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Sweet Jane Full Length

The Velvet Underground
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
 (0:17)
 Standing on the  corner,  suitcase  in my hand
  Jack is in his coat, and  Jane is  in her vest,
  and me I'm in  a rock'n'roll  band  Hah!
   Ridin'  in a Stutz-Bearcat,  Jim
  Y'know,  those  were different  times!
  Oh,  all  the poets they  studied rules of  verse
  And those ladies, they  rolled their  eyes
   Sweet Jane!  Whoa!  Sweet Jane,  oh-oh-a!  Sweet Jane!
 (1:07)
 I'll tell you something Jack,  he is  a banker
   And Jane,  she is a clerk
   And both of them  save their  monies,  ha
   And when, when  they come home  from work
   Ooooh, sittin'  down by the fire,  oh!
   The radio  does play  the classical  music there, Jim
   "The March  of the  Wooden Soldiers" all  you protest kids
   You can hear  Jack say,  get ready,  ah
   Sweet Jane!  Come on baby!  Sweet Jane!  Oh-oh-a!  Sweet Jane!
 (1:57)
   Some people,  they like  to go  out  dancing
  And  other peoples,  they have to work,  Just  watch  me now!
   And there's even some  evil mothers
  Well they're gonna tell  you that  everything  is just dirt
  Y'know that,  women,  never  really faint
  And that villains  always blink  their  eyes, woo!
  And  that, y'know,  children are  the only ones who  blush!
  And that, life  is  just  to die!
 (2:34)
   And, everyone who ever had a  heart
   They wouldn't turn around and break it
   And anyone who ever played a part
   Oh they wouldn't turn around and hate  it!
   Sweet Jane!  Whoa-oh-oh!  Sweet Jane!  Sweet Jane!
 (3:06)
   Heavenly  wine and roses
   Seemed to whisper to  her
  when he smiled
   Heavenly  wine and roses
   seemed to whisper to  her
  hey baby she smiled.
 (3:33)
   La la la  la la la
   La la la  la la la
   La la la  la la la
   La la la  la la la
 (3:50)
   Sweet Jane  Sweet Jane
   Sweet Jane  Sweet Jane
   Sweet Jane
 Chords Used (I used open for verse, and bar for “And everyone…” part)
   OR  OR  OR
 Chord placements on the words are approximate. Kind of hard to pinpoint. If worse
 comes to worse, just play the chord patterns with the song (D A GG Bm A DD) and worry
 about the words later. I put the approximate times that the chord is supposed to be
 played for each verse and segment of the song. In the third verse, first line, there
 are two A's played (listen closely). If you see a mistake, go ahead and correct it.
 Overall, the chords should be right. This is a great song by VU (my 2nd favorite).
 I spent a lot of time trying to get chords as close as possible. Enjoy it.

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Readable chord sheet for Sweet Jane Full Length by The Velvet Underground

[D][D] [A][A] [Bm][Bm] [G] [A][A]   [D][D] [A][A] [Bm][Bm] [G] [A][A]
[D][D] [A][A] [Bm][Bm] [G] [A][A]   [D][D] [A][A] [Bm][Bm] [G] [A][A]

(0:17)
[D]     [D]   St[A]anding [G]on [G]the corner,[Bm]   [A]  [D] [D]   [D]  sui[A]tcase in [G]my [G]hand [Bm]    [A]      [D]       [D]
        Jack is in his coat, [D]and Jane i[A]s in h[G]er [G]vest,[Bm]   [A]     [D]      [D]
        and me I'm [D]in a rock'n'r[A]oll band[G]  [G]   [Bm] Ha[A]h![D] [D]
     [D]   Rid[A]in' in a [G]St[G]utz-Bearcat, Ji[Bm]m  [A]    [D]     [D]
        Y'know,[D]   th[A]ose were dif[G]fe[G]rent times![Bm]   [A]     [D]      [D]
        [D]Oh, a[A]ll the poets [G]the[G]y studied rules of[Bm] ve[A]rs[D]e[D]
        And those ladies, t[D]hey rolled t[A]heir eyes [G]   [G]       [Bm]          [A]            [D]             [D]

       [D] Sweet Ja[G]ne!  Whoa![D]  Sweet J[G]ane, oh-oh-[D]a!  Sweet Ja[G]ne!

(1:07)
[D]       [D] I'll tell you something    J[A]ack, h[G]e [G]is a banker [Bm]    [A]      [D]       [D]
       [D] And Ja[A]ne, [G]  [G] she is a cl[Bm]erk[A]  [D]   [D]
       [D] And both of [A]them save thei[G]r [G] monies[Bm],  [A]  [D] [D] ha
       [D] And when, w[A]hen they come hom[G]e [G] from work[Bm]   [A]     [D]      [D]
       [D] Ooooh, sitti[A]n' down by th[G]e [G]fire,[Bm] oh[A]! [D]  [D]
       [D] The radio[A] does[G]  [G]play [Bm]  t[A]he[D] [D]classical music there, Jim
       [D] "The Ma[A]rch of th[G]e [G]  Wooden Soldier[Bm]s" [A]al[D]l[D] you protest kids
       [D] You can [A]hear Jack s[G]ay[G],   [Bm] ge[A]t [D]r[D]eady, ah

       [D] Sweet J[G]ane!  Come on bab[D]y! Sweet J[G]ane! Oh-oh-a![D]  Sweet J[G]ane!

(1:57)
    [D]  [D]  Some [A]p[A]eopl[G]e,[G]  they lik[Bm]e to [A]go o[D]u[D]t dancing
        [D]And other people[A]s, they have to [G]wo[G]rk, J[Bm]ust[A] w[D]a[D]tch me now!
      [D]  And there's even [A]some evil [G]mo[G]thers [Bm]    [A]      [D]       [D]
        Well they're gonna tel[D]l you t[A]hat e[G]ve[G]rything is [Bm]jus[A]t [D]d[D]irt
        Y'know that[D], wome[A]n, ne[G]ve[G]r really f[Bm]ain[A]t [D]  [D]
        And that villains[D] always b[A]link the[G]ir[G] eyes, woo[Bm]!  [A]    [D]     [D]
        An[D]d that, y'know,[A] children a[G]re[G] the only ones [Bm]who[A] b[D]l[D]ush!
        And that, l[D]ife i[A]s ju[G]st[G] to die! [Bm]    [A]      [D]       [D]

(2:34)
    [D]    And, everyone who ever had a[G] h[G]eart[Bm]   [A]     [D]      [D]
    [D]    They wouldn't turn around and [G]br[G]eak [Bm]it [A]   [D]    [D]
    [D]    And anyone who ever played a [G]pa[G]rt  [Bm]     [A]       [D]        [D]
    [D]    Oh they wouldn't turn around and [G]ha[G]te i[Bm]t! [A]   [D]    [D]

    [D]    Sweet J[G]ane!  Whoa-[D]oh-oh!  Sweet J[G]ane! [D]   Sweet J[G]ane!

(3:06)
      [D]  Heavenl[C#m]y wine and roses
      [Ab]  Seemed to whisper [A]to her
        when he sm[B]iled

      [D]  Heavenl[C#m]y wine and roses
      [Ab]  seemed to whisper [A]to her
        hey baby she sm[B]iled.

(3:33)
      [E]  La la la [B] la la la
      [D]  La la la [A] la la la
      [E]  La la la [B] la la la
      [D]  La la la [A] la la la

(3:50)
      [D]  Sweet Jane [G] Sweet Jane
      [D]  Sweet Jane [G] Sweet Jane
      [D]  Sweet Jane

Chords Used (I used open for verse, and bar for “And everyone…” part)
     [D] OR [D]  [A] OR [A]  [G] OR [G]  [Bm]  [C#m]  [Ab]  [B]  [E]

Chord placements on the words are approximate.  Kind of hard to pinpoint.  If worse
comes to worse, just play the chord patterns with the song (D A GG Bm A DD) and worry
about the words later.  I put the approximate times that the chord is supposed to be
played for each verse and segment of the song.  In the third verse, first line, there
are two A's played (listen closely).  If you see a mistake, go ahead and correct it.
Overall, the chords should be right.  This is a great song by VU (my 2nd favorite).
I spent a lot of time trying to get chords as close as possible.  Enjoy it.

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