The Velvet Underground – Foggy Notion (Bass Tab)

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"Foggy Notion" from Velvet Underground's VU Lou, Maureen, Sterling and Doug Very groovy song built around an A Blues Progression (kinda)
G|--------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------|
A|------------457----------------457----|
E|--55--555--5---5-5--555--555--5---5-5-| Repeated until (1:00) into song
"She's over by the corner Got her hands by her sides They hit her harder harder harder Till they thought she might die Well I got a foggy notion, do it again Over by the corner, do it again I got my calomine lotion baby, do it again I got a foggy notion, do it again" ...some cool guitar then (starting at about 1:00)
G|----------------------------------------------|
D|-77777777-------77777777------777-77754-------|
A|---------457-----------457-------------457----|
E|------------5-5-----------5-5-------------5-5-|
...the origional pattern repeated some...
G|--------------------|
D|--------------------|
A|-------------457----|
E|--555--555--5---5-5-|

(1:23)
G|--------------------------------------------------------|
D|-77777777---7-7-77777777---7-7-777-77777---7-7-777-777--|
A|---------457------------457-------------457-------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------|

(1:34)
G|------------------|
D|-777-777-777-777--|
A|------------------|
E|------------------|Repeat this for a while...
"She made me do something that I never did before I rushed right down to a flower store"
(1:45)
G|------------------|
D|------------------|
A|-555-555-555-555--|
E|------------------|
"I bought her a boundle a beautiful batch"
(1:49)
G|------------------|
D|-777-777-777-777--|
A|------------------|
E|------------------|
"Dont't you know something, she sent 'em right back"
(1:52)
G|-------------------------|
D|-9-7-5-44-5-7-7-77-------|
A|------------------5-555--|
E|-------------------------|

Back to
G|------------------|
D|------------------|
A|------------------|
E|-555-555-555-555--| x2
"Sally Mae, Sally Mae, Sally Mae, Sally Mae, and do this little add on when switching to D
G|----------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------|
A|-----------------455-555-555-555--|
E|-555-555-555-555------------------|
"Woo, Sally Mae, Sally Mae,
G|------------------|
D|------------------|
A|------------------|
E|-555-555-555-555--|
Sally Mae, Sally Mae"
G|-----------------------|
D|-9-7-5-44-5-6-77-------|
A|----------------5-555--|
E|-----------------------|
That's the basic structure of the song, with lots of repeats of hooks and then little like this thrown in:
(2:23)
G|-------------------|
D|--9-7-40-----------|
A|--------0345-555---|
E|-5-----------------|
and then on the return to A
G|--------------------|
D|--4-5--4-47---------|
A|-5------5-----------|
E|-----------555-555--|

(2:44)
G|--------------------|
D|------7-754---------|
A|---457-----55-555---|
E|-55-----------------|

G|--------------------|
D|----4567----4567----|
A|-55-----------------|
E|--------5-5-----5-5-|
Just jam with the song and try out your own riffs. There you go, and Have fun. [email protected]