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Heroin by The Velvet Underground - Guitar Chords
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THE VELVET UNDERGROUND
Heroin
Tuning: EbAbDbGbBbEb
Riff 1:
D G D G
Eb|-2-------2---2-|-3-------3-----|-2-----3-2---2-|-3-------3---0-|
Bb|-3-----3---3---|-0-----0---0---|-3---------3---|-0-----0---0---|
Gb|-2---2---------|-0---0---------|-2---2---------|-0---0---------|
Db|-0-------------|-0-------------|-0-------------|-0-------------|
Ab|---------------|-2-------------|---------------|-2-------------|
Eb|---------------|-3-------------|---------------|-3-------------|
Riff 2:
Eb|-2----7----9---7----|
Bb|-3----8----10--8----| Listen to the song to get the timing for
Gb|-2----7----9---7----| this part - it isn't broken up into bars
Db|-0------------------| here.
Ab|--------------------|
Eb|--------------------|
Riff 1 x2
[Verse]
D G D G D G D G
I don't know just where I'm going
D G D G D ---- end of riff 1, strum
But I'm gonna try for the kingdom if I can this chord, and the
G D rest of the chords
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 when you hit the word
G D "know" at the end of the
When I'm rushing on my run verse, the D chord marks the
G D beginning of riff 1 again,
And I feel just like Jesus' son which contintues until the
[Chorus]
G D "nullify" in the next verse.
And I guess that I just don't know this pattern continues thru
G D G D G the whole song.
And I guess that I just don't know
[Verse]
D G D G D G D
I have made a big decision
D G D G D
I'm gonna try to 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
Riff 2 x2
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
[Chorus]
G D
And I guess that I just don't know
G D G D G
And I guess that I just don't know
[Verse]
D G D G D G D G
I wish that I was born a thousand years ago
D G D G D
I wish that I'd sailed the 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
Riff 2 x2
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
[Chorus]
G D
Oh, and I guess that I just don't know
G D G D G
Oh, and I guess that I just don't know
[Verse]
D G D G D G D G
Her_____oin, it'll be the death of me
D G D G D G
Her_____oin, it's my wife, and it's my life
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
Riff 2 x4
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
Riff 2 x4
G D
Cos when the smack begins to flow
G D
And I really don't care anymore
Riff 2 x2
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 D G D G
And I guess that I just don't know
Riff 1 x2
F arpeggio
We also have 34 songs by The Velvet Underground
- After Hours
- All Tomorrows Parties
- Beginning To See The Light
- Candy Says
- Cool It Down
- Femme Fatale
- Heroin
- I Cant Stand It
- I Found A Reason
- Ill Be Your Mirror
- Im Set Free
- Im Sticking With You
- Im Waiting For The Man
- Jesus
- Lady Godivas Operation
- Lisa Says
- New Age
- Ocean
- Oh Sweet Nuthin
- Pale Blue Eyes
- Ride Into The Sun
- Rock And Roll
- Run Run Run
- Satellite Of Love
- Shes My Best Friend
- Stephanie Says
- Sunday Morning
- Sweet Jane
- Thats The Story Of My Life
- There She Goes Again
- Venus In Furs
- What Goes On
- White Light White Heat
- Who Loves The Sun
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