Lou Reed

Iced Honey

Lou Reed


Tom: D

         D:XX0232
         G:32003X

Each chord is played for two measures of 4/4 timing in a constant loop. 

Intro:

D G D G

Verse 1:
    D
You can't put a butterfly in a jar
G
If the effort's too high no matter who you are
    D
You can't catch the moon, or the sun or the stars
G
It doesn't matter who you are

Chorus:
     D
Iced honey
     G
Iced honey

Verse 2:
D
 Now me I've tried a million tricks
   G
To make life cold and make it stick
    D
Not running heat that flames then out
        G
But the proud piece of ice that always floats

(Repeat Chorus)

Verse 3:
     D
If I can't trap a butterfly or a bee
     G
If I can't keep my heart where I want it to be
      D
If no matter how much soul and heart I put to the wood
     G
If a flaming heart is not that good

(Repeat Chorus)

Verse 4:
       D
If you can't put a butterfly in a jar
   G
If violence mars your final hour
       D
If you make others feel like jam
G
Poured on a piece of charbroiled lamb

Verse 5:
        D
If it's all mixed up and you cannot shout
         G
And your oxygen starts to run out
        D
If your final gasp has the recipe wrong
    G
And instead of hello you say so long

Verse 6:
        D
If your energy starts to leak out
    G
And people wonder what you're all about
  D
A heartbreaker with an unattached heart
    G
The story of love gives them all a start

Verse 7:
    D
And me, I've always been this way
       G
Not by choice, just this way
  D
I can't put my honey pot in a jar 
     G
Or a heart or a fist of some young boy

Verse 8:
       D
If you can't put a butterfly in a jar
          G
No wonder no need to wonder where you are
   D
It might seem like Hell, the river Styx
G
Your affection never sticks

Verse 9:
D
No matter what you say, no matter what you do
  G
A butterfly heart flies right past you
        D
There's nothing to say, nothing to do
G
See if the ice will melt for you

Bridge:
D
See if the ice will melt for you
G
See if the ice will melt for you
D
See if the ice will melt for you
D
See if the ice will melt for you

Chorus:
     D
Iced honey
     G
Iced Honey
    D
Iced honey
     G
Iced Honey

(Repeat Bridge)

Outro Chorus:
     D
Iced honey (See if the ice will melt for you)
     G
Iced Honey (See if the ice will melt for you)
     D
Iced honey (See if the ice will melt for you)
                       G
See if the, see if the ice will melt for you
                      (See if the ice will melt for you)
     D
Iced honey (See if the ice will melt for you)
     G
Iced Honey (See if the ice will melt for you)
     D
Iced honey

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