Chords for The Velvet Underground - Heroin (Lyrics!)

Tempo:
147.05 bpm
Chords used:

C#

F#

A#m

C#m

D#m

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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The Velvet Underground - Heroin (Lyrics!) chords
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[C#]
[F#]
[C#]
[F#]
[C#]
[F#]
[C#]
[F#]
[C#]
[F#] [C#]
[F#]
[C#]
[C#m]
[C#]
[F#] I [C#] don't know just where I'm going,
[F#] [C#]
but I'm [F#] [C#] gonna try for the love of you.
I'm gonna try for the kingdom if I can, cause it makes me feel like I'm a man.
When I put a spike into my vein, then I tell you things aren't quite the same.
When I'm rushing on my run, and I [A#m] feel just like Jesus' son.
I guess that I just don't know, and I guess that I just [C#] don't know.
[F#]
[C#] [C#m] [A#m]
[C#]
I have made a big decision.
I'm
[A#m] gonna [C#]
try to nullify my life.
Cause when the blood gets too slow, and it shoots up the dropper's neck.
When I'm closing in on death.
[A#m] [C#] Guys, or all you [A#m] sweet girls with all your [C#] sweet talk.
You can all go take a walk.
And [A#m] I guess I just don't know, and I guess that I just [C#] don't know.
[A#m]
I wish that I was born a thousand years [C#] ago.
[A#m] [C#]
[A#m]
I [C#] wish that [A#m]
I'd sail the [C#] darkened seas on a great big clipper ship.
Going from this land here to that on [A#m] a sailor's suit and cap.
[F#]
[C#] [A#m]
Away from the big [C#] city where a man cannot be free of all of the evils of this town.
And of himself that looks around.
Oh, and I guess that I just don't know, oh, and I guess that I just don't know.
[A#m]
[C#]
Heroin, be the death of me.
[F#]
[C#]
Heroin.
It's my wife, and it's my life.
Because a manor to my vein, leads to a [F#] center [C#] in my head.
And then I'm better off than dead.
[F#] [C#]
[F#] [C#]
[F#] [C#]
[F#] [C#]
[F#] [C#]
Because [F#] when the smack [C#] gets too slow.
[F#] I really don't care [C#]
anymore.
I've got all the [F#] chintens in this [C#]
town.
And all [F#] the politicians making [A#m] busy [C#]
sounds.
And [F#] everybody putting [A#m] everybody [C#] else down.
And all the dead bodies piled up in mounds.
[F#] [C#]
[F#] [C#]
[A#m] [C#]
[F#] [C#]
[F#] [C#m]
[F#] [C#m]
[D#m] [C#]
[F#] [C#]
[F#] [C#]
[F#] [C#]
[F#] [C#]
[D#] [F#]
[C#]
[F#] With that heroin in [C#] my blood.
[F#] Blood [C#] is in my head.
And thank God that I'm good as dead.
And thank [F#] your God that I'm not [C#] aware.
[A#m] And thank God that I just [C#] don't care.
[F#] And I guess I just [C#] don't know, oh, and I guess I just don't know.
[F#]
[C#]
[A#m]
[C#]
Key:  
C#
12341114
F#
134211112
A#m
13421111
C#m
13421114
D#m
13421116
C#
12341114
F#
134211112
A#m
13421111
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To learn The Velvet Underground - (Mono) Heroin chords, begin by getting comfortable with these sequence: C#, F# and C#. I suggest starting at a calm pace of 73 BPM, and as you gain confidence, approach the song's BPM of 147. With an eye on the song's key F# Major, set the capo that best suits your vocal range.

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[C#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C#] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C#] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _ _
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C#] _
_ _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _
_ _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C#m] _
_ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F#] _ I _ [C#] don't know _ _ just _ _ _ _ where I'm going, _ _
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ but _ _ I'm _ [F#] _ _ _ _ [C#] gonna _ try _ for the love of you.
I'm gonna try for the kingdom _ if I can, cause it makes me feel like I'm a man.
When I put a spike into my vein, _ then I tell you things aren't quite the same.
When I'm rushing on my run, and I [A#m] feel just like Jesus' son.
_ I guess that I just don't know, and I guess that I just [C#] don't know.
_ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _
[C#] _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _ _ [A#m] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
I have made _ _ a _ _ _ big decision. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ I'm _
_ [A#m] _ _ _ _ gonna [C#] _
try _ to _ _ nullify my life.
Cause when the blood gets too slow, and it shoots up the dropper's neck.
When I'm closing in on death. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A#m] _ _ _ _ _ [C#] Guys, or all you [A#m] sweet girls with all your [C#] sweet talk.
You can all go take a walk.
And [A#m] I guess I just don't know, and I guess that I just [C#] don't know. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [A#m] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
I _ _ _ _ wish that _ _ I _ was born a thousand years [C#] ago. _ _ _ _
[A#m] _ _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A#m] _ _
I [C#] wish that _ _ [A#m] _
_ I'd sail the [C#] darkened seas on a great big clipper ship.
Going from this land here to that _ on [A#m] a sailor's suit and cap.
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ _
[C#] _ _ _ _ [A#m] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Away from the big [C#] city _ where a man cannot be free of all of the evils of this town.
And of himself that looks around.
Oh, and I guess that I just don't know, oh, and I guess that I just don't know.
_ _ _ [A#m] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C#] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Heroin, _ _ _ _ _ be the death of me.
_ _ _ [F#] _ _
_ [C#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Heroin.
It's my wife, and it's my life.
Because a manor to my vein, leads to a [F#] center [C#] in my head.
And then I'm better off than dead.
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _
Because [F#] when the smack [C#] gets too slow.
_ [F#] I really don't care [C#]
anymore.
I've got all the [F#] chintens in this [C#]
town.
And all [F#] the politicians making [A#m] busy [C#]
sounds.
And [F#] everybody putting [A#m] everybody [C#] else down.
And all the dead bodies piled up in mounds.
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _
_ [A#m] _ _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _
_ _ [D#m] _ _ _ _ _ [C#] _
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ [C#] _
_ [D#] _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C#] _
_ [F#] With that heroin in [C#] my blood.
_ _ [F#] _ Blood [C#] is in my head.
And thank God that I'm good as dead.
_ And thank [F#] your God that I'm not [C#] aware.
_ [A#m] And thank God that I just [C#] don't care.
_ [F#] And I guess I just [C#] don't know, oh, and I guess I just don't know.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _
_ [C#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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This song was composed by Lou Reed.

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