The Velvet Underground - Heroin Modified By : Louis Cuthbert , Corrections / other questions : louis_cuthbert@hotmail.co.uk Adapted From : http://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/v/velvet_underground/heroin_crd.htm : Big Thanks To Spazomaniac for this version. Thanks for playing, please rate - and good luck learning. TUNING ( NOT STANDARD ) - ( LOWEST to HIGHEST : E A C# G B E ) This can be done without a tuner: Play the 4th Fret on the A String and then tune down the D String slowly until they make the same sound. ( It is not very far only 1 semitone / one fret down ) This is done so you can have a drone ( the C# string ringing ) all through the track . Tried to get it closer to the album version I have Ideally - 1 guitar to play the riff and the second to strum the chords. - But sounds good acoustic with one guitarist. Chords : | C# - xx0121 | | C#2 [Version 1]* - xx0322 | | C#2 [Version 2]* - xx5322 | | C#2 [Version 3]* - 2x0322 | *NOTE - The different versions of the chord can be used give the C#2 a building effect similar to the way they do it on the track ALSO NOTE - Neither the E String or the A String are played open in any chord. Riff : |: C# | C#2 :| e |-------------------2p1--------------------------------------------------| B |------------2----------2------------------2----2-h4p2-------------------| G |---------1-----1---------1-------------3-----3--------3-----------------| C#|-----0-----------0-0-----0----------0----------0-0----0---(let ring)----| A |------------------------------------------------------------------------| E |------------------------------------------------------------------------| Here the drone is created by a pattern of strikes on the open C# String like : dum... dum.dum... dum... dum.dum... etc. Same Chords all the way through*, See above ^^ . Just listen to the track to get the timing. Lyrics:

^C# I ^C#2 don't kno^C#w ^C#2 just where I'm goi^C#ng ^C#2 ^C# ^C#2 But ^C#I'm ^C#2 gonna tr^C#y for the kingd^C#2om if I ca^C#n

Cuz it makes me f^C#2eel like I'm a man^C# When I put a s^C#2pike into my vein^C#

Then, I tell ya', t^C#2hings aren't quite the same^C# When I'm ^C#2rushin' on my run^C#

And I f^C#2eel just like Jesus' son^C# And I g^C#2uess that I just don't kno^C#w

And I g^C#2uess that I just don't know^C#

^C#I ^C#2 have made^C# ^C#2 big decisio^C#ns ^C#2 ^C# ^C#2 ^C#I'm ^C#2 gonna try^C# ^C#2 to nullify my life^C#

Cuz when the bl^C#2ood begins to flow^C# When it s^C#2hoots up the dropper's nec^C#k

When I'm cl^C#2osing in on death^C#

After this line, Morrison interjects with a riff B, which is to be repeated as necessary: e |-----7---7---9---7--------| B |-----8---8---10--8--------| G |-----7---7---9---7--------| C#|--------------------------| A |--------------------------| E |--------------------------|

And you can't ^C#2help me, not you guys^C# Or all you sweet g^C#2irls with all your sweet talk^C#

You can a^C#2ll go take a walk^C# And I g^C#2uess I just don't know^C#

And I g^C#2uess that I just don't know^C#

^C# I ^C#2 wish that^C# ^C#2I was born a thousand years ago^C# ^C#2 ^C# ^C#2 ^C#I ^C#2 wish that^C# ^C#2 I'd sailed the darkened seas ^C#

On a g^C#2reat big clipper ship ^C# Going from t^C#2his land here to that^C#

Ah, in a s^C#2ailor's suit and cap ^C# ^C#2 ^C# ^C#2 ^C# Away f^C#2rom the big cit^C#y

Where a m^C#2an cannot be free^C# Of all of the e^C#2vils of this town^C#

And of hims^C#2elf and those around^C# Oh, and I g^C#2uess that I just don't know^C#

Oh, and I g^C#2uess that I just don't know^C#

^C# Hee^C#2eeeroi^C#n ^C#2 Be the death of me^C# ^C#2 ^C# ^C#2

^C# Hee^C#2eeeroi^C#n It's my w^C#2ife and it's my lif^C#e

Because a mai^C#2nline to my vein^C# Leads to a ce^C#2nter in my head^C#

And then I'm b^C#2etter off as dead^C# Because when the sm^C#2ack begins to flow^C#

Ah, I r^C#2eally don't care an^C#ymore About all the ^C#2jim-jims in this town^C#

And all the polit^C#2icians makin' busy sound^C#s And everybody p^C#2uttin' everybody else down^C#

And all the dead ^C#2bodies piled up in Nam^C# Play riff B a few times

Cuz when the ^C#2smack begins to fl^C#ow Then I^C#2 really don't care anymor^C#e

Ah, when that h^C#2eroin is in my bloo^C#d And that b^C#2lood is in my head^C#

Then thank ^C#2god that I'm good as dead^C# And thank your ^C#2god that I'm not awar^C#e

And thank ^C#2god that I just don't car^C#e And I g^C#2uess I just don't kno^C#w

Ah, and I g^C#2uess I just don't kno^C#w End on C#