Good Evening Mr Waldheim by Lou Reed
Key: DD | Capo: 0fr |  Left-Handed 

    



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God evening Mr. Waldheim
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And Pontiff how are you?
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You have so much in common
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In the things you do
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And here comes Jesse Jackson
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He talks of common ground
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Does that common ground include me
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Or is it just a sound?
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A sound that shakes
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Oh Jesse, you must watch the sounds you make
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A sound that quakes
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There are fears that still reverberate
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Jesse you say common ground
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Does that include the P.L.O?
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What about people right here, right now
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Who fought for you not so long ago?
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The words that flow so freely
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Falling dancing from your lips
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I hope that you don't cheapen them
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With a racist slip
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Oh common ground
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Is common ground a word or just a sound?
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Oh, oh, common ground
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Remember those civil rights workers buried in the ground
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If I ran for president
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And once was a member of the Klan
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Wouldn't you call me on it
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The way I call you on Farrakhan?
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And Pontiff, pretty Pontiff
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Can anyone shake your hand ?
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Or is it just that you like uniforms
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And someone kissing your hand?
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Or is it true
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The common ground for me includes you too?
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Oh, oh, is it true
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The common ground for me includes you too?
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Good evening Mr. Waldheim
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Pontiff how are you?
Bm
As you both stroll through the woods at night
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I'm thinking thoughts of you
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And Jesse you're inside my thoughts
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As the rhythmic words subside
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My common ground invites you in
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Or do you prefer to wait outside?
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Or is it true
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The common ground for me is without you?
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Or is it true
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The common ground for me is without you?
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Oh is it true
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There's no ground common enough for me and you?