• Song:

    I Found A Reason

  • Artist:

    Velvet Underground

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 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------ |  
 
F5           A#5       G5  
Pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa  
F5           A#5       G5 
Pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa 
  

F5                         A#5          G5 
I found a reason to keep living 
F5                       A#5            G5             
Oh and the reason, dear, is you 
F5                      A#5             G5 
I found a reason to keep singing 
F5                       A#5            G5 
Oh and the reason, dear, is you 
 
(1:05) 
F5          D5 
Oh I do believe 
F5                             D5 
If you don't like things you leave 
F5          D5                  A#5 
For some place you never gone before 
 
(1:25) 
F5           A#5       G5 
Pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa 
F5           A#5       G5 
Pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa 

Ooh  
 
 (1:45) 
F5                    A#5                   G5 
Honey, I found a reason to keep living 
F5                      A#5                 G5         
And you know the reason, dear it's you 
F5                                          A#5                          G5 
And I've walked down life's lonely highways  hand in hand with myself 
F5             A#5                                       G5              
And I realized  how many paths have crossed between us 
 
 
F5          D5 
Oh I do believe 
F5                       D5 
You're all what you perceive 
F5              D5                      A#5 
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-- |  
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) 
F5          D5 
Oh I do believe 
F5                       D5 
You're all what you perceive 
F5              D5                      A#5 
What comes is better than what came before 
 
 
F5           A#5       G5 
Pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa 
F5           A#5       G5 
Pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa 
  
 (3:50) 
                  F5     C5          A#5     F5 
And you'd better come, come come, come to me 
F5            C5      A#5 
Come, come, come to me (you better) 
F5            C5      A#5 
Come, come, come to me 
F5              F5 (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 ( F5 = G; A#5 = C5 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.
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