FROM alt.guitar.tab Mon Jan 24 14:13:47 1994 From: t.j.strom@ub.uio.no (Trond J. Strom) Subject: CRD: Cowboy Junkie - Sweet Jane (repost) "Sweet Jane" Lou Reed (this transcription based off of the Cowboy Junkies' cover) verse 1: (play progression with beat dum dum dum-dum)

^DAnyone who's ^Aever had a ^Ghe^Gart ^G ^A ^D ^D ^DWouldn't turn^A around and br^Gea^Gk it ^G ^A ^D ^D

^DAnyone who's ^Aever played a ^Gpa^Grt ^G ^A ^D ^D ^DWouldn't turn^A around and^G b^Greak it ^G ^A ^D ^D

^DSweet ^AJane ^G ^G ^G ^A ^D ^D ^DSweet ^AJane ^G ^G ^G ^A ^D ^D

^DAh, ^Asweet sweet^G J^Gane ^G ^A ^D ^D verse 2 & 3 are the identical musically, but with the following words:

verse 2: Waited for Jimmy down in the alley Waited for him to come back home Waited down on the corner Thinking of ways to get back home Sweet Jane...etc verse 3: Anyone who's ever had a dream... Anyone who's ever played a part Anyone's who's ever been lonely Anyone who's ever split apart Sweet Jane...etc interlude: D | DD | DD | DDDDDDDD | ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ (Strum up and down) (let chords ring)

^DHeavenly ^Dbblue-eyed roses ^GSeem to whisper to ^Ame... ^AWhen you smile ^DHeavenly ^Dbblue-eyed roses ^GSeem to whisper to ^Ame... ^AWhen you smile... ^DLa la la la ^Ala la la... ^CLa la la la ^Gla la la ^DLa la la la ^Ala la la... ^CLa la la la ^Gla la la

(with dum dum dum-dum beat)

^DSweet ^AJane ^G ^G ^G ^A ^D ^D ^DSweet ^AJane ^G ^G ^G ^A ^D ^D

I play this clean-tone on my electric, with lots of reverb. All the chords are barre chords. I couldn't figure out a nice way of writing the rhythm, so I didn't. The verson above is one worked out by me and my vocalist, and i am not too familiar with either the CJ or the VU versions, but this is what we do. I humbly offer it for the acoustic guitar mailing list. (From: "josh ronsen" )

Cowboy Junkies - Sweet jane