Velvet Underground Heroin Live? Tabbed by: Miles Only two cords used throughout the song D G |-2-------------|-3-------------| |-3-------------|-0-------------| |-2-------------|-0-------------| |-0-------------|-0-------------| |---------------|-2-------------| |---------------|-3-------------| This tabs if for the live version, I think if not oh well. Guitar 1 comes in at :04 D G D G |-2-------------|-3-------------|-2-------------|-3-------------| |-3-------------|-0-------------|-3-------------|-0-------------| |-2-------------|-0-------------|-2-------------|-0-------------| |-0-------------|-0-------------|-0-------------|-0-------------| |---------------|-2-------------|---------------|-2-------------| |---------------|-3-------------|---------------|-3-------------| x 2 D G D G |-2-------2---2-|-3-------3-----|-2-----3-2---2-|-3-------3---0-| |-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-------------| x 2 D G D G |-2-------2---2-|-3-------3-----|-2-----3-2---2-|-3-------3---0-| |-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-------------| I don't know just where I'm going D G D G |-2-------2---2-|-3-------3-----|-2-----3-2---2-|-3-------3---0-| |-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-------------| but I'm gonna try for the kingdom if I can Strum cords, pattern that can be used: Down, Down, Up, Up, Down, Up D G D Cos it makes me feel like I'm a man G D When I put a spike into my vein G D And I tell ya things aren't quite the same G D When I'm rushing on my run G D And I feel just like Jesus' son G D And I guess that I just don't know G D And I guess that I just don't know D G D G |-2-------2---2-|-3-------3-----|-2-----3-2---2-|-3-------3---0-| |-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-------------| D G D G |-2-------2---2-|-3-------3-----|-2-----3-2---2-|-3-------3---0-| |-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-------------| I have made a big D G D G |-2-------2---2-|-3-------3-----|-2-----3-2---2-|-3-------3---0-| |-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-------------| decision D G D G |-2-------2---2-|-3-------3-----|-2-----3-2---2-|-3-------3---0-| |-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-------------| I'm gonna try to Strum cords pattern that can be used Down, Down, Up, Up, Down, Up D Nullify my life G D Cos when the blood begins to flow G D And it shoots up the dropper's neck G D When I'm closing in on death |-----2--2--2---2---|-7----7------9----7-| |-----3--3--3---3---|-8----8-----10----8-| |-----2--2--2---2---|-7----7------9----7-| |-------------------|--------------------| |-------------------|--------------------| |-------------------|--------------------| x 2 1 2 and 3 4 | 1 2 3 4 (note don't play first beat) strummed (same pattern) D G D You can't help me not you guys G D Oh, all you sweet girls with all your sweet talk G D You can all go take a walk G D And I guess that I just don't know G D And I guess that I just don't know D G D G |-2-------2---2-|-3-------3-----|-2-----3-2---2-|-3-------3---0-| |-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-------------| D G D G |-2-------2---2-|-3-------3-----|-2-----3-2---2-|-3-------3---0-| |-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-------------| I wish that I was D G D G |-2-------2---2-|-3-------3-----|-2-----3-2---2-|-3-------3---0-| |-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-------------| born a thousand years ago D G D G |-2-------2---2-|-3-------3-----|-2-----3-2---2-|-3-------3---0-| |-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-------------| I wish that I'd sailed the Strummed D darkened seas G D On a great big clipper ship G D Going from this land here to that G D Oh, in a sailor's suit and cap |-----2--2--2---2---|-7----7------9----7-| |-----3--3--3---3---|-8----8-----10----8-| |-----2--2--2---2---|-7----7------9----7-| |-------------------|--------------------| |-------------------|--------------------| |-------------------|--------------------| x 2 1 2 and 3 4 | 1 2 3 4 (note don't play first beat) Strummed G D Away from the big city G D Where a man can not be free G D Of all the evils of this town G D And of himself and those around G D Oh, and I guess that I just don't know G D Oh, and I guess that I just don't know D G D G |-2-------2---2-|-3-------3-----|-2-----3-2---2-|-3-------3---0-| |-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-------------| D G D G |-2-------2---2-|-3-------3-----|-2-----3-2---2-|-3-------3---0-| |-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-------------| Her______________________________oin it'll be D G D G |-2-------2---2-|-3-------3-----|-2-----3-2---2-|-3-------3---0-| |-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-------------| the death of me D G D G |-2-------2---2-|-3-------3-----|-2-----3-2---2-|-3-------3---0-| |-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-------------| Her_____________________________oin it's D G D G |-2-------2---2-|-3-------3-----|-2-----3-2---2-|-3-------3---0-| |-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-------------| my wife and it's my life Strummed D G D Because a mainline in my vein G D Leads to a center in my head G D And then I'm better off as dead |-----2--2--2---2---|-7----7------9----7-| |-----3--3--3---3---|-8----8-----10----8-| |-----2--2--2---2---|-7----7------9----7-| |-------------------|--------------------| |-------------------|--------------------| |-------------------|--------------------| x 4 1 2 and 3 4 | 1 2 3 4 (note don't play first beat) Strummed D G D Cos when the smack begins to flow G D Oh, I really don't care anymore G D 'Bout all the jim-jims in this town G D And all the politicians making crazy sounds G D And everybody puttin' everybody else down G D And all the dead bodies piled up in Nam |-----2--2--2---2---|-7----7------9----7-| |-----3--3--3---3---|-8----8-----10----8-| |-----2--2--2---2---|-7----7------9----7-| |-------------------|--------------------| |-------------------|--------------------| |-------------------|--------------------| x 4 1 2 and 3 4 | 1 2 3 4 Strummed D G D Cos when the smack begins to flow G D And I really don't care anymore |-----2--2--2---2---|-7----7------9----7-| |-----3--3--3---3---|-8----8-----10----8-| |-----2--2--2---2---|-7----7------9----7-| |-------------------|--------------------| |-------------------|--------------------| |-------------------|--------------------| x 2 Strummed D G D When that heroin is in my blood G D And the blood is in my head G D Then I thank God that I'm as good as dead G D And thank your God that I'm not aware G D And thank God that I just don't care G D And I guess that I just don't know G And I guess that I just don't D G D G |-2-------2---2-|-3-------3-----|-2-----3-2---2-|-3-------3---0-| |-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-------------| Know D G D G |-2-------2---2-|-3-------3-----|-2-----3-2---2-|-3-------3---0-| |-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-------------| x 2 F arpeggio if you want that's it, easy song...