The Velvet Underground – I Found A Reason
Loaded (1970)
Standard Tuning (EADGBe)
Chords Used:
F A# Gm Dm C
1 1 6 3 5 3
1 3 6 3 6 5
2 3 OR 7 3 7 5
3 3 8 5 7 5
3 1 8 5 5 3
1 X 6 3 5 X
Introduction
F A# Gm
e |------5---5--------5---6-5-3-----1---1------1---3-1p0-------------------|
b |------------------------------------------------------------------------|
g |--3/5---5--------5---5---------3---3------3---3-------------------------|
d |------------------------------------------------------------------------|
a |------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E |------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F A# Gm
Pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa
F A# Gm
Pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa
F A# Gm
I found a reason to keep living
F A# Gm
Oh and the reason, dear, is you
F A# Gm
I found a reason to keep singing
F A# Gm
Oh and the reason, dear, is you
(1:05)
F Dm
Oh I do believe
F Dm
If you don't like things you leave
F Dm A#
For some place you never gone before
(1:25)
F A# Gm
Pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa
F A# Gm
Pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa
Ooh
(1:45)
F A# Gm
Honey, I found a reason to keep living
F A# Gm
And you know the reason, dear it's you
F A# Gm
And I've walked down life's lonely highways hand in hand with myself
F A# Gm
And I realized how many paths have crossed between us
F Dm
Oh I do believe
F Dm
You're all what you perceive
F Dm A#
What comes is better than what came before
Solo (2:39)
[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/v/velvet-underground/65220.html ]
e |-5h6r5----|-5h6r5----|-8---5---5----|-----------------------|
b |-------6--|-------6--|---6---6---6--|-------5---------------|
g |----------|----------|--------------|-5/7------7---5---3\2--|
d |----------|----------|--------------|-----------------------|
a |----------|----------|--------------|-----------------------|
E |----------|----------|--------------|-----------------------|
e |----------|---1--------|-------1---|-----------|------------|----------|
b |----------|-1---1------|-----1---1-|-----6-----|-6------6---|-6h8-6----|
g |-2h3-2----|--------2h3-|-2---------|---7---7h8-|---8--7---7-|----------|
d |-------3--|------------|---3-------|-8---------|------------|----------|
a |----------|------------|-----------|-----------|------------|----------|
E |----------|------------|-----------|-----------|------------|----------|
e |-----5----|--5h6-5---|----------|----------|----------|----------|------|
b |----------|----------|-6--8--10-|-6----6-x-|------6---|-6-----6--|-----6|
g |-3/5---5--|--------5-|----------|----------|--5/7-----|---7h8---8|---7--|
d |----------|----------|-7--8--10-|-5-7--8-x-|--------8-|----------|-8----|
a |----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|------|
E |----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|------|
e |-3/5------|-5-8-5--5-|----8-5---|----------|----------|----------|
b |----------|----------|-6------6-|-----6----|-6h8-6----|-6h8-6----|
g |-3/5---5--|--------5-|----------|-5/7------|-------7--|--------7-|
d |----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|
a |----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|
E |----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|
(3:14)
F Dm
Oh I do believe
F Dm
You're all what you perceive
F Dm A#
What comes is better than what came before
F A# Gm
Pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa
F A# Gm
Pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa
(3:50)
F C A# F
And you'd better come, come come, come to me
F C A#
Come, come, come to me (you better)
F C A#
Come, come, come to me
F F (let ring)
Pa pa pa pa pa pa
All chord and times are approximations. This song is supposed to be in drop D tuning
(DGCFAd). I tuned the song to standard tuning (don't like switching back and forth
too much). This sounds pretty close to the song. If you don't like it, just play the
chords 1 step higher (F = G; A# = C and so on) on drop D. Solo is the same way (5=7).
I didn't quite get all the riffs in the verses. They change many times. I'll work on
that later. This is a beautiful song (my favorite VU song). It is not too difficult
either. Enjoy it.
