Sweet Jane

Song

SWEET JANE (Bassline)

As recorded by The Velvet Underground

(From the 1970 Album LOADED)

Words and Music by Lou Reed

Transcribed by Slowhand

Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Doug Yule - Bass'

Intro

Q=134

4/4

Gtr I

Wx8

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1st Verse

Slower Q=108

Q. E E E E E Q. E E E E E 8x Q. E E Q E Q E E E E E E

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||o----------------|-----------------o||-||o----------7----|-5----5---4-5-7--o||
||o-5----5---------|---------------4-o||-||o-5----5-5----5-|-----------------o||
||-----------5---2-|-3----/7---5------||-||----------------|------------------||

Q. E E Q E Q E E E E E E Q. E E E E E Q. E E E E E 8x

|---------------|----------------||-----------------|-------------------||
|----------7----|-5----5---4-----||o----------------|------------------o||
|-5----5-5----5-|--------------7-||o-5----5---------|---------------4--o||
|---------------|----------------||-----------5---2-|-3----/7---5-------||

Chorus

Q. E Q. E E E E E E E E E 3x

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||o-------------4-|-5-5---5-5-4-5-7-o||-|
||o-5----5-5------|-----------------o||-|
||----------------|------------------||-|

3rd Verse

Q. E E E E E Q. E E E E E 8x

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||o----------------|------------------o||
||o-5----5---------|---------------4--o||
||-----------5---2-|-3----/7---5-------||

E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E 3x E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E

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||o----------------|-----------------o||-----4---7-------|------------------||
||o-5-5-5-5-5------|---------------4-o||-5-5---5---------|----------------5-||
||------------5--2-|-3-3-3-3-/7-5-----||-----------5---2-|-3-3-3-/7---5-----||

Out-Chorus

E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E

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||o---------------4-|-5-5-5-5-5-4-5-7-o||-|
||o-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|-----------------o||-|
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E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 4x

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||o-----------------|------------------o||
||o-5-5-5-5-5-------|------------------o||
||------------5---2-|-3-3-3-3-3-2-3-5---||

Duration Legend

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W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura

+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted

Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)

Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line

Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the

duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-

bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low

melody durations appear below the staff

Tablature Legend

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h - hammer-on

p - pull-off

b - bend

pb - pre-bend

r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)

/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")

s - legato slide

S - shift slide

- natural harmonic

[n] - artificial harmonic

n(n) - tapped harmonic

~ - vibrato

tr - trill

T - tap

TP - trem. picking

PM - palm muting

\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip

\n - tremolo bar down

n/ - tremolo bar up

/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip

= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls

<> - volume swell (louder/softer)

x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash

o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash

Misc Legend

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| - bar

|| - double bar

||o - repeat start

o|| - repeat end

*| - double bar (ending)

: - bar (freetime)

$ - Segno

& - Coda

Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths