The Velvet Underground – I Found A Reason
Loaded (1970)
Standard Tuning (EADGBe)
Chords Used:
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
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 |------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa
Pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa
I found a reason to keep living
Oh and the reason, dear, is you
I found a reason to keep singing
Oh and the reason, dear, is you
(1:05)
Oh I do believe
If you don't like things you leave
For some place you never gone before
(1:25)
Pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa
Pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa
Ooh
(1:45)
Honey, I found a reason to keep living
And you know the reason, dear it's you
And I've walked down life's lonely highways hand in hand with myself
And I realized how many paths have crossed between us
Oh I do believe
You're all what you perceive
What comes is better than what came before
Solo (2:39)
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)
Oh I do believe
You're all what you perceive
What comes is better than what came before
Pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa
Pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa
(3:50)
And you'd better come, come come, come to me
Come, come, come to me (you better)
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.