The Velvet Underground – I Found A Reason (Guitar)

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The Velvet Underground – I Found A Reason Loaded (1970) (All chord and times are approximations. This song is supposed to be in drop D tuning (DGCFAd). I tuned the song to standard tuning (don't like switching back and forth too much). This sounds pretty close to the song. If you don't like it, just play the chords 1 step higher (F = G; Bb = C and so on) on drop D. Solo is the same way (5=7). I didn't quite get all the riffs in the verses. They change many times. I'll work on that later. This is a beautiful song (my favorite VU song). It is not too difficult either.) [Chords]
F  Bb      Gm  Dm  C
1  1    6  3   5   3
1  3    6  3   6   5
2  3 
OR 7 3 7 5 3 3 8 5 7 5 3 1 8 5 5 3 1 X 6 3 5 X
[Intro]
    F                            Bb               Gm
e|------5---5--------5---6-5-3-----1---1------1---3-1p0-------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--3/5---5--------5---5---------3---3------3---3-------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
[Chorus 1]
F           Bb       Gm 
Pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa 

F           Bb       Gm
Pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa
[Verse 1]
F                         Bb          Gm
I found a reason to keep living

F                       Bb            Gm            
Oh and the reason, dear, is you

F                      Bb             Gm
I found a reason to keep singing

F                       Bb            Gm
Oh and the reason, dear, is you

F          Dm
Oh I do believe

F                             Dm
If you don't like things you leave

F          Dm                  Bb
For some place you never gone before
[Chorus 1]
F           Bb       Gm
Pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa

F           Bb       Gm
Pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa
Ooh [Verse 2]
F                    Bb                   Gm
Honey, I found a reason to keep living

F                      Bb                 Gm        
And you know the reason, dear it's you

F                                          Bb                          Gm
And I've walked down life's lonely highways  hand in hand with myself

F             Bb                                       Gm             
And I realized  how many paths have crossed between us
[Chorus 2]
F          Dm
Oh I do believe

F                       Dm
You're all what you perceive

F              Dm                      Bb
What comes is better than what came before

[Solo]
(2:39)
e|-5h6r5----|-5h6r5----|-8---5---5----|-----------------------|
B|-------6--|-------6--|---6---6---6--|-------5---------------|
G|----------|----------|--------------|-5/7------7---5---3\2--|
D|----------|----------|--------------|-----------------------|
A|----------|----------|--------------|-----------------------|
E|----------|----------|--------------|-----------------------|

e|----------|---1--------|-------1---|-----------|------------|----------|
B|----------|-1---1------|-----1---1-|-----6-----|-6------6---|-6h8-6----|
G|-2h3-2----|--------2h3-|-2---------|---7---7h8-|---8--7---7-|----------|
D|-------3--|------------|---3-------|-8---------|------------|----------|
A|----------|------------|-----------|-----------|------------|----------|
E|----------|------------|-----------|-----------|------------|----------|

e|-----5----|--5h6-5---|----------|----------|----------|----------|------|
B|----------|----------|-6--8--10-|-6----6-x-|------6---|-6-----6--|-----6|
G|-3/5---5--|--------5-|----------|----------|--5/7-----|---7h8---8|---7--|
D|----------|----------|-7--8--10-|-5-7--8-x-|--------8-|----------|-8----|
A|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|------|
E|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|------|

e|-3/5------|-5-8-5--5-|----8-5---|----------|----------|----------|
B|----------|----------|-6------6-|-----6----|-6h8-6----|-6h8-6----|
G|-3/5---5--|--------5-|----------|-5/7------|-------7--|--------7-|
D|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|
A|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|
E|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|
[Chorus 2]
F          Dm
Oh I do believe

F                       Dm
You're all what you perceive

F              Dm                      Bb
What comes is better than what came before
[Chorus 1]
F           Bb       Gm
Pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa

F           Bb       Gm
Pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa
[Outro]
                  F     C          Bb     F
And you'd better come, come come, come to me

F            C      Bb
Come, come, come to me (you better)

F            C      Bb
Come, come, come to me
F F (let ring) Pa pa pa pa pa pa ************************************ | p Pull-off | / Slide up | h Hammer-on | r Release | \ Slide down | x Dead note ************************************