks That they barely knew And it puts a smile on my face Yes, it do And let me tell you You ought to be smillin' too Because the next time you feelin' Kinda lonesome and blue Just think that someone somewhere Might be singin' about you So who knows if I'll ever see her again Maybe we'll see this whole time She could have been singing about me Probably not But it could be Voilà. 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