Heroin Chords by The Velvet Underground

[Start]

[Intro]
C F C F C F C F
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C F C F C F
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C F C
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F       C    F                C    
I don't know ■ just where I'm going
F C F C
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              F   C F                         
But I'm gonna try ■ ■ for the kingdom if I can


[Verse]
       C             F               C  
'cause ■ it makes me feel like I'm a man
F C F C
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       F                   C   
When I put a spike into my vein
      F                                    
And I tell you things aren't quite the same


[Inst]
C F C F C F
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C F C
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[Verse]
         F             C  
When I'm rushing on my run
F                              
And I feel just like Jesus' son
C   F                         C   
And I guess that I just don't know
      F                 C         
And I guess that I just don't know


[Chorus]
F C F C F
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[Intro]
       C    F C           
I have made ■ big decision
F C F C
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[Verse]
          F   C F    C              
I'm gonna try ■ ■ to nullify my life
       F                          C   
'cause ■ when the blood begins to flow
        F                           
When it shoots up the dropper's neck
         C                  
When I'm closing in on death


[Inst]
F C C7 F C F C F
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C F C F C C7
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[Chorus]
    F                         
You can't help me now you guys
        C7 F                                   C   
And all ■  you sweet girls with all your sweet talk
F                   C     
You can all go take a walk
F                          C7  
■ And I guess I just don't know
      F                 C         
And I guess that I just don't know


[Inst]
F C F C F C
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F C F
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[Verse]
       C    F                             C  
I wish that ■ I was born a thousand years ago
F C F C F C F
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                       C                
I wish that I'd sailed the darkened seas
     F                 C    F
On a great big clipper ship ■


[Inst]
C F                                
■ Going from this land here to that
     C                    
On a sailor's suit and cap
F C F C F C F C
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C7 F C F C F
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C F C
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[Verse]
F                 C   
Away from the big city
        F          C      
Where a man cannot be free
           F             C   
Of all the evils of this town
F                          C     
■ And of himself and those around
               F                 C   
Oh and I guess that I just don't know
   F                             C   
Oh and I guess that I just don't know


[Inst]
F C F C F C F C
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F C F C F C
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F                      C 
Heroin be the death of me


[Intro]
F C F C F C
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[Verse]
F                               C   
Heroin it's my wife and it's my life
F                          C   
Because a mainline into my vein
           F            C   
Leads to a center in my head
F                            C   
And then I'm better off than dead


[Inst]
F C F C F C F C
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F C F C C7 F F7 C
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F C7 F C F C F C
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[Verse]
                       F      C      
Because when the smack begins to flow
F                   C      
I really don't care anymore
      F                           
About all the JimJims in this town
    C         F                        C     
And ■ all the politicians making crazy sounds
              F                      C   
And everybody putting everybody else down
                 F                  C     
And all the dead bodies piled up in mounds


[Solo]
C7 F7 C7 F7 C F C F
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C F C F C F C F
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C F C F C F C7 F
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C7 F7 F C F C F C
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[Verse]
            F         C         F   
'cause when the smack begins to flow
      C      F                  C
And I really don't care anymore ■
F    C F C F C F C F C F C F C         F               C    
■ Ah ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ when that heroin is in my blood
         F                  
And that blood is in my head
C                       F              
Then thank God that I'm as good as dead
          C F                          
And thank ■ your God that I'm not aware
    C F                                C
And ■ thank God that I just don't care ■
F                        C   
And I guess I just don't know
         F                      
Oh and I guess I just don't know


[Outro]
C F C F C F C F
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[Intro]
C C C C
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