************************************************************************************************ The Velvet Underground - Heroin ************************************************************************************************ Modified By : Louis Cuthbert , Corrections / other questions : louis_cuthbert@hotmail.co.uk Adapted From : http://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/v/velvet_underground/heroin_crd.htm : Big Thanks To Spazomaniac for this version. Thanks for playing, please rate - and good luck learning. ************************************************************************************************ TUNING ( NOT STANDARD ) - ( LOWEST to HIGHEST : E A C# G B E ) This can be done without a tuner: Play the 4th Fret on the A String and then tune down the D String slowly until they make the same sound. ( It is not very far only 1 semitone / one fret down ) This is done so you can have a drone ( the C# string ringing ) all through the track . ************************************************************************************************ Tried to get it closer to the album version I have Ideally - 1 guitar to play the riff and the second to strum the chords. - But sounds good acoustic with one guitarist. Chords : | C# (x43121@1) - xx0121 | | C#2 [Version 1]* - xx0322 | | C#2 [Version 2]* - xx5322 | | C#2 [Version 3]* - 2x0322 | *NOTE - The different versions of the chord can be used give the C#2 a building effect similar to the way they do it on the track ALSO NOTE - Neither the E String or the A String are played open in any chord. Riff : |: C# (x43121@1) | C#2 (x43141@1) :| e |-------------------3p2--------------------------------------------------| B |------------2----------2------------------2----2-h4p2-------------------| G |---------1-----1---------1-------------3-----3--------3-----------------| C#|-----0-----------0-0-----0----------0----------0-0----0---(let ring)----| A |------------------------------------------------------------------------| E |------------------------------------------------------------------------| Here the drone is created by a pattern of strikes on the open C# String like : dum... dum.dum... dum... dum.dum... etc. Same Chords all the way through*, See above ^^ . Just listen to the track to get the timing. Lyrics: C# (x43121@1) C#2 (x43141@1) C# (x43121@1)C#2 (x43141@1) C# (x43121@1) C#2 (x43141@1)C# (x43121@1)C#2 (x43141@1) I don't know just where I'm going C# (x43121@1) C#2 (x43141@1) C# (x43121@1) C#2 (x43141@1) C#But (x43121@1)I'm gonna try for the kingdom if I can C#2 (x43141@1) C#Cuz (x43121@1)it makes me feel like I'm a man C#2 (x43141@1) C#When (x43121@1)I put a spike into my vein C#2 (x43141@1) C#Then, (x43121@1)I tell ya', things aren't quite the same C#2 (x43141@1) C#When (x43121@1)I'm rushin' on my run C#2 (x43141@1) C#And (x43121@1)I feel just like Jesus' son C#2 (x43141@1) C#And (x43121@1)I guess that I just don't know C#2 (x43141@1) C#And (x43121@1)I guess that I just don't know C# (x43121@1)C#2 (x43141@1) C# (x43121@1)C#2 (x43141@1) C# (x43121@1) C#2 (x43141@1)C# (x43121@1)C#2I (x43141@1) have made big decisions C# (x43121@1)C#2 (x43141@1) C# (x43121@1)C#2 (x43141@1) C#I'm (x43121@1) gonna try to nullify my life C#2 (x43141@1) C#Cuz (x43121@1)when the blood begins to flow C#2 (x43141@1) C#When (x43121@1)it shoots up the dropper's neck C#2 (x43141@1) C#When (x43121@1)I'm closing in on death After this line, Morrison interjects with a riff B, which is to be repeated as necessary: e |-----7---7---9---7--------| B |-----8---8---10--8--------| G |-----7---7---9---7--------| C#|--------------------------| A |--------------------------| E |--------------------------| C#2 (x43141@1) C#And (x43121@1)you can't help me, not you guys C#2 (x43141@1) C#Or (x43121@1)all you sweet girls with all your sweet talk C#2 (x43141@1) C#You (x43121@1)can all go take a walk C#2 (x43141@1) C#And (x43121@1)I guess I just don't know C#2 (x43141@1) C#And (x43121@1)I guess that I just don't know C# (x43121@1) C#2 (x43141@1) C# (x43121@1)C#2 (x43141@1) C# (x43121@1)C#2 (x43141@1)C# (x43121@1)C#2 (x43141@1) I wish that I was born a thousand years ago C# (x43121@1)C#2 (x43141@1) C# (x43121@1)C#2 (x43141@1) C#I (x43121@1) wish that I'd sailed the darkened seas C#2 (x43141@1) C#On (x43121@1)a great big clipper ship C#2 (x43141@1) C#Going (x43121@1)from this land here to that C#2 (x43141@1) C# (x43121@1)C#2 (x43141@1)C# (x43121@1)C#2Ah, (x43141@1)in a sailor's suit and cap C# (x43121@1) C#2 (x43141@1) C# (x43121@1) Away from the big city C#2 (x43141@1) C#Where (x43121@1)a man cannot be free C#2 (x43141@1) C#Of (x43121@1)all of the evils of this town C#2 (x43141@1) C#And (x43121@1)of himself and those around C#2 (x43141@1) C#Oh, (x43121@1)and I guess that I just don't know C#2 (x43141@1) C#Oh, (x43121@1)and I guess that I just don't know C# (x43121@1) C#2 (x43141@1) C# (x43121@1) Heeeeeroin C#2 (x43141@1) C# (x43121@1)C#2 (x43141@1)C# (x43121@1)C#2 (x43141@1) Be the death of me C# (x43121@1) C#2 (x43141@1) C# (x43121@1) Heeeeeroin C#2 (x43141@1) C#It's (x43121@1)my wife and it's my life C#2 (x43141@1) C#Because (x43121@1)a mainline to my vein C#2 (x43141@1) C#Leads (x43121@1)to a center in my head C#2 (x43141@1) C#And (x43121@1)then I'm better off as dead C#2 (x43141@1) C#Because (x43121@1)when the smack begins to flow C#2 (x43141@1) C#Ah, (x43121@1)I really don't care anymore C#2 (x43141@1) C#About (x43121@1)all the jim-jims in this town C#2 (x43141@1) C#And (x43121@1)all the politicians makin' busy sounds C#2 (x43141@1) C#And (x43121@1)everybody puttin' everybody else down C#2 (x43141@1) C#And (x43121@1)all the dead bodies piled up in Nam Play riff B a few times C#2 (x43141@1) C#Cuz (x43121@1)when the smack begins to flow C#2 (x43141@1) C#Then (x43121@1)I really don't care anymore C#2 (x43141@1) C#Ah, (x43121@1)when that heroin is in my blood C#2 (x43141@1) C#And (x43121@1)that blood is in my head C#2 (x43141@1) C#Then (x43121@1)thank god that I'm good as dead C#2 (x43141@1) C#And (x43121@1)thank your god that I'm not aware C#2 (x43141@1) C#And (x43121@1)thank god that I just don't care C#2 (x43141@1) C#And (x43121@1)I guess I just don't know C#2 (x43141@1) C#Ah, (x43121@1)and I guess I just don't know End on C#
