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Sweet Jane

Lou Reed
Tab
★4.7(40)

This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.

Verse & Chorus

D / A / G // Bm / A / D

e|--5---5---3-----2---5---5-----|
B|--7---5---3-----3---5---7-----|
G|--7---6---4-----4---6---7-----|
D|--7---7---5-----4---7---7-----|
A|--5---7---5-----2---7---5-----|
E|--x---5---3-----2---5---5-----|

[Interlude] (Heavenly wine and roses...):

D / Db // G / A (keep A for A while)

e|----5---4-----3---5--------|
B|----7---6-----3---5--------|
G|----7---6-----4---6--------|
D|----7---6-----5---7--------|  x2
A|----5---4-----5---7--------|
E|----x---x-----3---5--------|

[Outro] (la la la...):

x // G

e|----5----3-----|
B|----7----3-----|
G|----5----4-----|
D|----5----5-----|  x2
A|----7----5-----|
E|----5----3-----|

Guitar 2 (Robert Quine-the other guy)

Verse

E / x / x // x / x / E

e|--0---0---0-----4---0---0-----|
B|--0---7---5-----5---7---0-----|
G|--1---8---6-----6---8---1-----|
D|--2---9---7-----6---9---2-----|
A|--2---9---7-----0---9---2-----|
E|--0---0---0-----x---0---0-----|

Chorus

E / B / A // C# / B / E

e|--0---2---0-----4---2---0-----|
B|--0---4---2-----6---4---0-----|
G|--1---4---2-----6---4---1-----|
D|--2---4---2-----6---4---2-----|
A|--2---2---0-----4---2---2-----|
E|--0---x---x-----x---x---0-----|

[Interlude] (Heavenly wine and roses...):

D / Db // G / A (keep A for A while)

e|----5---4-----3---5--------|
B|----7---6-----3---5--------|
G|----7---6-----4---6--------|
D|----7---6-----5---7--------|  x2
A|----5---4-----5---7--------|
E|----x---x-----3---5--------|

[Outro] (la la la...):

E // A

e|----0----0-----|
B|----0----2-----|
G|----1----2-----|
D|----2----2-----|  x2
A|----2----0-----|
E|----0----x-----|

My first tab for a great song.

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| x Dead note

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