[Jeffrey Lewis] Chelsea hotel oral sex song

[K-mille]

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. Plus tard je posterai celle de Leonard Cohen

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