Heroin chords by The Velvet Underground
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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I don't know
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just where I'm going
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But I'm gonna try
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for the kingdom, if I can
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'Cause 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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And I tell you things aren't quite the same
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When I'm rushing on my run
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And I feel just like Jesus' son
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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
Interlude 1
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Verse 2
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I have made
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big decision
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I'm gonna try
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to nullify my life
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'Cause 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
Interlude 2
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Verse 3
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You can't help me now, you guys
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And all you sweet girls
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with all your sweet talk
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You can all go take a walk
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And I guess I just don't know
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And I guess that I just don't know
Interlude 3
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Verse 4
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I wish that
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I was born a thousand years ago
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I wish that
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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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On a sailor's suit and cap
Interlude 4
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Verse 5
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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 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
Interlude 5
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Verse 6
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He- roin,
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be the death of me
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He- roin, it's my wife
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and it's my life
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Because a mainline into my vein
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Leads to a center in my head
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And then I'm better off than dead
Interlude 6
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Verse 7
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Because when the smack begins to flow
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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 making crazy sounds
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And everybody putting everybody else down
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And all the dead bodies piled up in mounds
Interlude 7
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Verse 8
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Because when the smack begins to flow
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I really don't care anymore
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Ah, when that heroin is in my blood
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And that blood is in my head
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Then thank God that I'm as 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
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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 1
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Heroin
The Velvet Underground
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