Sad Song - The Velvet Underground
This was on the album Fully Loaded which also contained sessions of Velvet
Underground that were previously unheard, Sad Song was one of the Demo
tracks on the album.
Standard Tuning
e|------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------7--------8-------10---------12--------------------------|
G|--------7--------9-------11---------12----------------------------| x4
D|------7--------9-------11---------12------------------------------|
A|----5--------7-------9----------10--------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------|
Livin' on borrow time...
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G|-------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9---12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12---| x2
D|-------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9---12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12---|
A|-------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10---|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
I'm gonna stop wasting my time....
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/v/velvet_underground/sad_song_tab.html ]
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B|------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------12--11--12-14-12-12-12-12-12-10-10-10-10-10-10--------------| x3
D|------12--11--12-14-12-12-12-12-12-10-10-10-10-10-10--------------|
A|------10--9---10-12-12-12-12-12-12-10-10-10-10-10-10--------------|
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B|--------7-------7-------8-------8----------12--------12------7-------7---|
G|------7-------7-------9-------9---------12--------12-------7-------7-----| x3
D|----7-------7-------9-------9--------12--------12--------7-------7-------|
A|--5-------5-------7-------7-------10--------10---------5-------5---------|
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B|-----10-----12---8---7----------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------| I just finger
D|--------------------------------------------------------| these notes
A|---9-----10----7---5------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------|
Repeat
LYRICS:
Livin' on borrowed time
i'm in love w/ mary queen of scots
fourteen hundred ninety three
and everythings like it should be
i'm gonna stop wasting my time
henry the fifth would have broken my heart
sad song sad song
doo doo
sad song sad song
livin on borrowed time
i'm in love w/ mary queen of scots
fourteen hundred ninety three
and things just like they ought to be
primrose and kilts
primrose and spain
forget me not my queen of scots
sad song sad song
doo doo
sad song sad song
Not a perfect tab of course, but its the only time I've seen it done, email me for your
corrections, I'll give you credit.
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