The Velvet Underground - Sweet Jane: chords

D        A       G   Bm A D
Standing on the corner,
D        A      G   Bm A D
Suitcase in my hand     Jack is in his corset,
 D      A       G   Bm A D
Jane is in her vest
                  D        A    G  Bm A D
And me, I'm in a rock 'n' roll band Huh
 D        A        G           Bm A D
Riding in a Stutz Bear Cat, Jim
           D         A         G    Bm A D
Ya know, those were different times
D            A           G               Bm
Oh, all the poets they studied rules of verse
      A    D                         A   G Bm A D
And those ladies, they rolled their eyes

Chorus:
D      G
Sweet Jane!
  D
Whoa!
       G       D
Sweet Jane, oh-oh-a!
       G    D
Sweet Jane!


                D          A             G   Bm A D
Let me tell ya somethin', Jack, he is a banker
    D A G            Bm A D
And Jane, she is a clerk
     D        A         G        Bm A D
And both of them save their monies
           D          A        G           Bm A D
Hah, and when, when they come home from work
  D   A                   G Bm A D
Ooh, sittin' down by the fire, oh
     D  A  G       Bm     A        D
The radio does play the classical music there, Jim
D       A         G            Bm
   The March of the Wooden Soldiers
          A      D       D          A    G
All you protest kids, you can hear Jack say
Bm    A   D
 Get ready

Chorus:
D      G   D
Sweet Jane, come on, baby
       G     D
Sweet Jane, oh
       G     D
Sweet Jane


 D    A     G               Bm    A    D
Some people, they like to go out dancin'
           D         A           G
And other peoples, they have to work,
      Bm       A  D
Just watch me now
                  D   A        G  Bm  A  D
And there's even some evil mothers
                     D
Well, they're gonna tell you
  A  G             Bm    A   D
That everything is just dirt
               D     A   G        Bm
You know that women never really faint
      A   D                D     A    G       Bm A D
And that villains always blink their eyes, ooh
             D
And that, ya know,
  A              G               Bm A D
Children are the only ones who blush
          D    A       G   Bm A D
And that life is just to die
          D             A     G   Bm A D
And, everyone who ever had a heart     oh
      D              A          G    Bm A D
They wouldn't turn around and break it
       D              A       G   Bm A D
And anyone who ever played a part      oh
      D              A         G    Bm A D
They wouldn't turn around and hate it

Chorus:
D      G        D
Sweet Jane, oh woah
       G     D
Sweet Jane
       G
Sweet Jane

D        C#m
 Heavenly wine and roses
G#                  A
 Seemed to whisper to her
          B     B
When he smiled
D         C#m
   Heavenly wine and roses
G#                  A
 Seemed to whisper to her
               B     B
Hey baby she smiled.

E   B   D   A
E   B   D   A

D
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D
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D
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A

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C#m

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D

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E

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G

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G#

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B

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Bm

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