#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## Received: from animal-farm.nevada.edu by redrock.nevada.edu (5.65c/M1.4) with SMTP id ; Wed, 10 Feb 1993 17:26:31 -0800 Received: from post1.INRE.ASU.EDU by animal-farm.nevada.edu id ; Wed, 10 Feb 1993 17:26:26 -0800 Received: from ASUVM.INRE.ASU.EDU (MAILER@ASUACAD) by asu.edu (PMDF #2382 ) id ; Wed, 10 Feb 1993 18:26:20 MST Received: from ASUACAD (IFSXM) by ASUVM.INRE.ASU.EDU (Mailer R2.08) with BSMTP id 4677; Wed, 10 Feb 93 18:28:44 MST Date: 10 Feb 1993 18:14:53 -0700 (MST) From: Paul Zimmerman Subject: TAB: Heroin - Velvet Underground To: jamesb@animal-farm.nevada.edu Message-Id: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT VELVET UNDERGROUND Heroin riff 1: D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) G|-2-------2---2-|-3-------3-----|-2-----3-2---2-|-3-------3---0-| (320003@1)|-3-----3---3---|-0-----0---0---|-3---------3---|-0-----0---0---| |-2---2---------|-0---0---------|-2---2---------|-0---0---------| |-0-------------|-0-------------|-0-------------|-0-------------| |---------------|-2-------------|---------------|-2-------------| |---------------|-3-------------|---------------|-3-------------| riff 2: |-2----7----9---7----| |-3----8----10--8----| listen to the song to get the timing for |-2----7----9---7----| this part - it isn't broken up into bars |-0------------------| here. |--------------------| |--------------------| riff 1 2X D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) I don't know just where I'm going D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) DBut (xx0232@1) I'm gonna try for the kingdom if I can this chord, and the G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) rest of the chords Cos it makes me feel like I'm a man G (320003@1) DWhen (xx0232@1)I put a spike into my vein G (320003@1) DAnd (xx0232@1)I tell ya things aren't quite the same when you hit the word G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) "know" at the end of the When I'm rushing on my run verse, the Dchord (xx0232@1)marks the G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) beginning of riff 1 again, And I feel just like Jesus' son which contintues until the G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) "nullify" in the next verse. And I guess that I just don't know this pattern continues thru G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) the whole song. And I guess that I just don't know D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) DI (xx0232@1) have made a (x02210@1)big decision D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) DI'm (xx0232@1) gonna try to nullify my life G (320003@1) DCos (xx0232@1)when the blood begins to flow G (320003@1) DAnd (xx0232@1)it shoots up the dropper's neck G (320003@1) DWhen (xx0232@1)I'm closing in on death riff2 2X G (320003@1) DYou (xx0232@1)can't help me not you guys G (320003@1) DOh, (xx0232@1)all you sweet girls with all your sweet talk G (320003@1) DYou (xx0232@1)can all go take a walk G (320003@1) DAnd (xx0232@1)I guess that I just don't know G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) GAnd (320003@1)I guess that I just don't know D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) GI (320003@1) wish that I was born a thousand years ago D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) DI (xx0232@1) wish that I'd sailed the darkened seas G (320003@1) DOn (xx0232@1)a great big clipper ship G (320003@1) DGoing (xx0232@1)from this land here to that G (320003@1) DOh, (xx0232@1)in a sailor's suit and cap riff2 2X G (320003@1) DAway (xx0232@1)from the big city G (320003@1) DWhere (xx0232@1)a man can not be free G (320003@1) DOf (xx0232@1)all the evils of this town G (320003@1) DAnd (xx0232@1)of himself and those around G (320003@1) DOh, (xx0232@1)and I guess that I just don't know G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) GOh, (320003@1)and I guess that I just don't know D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) GHer_____oin, (320003@1) it'll be the death of me D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) GHer_____oin, (320003@1) it's my wife, and it's my life G (320003@1) DBecause (xx0232@1)a mainline in my vein G (320003@1) DLeads (xx0232@1)to a center in my head G (320003@1) DAnd (xx0232@1)then I'm better off as dead riff2 4X G (320003@1) DCos (xx0232@1)when the smack begins to flow G (320003@1) DOh, (xx0232@1)I really don't care anymore G (320003@1) D'Bout (xx0232@1)all the jim-jims in this town G (320003@1) DAnd (xx0232@1)all the politicians making crazy sounds G (320003@1) DAnd (xx0232@1)everybody puttin' everybody else down G (320003@1) DAnd (xx0232@1)all the dead bodies piled up in Nam riff 2 4x G (320003@1) DCos (xx0232@1)when the smack begins to flow G (320003@1) DAnd (xx0232@1)I really don't care anymore riff 2 2x G (320003@1) DWhen (xx0232@1)that heroin is in my blood G (320003@1) DAnd (xx0232@1)the blood is in my head G (320003@1) DThen (xx0232@1)I thank God that I'm as good as dead G (320003@1) DAnd (xx0232@1)thank your God that I'm not aware G (320003@1) DAnd (xx0232@1)thank God that I just don't care G (320003@1) DAnd (xx0232@1)I guess that I just don't know G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) GAnd (320003@1)I guess that I just don't know riff1 2X F arpeggio