The Velvet Underground – Heroin (Guitar)
Half-Step Down (Eb-Ab-Db-Gb-Bb-Eb)
Key
-
Versions
(4)
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Speed:
1.0x
Chords
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