Sweet Jane

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FROM alt.guitar.tab Mon Jan 24 14:13:47 1994

"Sweet Jane"

Lou Reed

(this transcription based off of the Cowboy Junkies' cover)

verse 1:

(play progression with beat dum dum dum-dum)

D A G G G A D D

Anyone who's ever had a heart

D A G G G A D D

Wouldn't turn around and break it

D A G G G A D D

Anyone who's ever played a part

D A G G G A D D

Wouldn't turn around and break it

D A G G G A D D

Sweet Jane

D A G G G A D D

Sweet Jane

D A G G G A D D

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:

D | DD | DD | DDDDDDDD |

^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^

(Strum up and down)

(let chords ring)

D Db G A A

Heavenly blue-eyed roses Seem to whisper to me... When you smile

D Db G A A

Heavenly blue-eyed roses Seem to whisper to me... When you smile...

D A C G

La la la la la la la... La la la la la la la

D A C G

La la la la la la la... La la la la la la la

(with dum dum dum-dum beat)

D A G G G A D D

Sweet Jane

D A G G G A D D

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.