{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":625,"song":"Heroin","artist":"The Velvet Underground","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11537925-heroin-chords-by-the-velvet-underground/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/625?type=chord","rating":4.71178,"votes":195,"content":"THE VELVET UNDERGROUND\r\nHeroin\r\nTuning: EbAbDbGbBbEb\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]Riff 1:\r\n    [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nEb|-2-------2---2-|-3-------3-----|-2-----3-2---2-|-3-------3---0-|\r\nBb|-3-----3---3---|-0-----0---0---|-3---------3---|-0-----0---0---|\r\nGb|-2---2---------|-0---0---------|-2---2---------|-0---0---------|\r\nDb|-0-------------|-0-------------|-0-------------|-0-------------|\r\nAb|---------------|-2-------------|---------------|-2-------------|\r\nEb|---------------|-3-------------|---------------|-3-------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]Riff 2:\r\nEb|-2----7----9---7----|\r\nBb|-3----8----10--8----|        Listen to the song to get the timing for\r\nGb|-2----7----9---7----|        this part - it isn't broken up into bars\r\nDb|-0------------------|        here.\r\nAb|--------------------|\r\nEb|--------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\nRiff 1 x2\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\n   I  don't know  just where I'm going[/tab]\r\n    D        G         D           G            D ---- end of riff 1, strum\r\nBut    I'm       gonna try for the kingdom if I can    this chord, and the\r\n                G               D                      rest of the chords\r\nCos it makes me feel like I'm a man\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhen I put a spike into my vein[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd I tell ya things aren't quite the same          when you hit the word[/tab]\r\n         G             D                            \"know\" at the end of the\r\nWhen I'm rushing on my run                        verse, the D chord marks the\r\n      G                     D                    beginning of riff 1 again,\r\nAnd I feel just like Jesus' son                 which contintues until the\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n      G                       D                 \"nullify\" in the next verse.\r\nAnd I guess that I just don't know              this pattern continues thru\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]      the whole song.\r\nAnd I guess that I just don't know[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI         have made a  big decision[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI'm      gonna try     to nullify my life[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nCos when the blood begins to flow[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd it shoots up the dropper's neck[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhen I'm closing in on death[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nRiff 2 x2\r\n\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nYou can't help me not you guys[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOh, all you sweet girls with all your sweet talk[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nYou can all go take a walk[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd I guess that I just don't know[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd I guess that I just don't know[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI       wish that    I was born a thousand years ago[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI       wish that    I'd sailed the darkened seas[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOn a great big clipper ship[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nGoing from this land here to that[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOh, in a sailor's suit and cap[/tab]\r\n\r\nRiff 2 x2\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAway from the big city[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhere a man can not be free[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOf all the evils of this town[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd of himself and those around[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOh, and I guess that I just don't know[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOh, and I guess that I just don't know[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHer_____oin,   it'll be the death of me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHer_____oin,   it's my wife, and it's my life[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBecause a mainline in my vein[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nLeads to a center in my head[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd then I'm better off as dead[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nRiff 2 x4\r\n\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nCos when the smack begins to flow[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOh, I really don't care anymore[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\n'Bout all the jim-jims in this town[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd all the politicians making crazy sounds[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd everybody puttin' everybody else down[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd all the dead bodies piled up in Nam[/tab]\r\n\r\nRiff 2 x4\r\n\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nCos when the smack begins to flow[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd I really don't care anymore[/tab]\r\n\r\nRiff 2 x2\r\n\r\n[tab]              [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhen that heroin is in my blood[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd the blood is in my head[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThen I thank God that I'm as good as dead[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd thank your God that I'm not aware[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd thank God that I just don't care[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd I guess that I just don't know[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd I guess that I just don't know[/tab]\r\n\r\nRiff 1 x2\r\n\r\nF arpeggio","plain_text":"THE VELVET UNDERGROUND\nHeroin\nTuning: EbAbDbGbBbEb\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRiff 1 x2\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n    D        G         D           G            D ---- end of riff 1, strum\nBut    I'm       gonna try for the kingdom if I can    this chord, and the\n                G               D                      rest of the chords\nCos it makes me feel like I'm a man\n\n\n         G             D                            \"know\" at the end of the\nWhen I'm rushing on my run                        verse, the D chord marks the\n      G                     D                    beginning of riff 1 again,\nAnd I feel just like Jesus' son                 which contintues until the\n\n\n[Chorus]\n      G                       D                 \"nullify\" in the next verse.\nAnd I guess that I just don't know              this pattern continues thru\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRiff 2 x2\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRiff 2 x2\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRiff 2 x4\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRiff 2 x4\n\n\n\n\nRiff 2 x2\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRiff 1 x2\n\nF arpeggio","chords":["D","G","Eb","Bb","Gb","Db","Ab","F"],"chord_diagrams":{"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}