Heroin
- The Velvet Underground
Key: D D ·
Orig: D ·
Capo:
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Time: 4/4 ·
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Intro
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(increase tempo, alternate D with Dsus4)
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Verse 1
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I don't know just where I'm going
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But I'm gonna try for the kingdom if I can
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Cuz it makes me feel like I'm a man
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When I put a spike into my vein
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Then, I tell ya', things aren't quite the same
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When I'm rushin' on my run
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And I feel just like Jesus' son
Chorus
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And I guess that I just don't know
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And I guess that I just don't know
Verse 2
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I have made big decisions
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I'm gonna try to nullify my life
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Cuz when the blood begins to flow
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When it shoots up the dropper's neck
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When I'm closing in on death
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And you can't help me, not you guys
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Or all you sweet girls with all your sweet talk
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You can all go take a walk
Chorus
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And I guess that I just don't know
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And I guess that I just don't know
Verse 3
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I wish that I was born a thousand years ago
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I wish that I'd sailed the darkened seas
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On a great big clipper ship
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Going from this land here to that
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Ah, in a sailor's suit and cap
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Away from the big city
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Where a man cannot be free
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Of all of the evils of this town
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And of himself and those around
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Oh, and I guess that I just don't know
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Oh, and I guess that I just don't know
Verse 4
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He_____roin
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Be the death of me
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He_____roin
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It's my wife and it's my life (haha)
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Because a mainline to my vein
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Leads to a center in my head
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And then I'm better off a dead
Intrumental
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Verse 5
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Because when the smack begins to flow
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Ah, I really don't care anymore
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About all the jim-jims in this town
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And all the politicians makin' busy sounds
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And everybody puttin' everybody else down
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And all the dead bodies piled up in Nam
Intrumental
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Verse 5
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Cuz when the smack begins to flow
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Then I really don't care anymore
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Ah, when that heroin is in my blood (hey)
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And that blood is in my head
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Then thank god that I'm good as dead
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And thank your god that I'm not aware
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And thank god that I just don't care
Chorus
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And I guess I just don't know
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Oh, and I guess I just don't know
Outro
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