Xmas In February Chords by Lou Reed

The track was written by Lou Reed.

Chords Info

• Tuning: Standard(E A D G B E)
• Key: A
• Chords: A, A6, E, A6sus4, D
• BPM: 86
• Suggested Strumming:
• D= Down Stroke, U = Upstroke, N.C= No Chord

Track Info

• Song: Xmas In February
• Artist: Lou Reed
• Written by New York
• Produced by Lou Reed & Fred Maher
• Album: Lou Reed
• Released Date: 10 January 1989

[Intro]

  A    A6  A   E           
  A    A6  A   E           
 
 
[Verse]

        A                  A6  A
Sam was lyin' in the jungle
              E
Agent orange spread against 

the sky like marmalade
A                  
 Hendrix played on 
     A6sus4   A
some foreign  jukebox
          D
They were praying to be saved
      A                     A6sus4  A
Those gooks were fierce and fearless
           E
That's the price you pay 

when you invade
A               A6sus4  A    E
Xmas in February
 
 
[Verse]

    A                    A6sus4  A
Sam lost his arm in some border  town
                E
His fingers are mixed with someone's crop
      A          
If he didn't have 
               A6sus4   A
that opium to smoke
    D
The pain would never ever stop
         A                   
Half his friends are stuffed 
           A6sus4  A
into black body    bags 
           E
With their names printed

 at the top
        A       A6  A    E
Xmas in February
 
 
[Verse]

      A                     A6sus4  A
Sammy was a short order cook
     E
In a short order black and 

blue collar town
     A           
Everybody worked 
                 A6sus4 A
the steel mill
         D
But the steel mill got closed down
   A                            A6sus4  A
He thought if he joined the Army
            E
He'd have a future 

that was sound
                A       A6sus4  A    E
Like no Xmas in February
 
 
[Guitar]

  A    A6sus4  A   E           
  A    A6sus4  A   D           
  A    A6sus4  A   E           
  A    A6sus4  A   E           
 
 
[Verse]

       A                 A6sus4  A
Sam's staring at the Vietnam     Wall
            E
It's been a while now that 

he's home
             A              
His wife and kid have left, 
     A6sus4  A
he's unemployed
         D
He's a reminder of the war 

that wasn't won
          A               
He's that guy on the street 
         A6sus4    A
with the sign that reads
        E
"Please help send this Vet home"
          A    A6sus4  A
But he is home
                       E
And there's no Xmas in February, 

no matter how much he saves
 
 
[Solo]

  A    A6      A   E           
  A    A6sus4  A   D           
  A    A6sus4  A   E           
  A    A6sus4  A   E           
 
 
[Solo]

  A    A6  A   E           
  A    A6  A   D           
  A    A6  A   E           
  A    A6  A   E           
 
 
[Outro]

  A        
 

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