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Velvet Underground
Heroin Live'
Tabbed by: Miles
Only two cords used throughout the song
D G
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This tabs if for the live version, I think if not oh well. Guitar 1 comes in at
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D G D G
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D G D G
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D G D G
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I don't know just where I'm going
D G D G
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but I'm gonna try for the kingdom if I can
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DCos it makes meG feel like I'm a mDan
When I put a spGike into my vDein
And I tell yaG things aren't quite theD same
When I'mG rushing on my Drun
And I Gfeel just like Jesus' sDon
And I Gguess that I just don't Dknow
And I Gguess that I just don't Dknow
D G D G
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D G D G
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I have made a big
D G D G
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decision
D G D G
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I'm gonna try to
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NulliDfy my life
Cos when the Gblood begins to Dflow
And it Gshoots up the dropper's Dneck
When I'm Gclosing in on Ddeath
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strummed (same pattern)
DYou can't hGelp me not you gDuys
Oh, all you sweet Ggirls with all your sweet Dtalk
You can Gall go take a Dwalk
And I Gguess that I just don't Dknow
And I Gguess that I just don't Dknow
D G D G
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D G D G
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I wish that I was
D G D G
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born a thousand years ago
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I wish that I'd sailed the
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Ddarkened seas
On a Ggreat big clipper Dship
Going from Gthis land here to Dthat
Oh, in a Gsailor's suit and Dcap
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Strummed
Away Gfrom the big Dcity
Where a Gman can not be Dfree
Of all the Gevils of this Dtown
And of himGself and those aDround
Oh, and I Gguess that I just don't Dknow
Oh, and I Gguess that I just don't Dknow
D G D G
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D G D G
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Her______________________________oin it'll be
D G D G
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the death of me
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Her_____________________________oin it's
D G D G
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my wife and it's my life
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DBecause a mGainline in my vDein
Leads to a Gcenter in my Dhead
And then I'm Gbetter off as Ddead
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Strummed
DCos when the sGmack begins to fDlow
Oh, I Greally don't care anyDmore
'Bout all the Gjim-jims in this Dtown
And all the poliGticians making crazy Dsounds
And everybody Gputtin' everybody else Ddown
And all the dead Gbodies piled up in DNam
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Strummed
DCos when the sGmack begins to fDlow
And I Greally don't care anyDmore
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Strummed
DWhen that heroiGn is in my bDlood
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 aDware
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
D G D G
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Know
D G D G
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F arpeggio if you want
that's it, easy song...