Tuning: Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb

THE VELVET UNDERGROUND Heroin Tuning: EbAbDbGbBbEb 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 I^G don't ^Dknow ^G just ^Dwhere I'm ^Ggoing ^D ^G 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 When I put a ^Gspike into my ^Dvein And I tell ya ^Gthings aren't quite the ^Dsame 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]

^DI ^G have ^Dmade^G a big de^Dcision ^G ^D ^DI'm ^G gonna ^Dtry ^G to nulli^Dfy my life Cos when the ^Gblood begins to ^Dflow And it ^Gshoots up the dropper's ^Dneck When I'm ^Gclosing in on ^Ddeath

Riff 2 x2

You can't ^Ghelp me not you ^Dguys Oh, all you sweet ^Ggirls with all your sweet ^Dtalk You can ^Gall go take a ^Dwalk

[Chorus]

And I ^Gguess that I just don't ^Dknow And I ^Gguess that I just don't ^Dknow ^G ^D ^G

[Verse]

^DI ^G wish^D that ^G I was b^Dorn a thousand y^Gears ago ^D ^G ^DI ^G wish^D that ^G I'd sailed the dark^Dened seas On a ^Ggreat big clipper ^Dship Going from ^Gthis land here to ^Dthat Oh, in a ^Gsailor's suit and ^Dcap

Riff 2 x2

Away ^Gfrom the big ^Dcity Where a ^Gman can not be ^Dfree Of all the ^Gevils of this ^Dtown And of him^Gself and those a^Dround

[Chorus]

Oh, and I ^Gguess that I just don't ^Dknow Oh, and I ^Gguess that I just don't ^Dknow ^G ^D ^G

[Verse]

^DHer_^G____^Doin,^G it'll be t^Dhe death of ^Gme ^D ^G ^DHer_^G____^Doin,^G it's ^Dmy wife, and it'^Gs my life Because a ^Gmainline in my ^Dvein Leads to a ^Gcenter in my ^Dhead And then I'm ^Gbetter off as ^Ddead

Riff 2 x4

Cos when the ^Gsmack begins to ^Dflow Oh, I ^Greally don't care any^Dmore 'Bout all the ^Gjim-jims in this ^Dtown And all the poli^Gticians making crazy ^Dsounds And everybody ^Gputtin' everybody else ^Ddown And all the dead ^Gbodies piled up in ^DNam

Riff 2 x4

Cos when the ^Gsmack begins to ^Dflow And I ^Greally don't care any^Dmore

Riff 2 x2

When that hero^Gin is in my ^Dblood And the ^Gblood is in my ^Dhead Then I thank ^GGod that I'm as good as ^Ddead And thank your ^GGod that I'm not a^Dware And thank ^GGod that I just don't ^Dcare And I ^Gguess that I just don't ^Dknow And I ^Gguess that I just don't ^Dknow ^G ^D ^G

Riff 1 x2 F arpeggio

The Velvet Underground - Heroin