Heroin
The Velvet Underground
[Riff]D G D G[Verse]D G D G D G D GI don't know just where I'm goingD G D G DBut I'm gonna try for the kingdom if I canG DCos it makes me feel like I'm a manG DWhen I put a spike into my veinG DAnd I tell ya things aren't quite the sameG DWhen I'm rushing on my runG DAnd I feel just like Jesus' son[Chorus]G DAnd I guess that I just don't knowG D G D GAnd I guess that I just don't know[Verse]D G D G D G DI have made a big decisioD G D G DI'm gonna try to nullify my lifeG DCos when the blood begins to flowG DAnd it shoots up the dropper's neckG DWhen I'm closing in on death[Riff]e|-2----7----9---7----|b|-3----8----10--8----|
g|-2----7----9---7----|
D|-0------------------|x2
A|--------------------|
E|--------------------|
[Verse]D G D G D G D GI don't know just where I'm goingD G D G DBut I'm gonna try for the kingdom if I canG DCos it makes me feel like I'm a manG DWhen I put a spike into my veinG DAnd I tell ya things aren't quite the sameG DWhen I'm rushing on my runG DAnd I feel just like Jesus' son[Chorus]G DAnd I guess that I just don't knowG D G D GAnd I guess that I just don't know[Verse]D G D G D G DI have made a big decisionD G D G DI'm gonna try to nullify my lifeG DCos when the blood begins to flowG DAnd it shoots up the dropper's neckG DWhen I'm closing in on death[Riff]e|-2----7----9---7----|b|-3----8----10--8----|
g|-2----7----9---7----|
D|-0------------------|x2
A|--------------------|
E|--------------------|
[Verse]G DYou can't help me not you guysG DOh, all you sweet girls with all your sweet talkG DYou can all go take a walk[Chorus]G DAnd I guess that I just don't knowG D G D GAnd I guess that I just don't know[Verse]D G D G D G D GI wish that I was born a thousand years agoD G D G DI wish that I'd sailed the darkened seasG DOn a great big clipper shipG DGoing from this land here to thatG DOh, in a sailor's suit and cap[Riff]e|-2----7----9---7----|b|-3----8----10--8----|
g|-2----7----9---7----|
D|-0------------------|x2
A|--------------------|
E|--------------------|
[Verse]G DAway from the big cityG DWhere a man can not be freeG DOf all the evils of this townG DAnd of himself and those around[Chorus]G DOh, and I guess that I just don't knowG D G D GOh, and I guess that I just don't know[Verse]D G D G D G D GHer_____oin, it'll be the death of meD G D G D GHer_____oin, it's my wife, and it's my lifeG DBecause a mainline in my veinG DLeads to a center in my headG DAnd then I'm better off as dead[Riff]e|-2----7----9---7----|b|-3----8----10--8----|
g|-2----7----9---7----|
D|-0------------------|x2
A|--------------------|
E|--------------------|
[Verse]G DCos when the smack begins to flowG DOh, I really don't care anymoreG D'Bout all the jim-jims in this townG DAnd all the politicians making crazy soundsG DAnd everybody puttin' everybody else downG DAnd all the dead bodies piled up in Nam[Riff]e|-2----7----9---7----|b|-3----8----10--8----|
g|-2----7----9---7----|
D|-0------------------|x2
A|--------------------|
E|--------------------|
[Verse]G DCos when the smack begins to flowG DAnd I really don't care anymore[Riff]e|-2----7----9---7----|b|-3----8----10--8----|
g|-2----7----9---7----|
D|-0------------------|x2
A|--------------------|
E|--------------------|
[Verse]G DWhen that heroin is in my bloodG DAnd the blood is in my headG DThen I thank God that I'm as good as deadG DAnd thank your God that I'm not awareG DAnd thank God that I just don't careG DAnd I guess that I just don't knowG D G D GAnd I guess that I just don't know[Riff]e|-2-------2---2-|-3-------3-----|-2-----3-2---2-|-3-------3---0-|b|-3-----3---3---|-0-----0---0---|-3---------3---|-0-----0---0---|
g|-2---2---------|-0---0---------|-2---2---------|-0---0---------|
D|-0-------------|-0-------------|-0-------------|-0-------------|
A|---------------|-2-------------|---------------|-2-------------|x2
E|---------------|-3-------------|---------------|-3-------------|