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The Velvet Underground

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studio
published by
iri
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A -> La
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[Tuning: Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb (-1/2 Tone)]
Chords
	 
[Riff]
D G D G
[Verse]
D G D G D G D G
I don't know just where I'm going
D G D G D
But I'm gonna try for the kingdom if I can
G D
Cos it makes me feel like I'm a man
G D
When I put a spike into my vein
G D
And I tell ya things aren't quite the same
G D
When I'm rushing on my run
G D
And I feel just like Jesus' son
[Chorus]
G D
And I guess that I just don't know
G D G D G
And I guess that I just don't know
[Verse]
D G D G D G D
I have made a big decisio
D G D G D
I'm gonna try to nullify my life
G D
Cos when the blood begins to flow
G D
And it shoots up the dropper's neck
G D
When I'm closing in on death
[Riff]
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D|-0------------------|x2

A|--------------------|

E|--------------------|

[Verse]
D G D G D G D G
I don't know just where I'm going
D G D G D
But I'm gonna try for the kingdom if I can
G D
Cos it makes me feel like I'm a man
G D
When I put a spike into my vein
G D
And I tell ya things aren't quite the same
G D
When I'm rushing on my run
G D
And I feel just like Jesus' son
[Chorus]
G D
And I guess that I just don't know
G D G D G
And I guess that I just don't know
[Verse]
D G D G D G D
I have made a big decision
D G D G D
I'm gonna try to nullify my life
G D
Cos when the blood begins to flow
G D
And it shoots up the dropper's neck
G D
When I'm closing in on death
[Riff]
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b|-3----8----10--8----|

g|-2----7----9---7----|

D|-0------------------|x2

A|--------------------|

E|--------------------|

[Verse]
G D
You can't help me not you guys
G D
Oh, all you sweet girls with all your sweet talk
G D
You can all go take a walk
[Chorus]
G D
And I guess that I just don't know
G D G D G
And I guess that I just don't know
[Verse]
D G D G D G D G
I wish that I was born a thousand years ago
D G D G D
I wish that I'd sailed the darkened seas
G D
On a great big clipper ship
G D
Going from this land here to that
G D
Oh, in a sailor's suit and cap
[Riff]
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[Verse]
G D
Away from the big city
G D
Where a man can not be free
G D
Of all the evils of this town
G D
And of himself and those around
[Chorus]
G D
Oh, and I guess that I just don't know
G D G D G
Oh, and I guess that I just don't know
[Verse]
D G D G D G D G
Her_____oin, it'll be the death of me
D G D G D G
Her_____oin, it's my wife, and it's my life
G D
Because a mainline in my vein
G D
Leads to a center in my head
G D
And then I'm better off as dead
[Riff]
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[Verse]
G D
Cos when the smack begins to flow
G D
Oh, I really don't care anymore
G D
'Bout all the jim-jims in this town
G D
And all the politicians making crazy sounds
G D
And everybody puttin' everybody else down
G D
And all the dead bodies piled up in Nam
[Riff]
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[Verse]
G D
Cos when the smack begins to flow
G D
And I really don't care anymore
[Riff]
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[Verse]
G D
When that heroin is in my blood
G D
And the blood is in my head
G D
Then I thank God that I'm as good as dead
G D
And thank your God that I'm not aware
G D
And thank God that I just don't care
G D
And I guess that I just don't know
G D G D G
And I guess that I just don't know
[Riff]
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