"Sweet Jane" Lou Reed (this transcription based off of the Cowboy Junkies' cover)
verse 1: (play progression with beat dum dum dum-dum)
Anyone who's ever had a heart
Wouldn't turn around and break it
Anyone who's ever played a part
Wouldn't turn around and break it
Sweet Jane
Sweet Jane
Ah, sweet sweet Jane
verse 2 & 3 are the identical musically, but with the following words:
verse 2: Waited for Jimmy down in the alley Waited for him to come back home Waited down on the corner Thinking of ways to get back home Sweet Jane...etc
verse 3: Anyone who's ever had a dream... Anyone who's ever played a part Anyone's who's ever been lonely Anyone who's ever split apart Sweet Jane...etc
interlude: | DD | DD | DDDDDDDD | ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ (Strum up and down)
(let chords ring)
Heavenly blue-eyed roses Seem to whisper to me... When you smile
Heavenly blue-eyed roses Seem to whisper to me... When you smile...
La la la la la la la... La la la la la la la
La la la la la la la... La la la la la la la
(with dum dum dum-dum beat)
Sweet Jane
Sweet Jane
I play this clean-tone on my electric, with lots of reverb. All the chords are barre chords.
I couldn't figure out a nice way of writing the rhythm, so I didn't. The verson above is one worked out by me and my vocalist, and i am not too familiar with either the CJ or the VU versions, but this is what we do. I humbly offer it for the acoustic guitar mailing list.
