The Velvet Underground – I Found A Reason
Loaded (1970)
Standard Tuning (EADGBe)

Chords Used:
F  A#      Gm  Dm  C
1  1    6  3   5   3
1  3    6  3   6   5
2  3 OR 7  3   7   5
3  3    8  5   7   5
3  1    8  5   5   3
1  X    6  3   5   X


Introduction

    F                            A#               Gm
e |------5---5--------5---6-5-3-----1---1------1---3-1p0-------------------|
b |------------------------------------------------------------------------|
g |--3/5---5--------5---5---------3---3------3---3-------------------------|
d |------------------------------------------------------------------------|
a |------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E |------------------------------------------------------------------------|

F           A#       Gm 
Pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa 
F           A#       Gm
Pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa
 
F                         A#          Gm
I found a reason to keep living
F                       A#            Gm            
Oh and the reason, dear, is you
F                      A#             Gm
I found a reason to keep singing
F                       A#            Gm
Oh and the reason, dear, is you

(1:05)
F          Dm
Oh I do believe
F                             Dm
If you don't like things you leave
F          Dm                  A#
For some place you never gone before

(1:25)
F           A#       Gm
Pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa
F           A#       Gm
Pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa
Ooh 




(1:45)
F                    A#                   Gm
Honey, I found a reason to keep living
F                      A#                 Gm        
And you know the reason, dear it's you
F                                          A#                          Gm
And I've walked down life's lonely highways  hand in hand with myself
F             A#                                       Gm             
And I realized  how many paths have crossed between us


F          Dm
Oh I do believe
F                       Dm
You're all what you perceive
F              Dm                      A#
What comes is better than what came before


Solo (2:39)

e |-5h6r5----|-5h6r5----|-8---5---5----|-----------------------|
b |-------6--|-------6--|---6---6---6--|-------5---------------|
g |----------|----------|--------------|-5/7------7---5---3\2--|
d |----------|----------|--------------|-----------------------|
a |----------|----------|--------------|-----------------------|
E |----------|----------|--------------|-----------------------|

e |----------|---1--------|-------1---|-----------|------------|----------|
b |----------|-1---1------|-----1---1-|-----6-----|-6------6---|-6h8-6----|
g |-2h3-2----|--------2h3-|-2---------|---7---7h8-|---8--7---7-|----------|
d |-------3--|------------|---3-------|-8---------|------------|----------|
a |----------|------------|-----------|-----------|------------|----------|
E |----------|------------|-----------|-----------|------------|----------|

e |-----5----|--5h6-5---|----------|----------|----------|----------|------|
b |----------|----------|-6--8--10-|-6----6-x-|------6---|-6-----6--|-----6|
g |-3/5---5--|--------5-|----------|----------|--5/7-----|---7h8---8|---7--|
d |----------|----------|-7--8--10-|-5-7--8-x-|--------8-|----------|-8----|
a |----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|------|
E |----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|------|

e |-3/5------|-5-8-5--5-|----8-5---|----------|----------|----------|
b |----------|----------|-6------6-|-----6----|-6h8-6----|-6h8-6----|
g |-3/5---5--|--------5-|----------|-5/7------|-------7--|--------7-|
d |----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|
a |----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|
E |----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|

(3:14)
F          Dm
Oh I do believe
F                       Dm
You're all what you perceive
F              Dm                      A#
What comes is better than what came before


F           A#       Gm
Pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa
F           A#       Gm
Pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa
 

(3:50)
                  F     C          A#     F
And you'd better come, come come, come to me
F            C      A#
Come, come, come to me (you better)
F            C      A#
Come, come, come to me
F              F (let ring)
Pa pa pa pa pa pa

All chord and times are approximations.  This song is supposed to be in drop D tuning
(DGCFAd).  I tuned the song to standard tuning (don't like switching back and forth
too much).  This sounds pretty close to the song.  If you don't like it, just play the
chords 1 step higher (F = G; A# = C and so on) on drop D.  Solo is the same way (5=7).
I didn't quite get all the riffs in the verses.  They change many times.  I'll work on
that later.  This is a beautiful song (my favorite VU song).  It is not too difficult
either.  Enjoy it.