The Velvet Underground - Sister ray

Sister Ray by Velvet Underground Guitar Tab Written by Lou Reed, John Cale, Sterling Morrison, Maureen Tucker The other tabs of this I have seen really botched the main riff and don't have much about the lead guitar. The B C E D part of the riff is really overlooked both in tabs and in covers other bands have done for some reason. This is a lot of fun to play along with and improvise to. 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-------)--------------------------------------| Plays this at the beginning but after a while it is just a lot of aggressive 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 | | e------3---3-|---------------------------------------------------------| B------------V---------------------------------------------------------| ************************************ | x Dead note ************************************