Heroin

The Velvet Underground

Composição de: Lou Reed
Tom:
Afinação: 
Tabbed by: Miles


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This tabs if for the live version, I think if not oh well.  Guitar 1 
comes in at
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              I            don't know           just where I'm going
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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
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      G                       D
And I guess that I just don't know
      G                       D
And I guess that I just don't know

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  I                       have   made                      a big         
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decision

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I'm                      gonna   try                         to

Strum cords pattern that can be used Down, Down, Up, Up, Down, Up

     D
Nullify my life
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             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

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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

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I                         wish   that                     I was
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born a     thousand years  ago


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  I                       wish that              I'd sailed the

Strummed

D
darkened seas
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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

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Strummed

     G            D
Away from the big city
        G              D
Where a man can not be free
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           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

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Her______________________________oin                    it'll be

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the death of me

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Her_____________________________oin                     it's
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 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

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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
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Strummed

D             G               D
Cos when the smack begins to flow
      G                    D
And I really don't care anymore


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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
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Know


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F arpeggio if you want


that's it, easy song...
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