The Velvet Underground – Sister Ray (Guitar Intro Tab)
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Sister Ray by Velvet Underground Guitar Tab
Written by Lou Reed, John Cale, Sterling Morrison, Maureen Tucker
{note}= Bend the string
x=previous note muted
Rhythm Guitar e-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| B-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| G--------------------5---4---9---7----------------------------------------------------| D -5-5-x-5-5-5-x-5-5-5---4---9---7----------------------------------------------------| A--5-5-x-5-5-5-x-5-5-3---2---7---5----------------------------------------------------| E--3-3-x-3-3-3-x-3-3------------------------------------------------------------------|
This turns into just the g chord being played over and over eventually. Listen to the song to get the
rhythm
down He hits the strings pretty hard.
Lead Guitar
e------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B--0-0---0-0-0--0-0-0----(0-------)--------------------------------------|
G--0-0---0-0-0--0-0-0----(0-{5}30-)--------------------------------------|
D------------------------(-------5)--------------------------------------|
A------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E------------------------------------------------------------------------|
The lick in parenthesese is not always played and is always a little different
Plays this at the beginning but after a while it is just a lot of
blues improvising on the G-minor blues Scale:
e-1-3-6-8---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B-1-3-6-8---------------------------------------------------------------------|
G-0-3-5-6---------------------------------------------------------------------|
D-0-3-5-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A-0-3-4-5---------------------------------------------------------------------|
E-3--6------------------------------------------------------------------------|here is an example of some of the improvisation Reed is doing around 45 seconds into the song.
if you want to mimic a common pattern, he often does two eith notes, 3 twelth notes, 2 eigth notes, 3
twelth notes |
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e------3---3-|---------------------------------------------------------|
B------------V---------------------------------------------------------|
G---{5}-{5}--6-6-530-0-0-03{5}-6-6-530---------------------------------|
D----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E----------------------------------------------------------------------|************************************
| x Dead note
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