Velvet Underground
Heroin Live?
Tabbed by: Miles
Only two cords used throughout the song
D G
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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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D G D G
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D G D G
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D G D G
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I don't know just where I'm going
D G D G
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but I'm gonna try for the kingdom if I can
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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
G D
And I guess that I just don't know
G D
And I guess that I just don't know
D G D G
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D G D G
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I have made a big
D G D G
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decision
D G D G
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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
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
D G D G
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D G D G
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I wish that I was
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D G D G
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born a thousand years ago
D G D G
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I wish that I'd sailed the
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D
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
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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
G D
Oh, and I guess that I just don't know
G D
Oh, and I guess that I just don't know
D G D G
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D G D G
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Her______________________________oin it'll be
D G D G
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the death of me
D G D G
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Her_____________________________oin it's
D G D G
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my wife and it's my life
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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
D G D G
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Know
D G D G
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F arpeggio if you want
that's it, easy song...
