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What Goes On

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[Intro]
D     D
[Verse]
What goes Don in your miDnd
I think that  CI am GfallinDg down
What goes Don in your miDnd
I think that CI am GupsidDe down
[Chorus]
Lady be Agood, do what you Gshould
You know it'll wDork all rightD  
Lady be gAood, do what you sGhould
You know it'll bDe all rightD  
[Verse]
I'm goin' Dup, and I'm goin' Ddown
I'm gonna Cfly from Gside to Dside
See the Dbells up in the Dsky
Somebody Ccut the Gstring Din two
[Chorus]
Lady be Agood, do what you Gshould
You know it'll wDork all rightD  
Lady be gAood, do what you sGhould
You know it'll bDe all rightD  
[Verse]
One minute Done, and one Dminute two
One minute Cup, and Gone minutDe down
What goes oDn in your miDnd
I think that CI am GfallinDg down
[Chorus]
Lady be Agood, do what you Gshould
You know it'll wDork all rightD  
Lady be gAood, do what you sGhould
You know it'll bDe all rightD  

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What Goes On

by The Velvet Underground

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

[Intro]

D D

[Verse]

D D

What goes on in your mind

C G D

I think that I am falling down

D D

What goes on in your mind

C G D

I think that I am upside down

[Chorus]

A G

Lady be good, do what you should

D D

You know it'll work all right

A G

Lady be good, do what you should

D D

You know it'll be all right

[Verse]

D D

I'm goin' up, and I'm goin' down

C G D

I'm gonna fly from side to side

D D

See the bells up in the sky

C G D

Somebody cut the string in two

[Chorus]

A G

Lady be good, do what you should

D D

You know it'll work all right

A G

Lady be good, do what you should

D D

You know it'll be all right

[Verse]

D D

One minute one, and one minute two

C G D

One minute up, and one minute down

D D

What goes on in your mind

C G D

I think that I am falling down

[Chorus]

A G

Lady be good, do what you should

D D

You know it'll work all right

A G

Lady be good, do what you should

D D

You know it'll be all right

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