The Velvet Underground Tab Compendium

The Velvet Underground & Nico
White Light/White Heat
The Velvet Underground
Loaded
VU

last updated 10/20/96 by jmusser@eecs.uic.edu


The Velvet Underground & Nico

  1. Sunday Morning
  2. I'm Waiting for the Man
  3. Femme Fatale
  4. Venus in Furs
  5. Run Run Run
  6. All Tomorrow's Parties
  7. Heroin
  8. There She Goes Again
  9. I'll Be Your Mirror
  10. The Black Angel's Death Song
  11. European Son

White Light/White Heat

  1. White Light/White Heat
  2. The Gift
  3. Lady Godiva's Operation
  4. Here She Comes Now
  5. I Heard Her Call My Name
  6. Sister Ray

The Velvet Underground

  1. Candy Says
  2. What Goes On
  3. Some Kinda Love
  4. Pale Blue Eyes
  5. Jesus
  6. Beginning to See the Light
  7. I'm Set Free
  8. That's the Story of My Life
  9. The Murder Mystery
  10. After Hours

Loaded

  1. Who Loves the Sun
  2. Sweet Jane
  3. Rock & Roll
  4. Cool It Down
  5. New Age
  6. Head Held High
  7. Lonesome Cowboy Bill
  8. I Found a Reason
  9. Train Round the Bend
  10. Oh! Sweet Nuthin'

VU

  1. I Can't Stand It
  2. Stephanie Says
  3. She's My Best Friend
  4. Lisa Says
  5. Ocean
  6. Foggy Notion
  7. Temptation Inside Your Heart
  8. One of These Days
  9. Andy's Chest
  10. I'm Sticking with You

The Velvet Underground & Nico

I'm Waiting for the Man

From: Jeremy Larsen, JEREMY@MUSIC.CC.UGA.EDU


D G D G

D   G               D   G
I'm waitin' for my man

D   G               D   G
26 dollars in my hand

D                F#    G                        A
Up to Lexington, 125, feel sick and dirty more dead than alive

D   G               D   G
I'm waitin' for my man

Hey white boy, what you doin' uptown?
Hey white boy, you chasin' our women around?
Oh pardon me sir, it's furthest from my mind,
I'm just lookin' for a dear dear friend of mine
I'm waitin' for my man

Up to a brownstone, up three flights of stairs
Everybody's pinned you (?) but nobody cares
He's got the works, here's your sweet taste
Ah then you got to split cause you got no time to waste
I'm waitin for my man

Baby don't you holler, darlin' don't you bawl and shout
I'm feelin good, you know I'm gonna work it on out
I'm feelin good, I feel oh so fine
Until tomorrow, but that's just another time
I'm waitin for my man


-------

It's also cool if you do some quick Dsus4 and Gsus4 in between the D-G parts:

        eadgbe
Dsus4 : XX0233
Gsus4 : 320013

Femme Fatale
 Paul Zimmerman, IFSXM@asuvm.inre.asu.edu
 
Cmaj7    Fmaj7
Here she comes
Cmaj7                 Fmaj7
You better watch your step
Cmaj7       F                   Dm            G
She's gonna break your heart in two, yes it's true
Cmaj7               Fmaj7
It's not hard to realize
Cmaj7                            Fmaj7
Just look into her false colored eyes
Cmaj7            F                  Dm           G
She'll bring you up just to put you down, what a clown
 
 
CHORUS
              C                                       F
Cos everybody knows                  (she's a femme fatale)
                       C                              F
The things she does to please        (she's a femme fatale)
                    C                                 F
She's just a little tease            (she's a femme fatale)
                     Dm                         Bb             G
Just see the way she walks and hear the way she talks
 
You're written in her book
Number 47 have a look
She's going to play you for a fool, it's true
The voices in the street
Before you start you're already beat
She's going to smile just to make you frown, what a clown
 
CHORUS
 
CHORUS

Heroin

riff 1:
  D             G             D             G
|-2-------2---2-|-3-------3-----|-2-----3-2---2-|-3-------3---0-|
|-3-----3---3---|-0-----0---0---|-3---------3---|-0-----0---0---|
|-2---2---------|-0---0---------|-2---2---------|-0---0---------|
|-0-------------|-0-------------|-0-------------|-0-------------|
|---------------|-2-------------|---------------|-2-------------|
|---------------|-3-------------|---------------|-3-------------|
 
riff 2:
|-2----7----9---7----|
|-3----8----10--8----|        listen to the song to get the timing for
|-2----7----9---7----|        this part - it isn't broken up into bars
|-0------------------|        here.
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
 
riff 1 2X
 
D   G       D    G     D         G       D       G
   I  don't know  just where I'm going
    D        G         D           G            D<---- end of riff 1, strum
But    I'm       gonna try for the kingdom if I can    this chord, and the
                G               D                      rest of the chords
Cos it makes me feel like I'm a man
             G             D
When I put a spike into my vein
              G                       D
And I tell ya things aren't quite the same          when you hit the word
         G             D                            "know" at the end of the
When I'm rushing on my run                        verse, the D chord marks the
      G                     D                    beginning of riff 1 again,
And I feel just like Jesus' son                 which contintues until the
      G                       D                 "nullify" in the next verse.
And I guess that I just don't know              this pattern continues thru
      G                        D      G     D       G      the whole song.
And I guess that I just don't know
 
 
D     G        D   G         D         G     D
I         have made a  big decision
D     G        D    G          D
I'm      gonna try     to nullify my life
             G               D
Cos when the blood begins to flow
       G                       D
And it shoots up the dropper's neck
         G             D
When I'm closing in on death
 
 
riff2 2X
 
          G               D
You can't help me not you guys
                  G                         D
Oh, all you sweet girls with all your sweet talk
        G             D
You can all go take a walk
      G                       D
And I guess that I just don't know
      G                       D      G      D      G
And I guess that I just don't know
 
 
D    G      D      G        D               G        D      G
I       wish that    I was born a thousand years ago
D    G      D      G                    D
I       wish that    I'd sailed the darkened seas
     G                 D
On a great big clipper ship
           G                 D
Going from this land here to that
         G                 D
Oh, in a sailor's suit and cap
 
riff2 2X
 
     G            D
Away from the big city
        G              D
Where a man can not be free
           G             D
Of all the evils of this town
          G               D
And of himself and those around
          G                       D
Oh, and I guess that I just don't know
          G                       D      G     D      G
Oh, and I guess that I just don't know
 
 
D   G   D   G            D           G       D      G
Her_____oin,   it'll be the death of me
D   G   D   G       D               G
Her_____oin,   it's my wife, and it's my life
          G              D
Because a mainline in my vein
           G            D
Leads to a center in my head
             G             D
And then I'm better off as dead
 
 
riff2 4X
 
             G               D
Cos when the smack begins to flow
      G                    D
Oh, I really don't care anymore
              G                D
'Bout all the jim-jims in this town
                G                    D
And all the politicians making crazy sounds
              G                      D
And everybody puttin' everybody else down
                 G                  D
And all the dead bodies piled up in Nam
 
riff 2  4x
             G               D
Cos when the smack begins to flow
      G                    D
And I really don't care anymore
 
riff 2  2x
              G           D
When that heroin is in my blood
        G              D
And the blood is in my head
             G                       D
Then I thank God that I'm as good as dead
               G                 D
And thank your God that I'm not aware
          G                     D
And thank God that I just don't care
      G                       D
And I guess that I just don't know
      G                       D      G       D        G
And I guess that I just don't know
 
riff1 2X
 
F arpeggio

I'll Be Your Mirror
From: Jeremy Larsen, JEREMY@MUSIC.CC.UGA.EDU

Capo on 5th fret ("A" here is ACTUALLY a D, but play an A as if there were no
capo...)

-2-0-2-0-2-3-3-5-3-0--
-3---------0----------
-2---------0----------           <-- repeat for intro
-0---------0----------
-----------2----------
-----------3----------

A              D                       G                     A
I'll be your mirror, reflect what you are in case you don't know

               D                    G                      A
I'll be the wind the rain and the sunset to lighten your door

                     D
To show that you're home

                     G        A         D
When you think the night has seen your mind

                  G      A     D
____ inside you twisted and unkind

                  G        A       D
Let me stand to show that you are blind

                      Em                G      A  G A A G A - G A A G A
Please put down your hands cause I see yoooooou


-----

Etc etc. And of course, fill in with little Lou Reed melodies which are very
easy to figure out...

White Light/White Heat

Here She Comes Now
From: Steve22067@aol.com

Tabbed to Kurt Cobain's version of the song.
Version on the Nirvana Heart Shaped Box II Set.

 /=slide up
 \=slide down

INTRO-(*let 0 on string D ring)
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------7----------7---------------------12--------------10------|
|---------7------7--7-------7----7/11--11-------11\9--9-------9--|
|----0---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
INTRO 2 and INTERLUDE-(*let 0 on string D ring)
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|---------------7----------7------------------12--------------10---10---|
|---------7----7---7--7--7--7--7/11-11--11---11\9--9--9----9----|
|----0-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
VERSE--(*let 0 on string D ring)
|------------------------------------|
|---------------7---------7--------|
|----------7--------7-------------|
|----0------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
(play the 0 once then play the 7  7 part for the rest of the verse)
CHORUS
D-x577xx
C-x355xx
B5-x133xx
I'm not going to tell you the timing and strumming but I will tell you the
order.
It is -D  C  D  C  B5
SOLO-I have no clue so good luck.


The Velvet Underground

Candy Says
From: "Shaggy", CSARVIS@Calumet.Yorku.Ca

Here is a more complete chord transcription for this song.  I've formatted 
the chords to the lyrics (as well as I could), and included all the words.  
Thanks to Citizen Kane, ssandler@emerald.tufts.edu, for the original posting 
from which I took the chords.

This is one of the best VU songs (in my humble opinion).  It's the first 
track on their third album, "The Velvet Underground"; and is written (of 
course) by Lou Reed. A "closet mix" version is also available on the new VU 
box set. Enjoy.

VERSE 1:
D       F#m  F                B 
  Candy says, I've come to hate my body,
Em              A
  and all that it requires
  D              A
  in this world.
D       F#m  F               B
  Candy says, I'd like to know completely,
Em             A 
  what other souls discreetly
  D           A
  talk about. 

CHORUS:
D           G                    E 
  I'm gonna watch the blue birds fly,
A           
  over my shoulder.
D           G                    E
  I'm gonna watch them pass me by,
  A
  maybe when I'm older.
C                       G
  What do you think I'd see,
     A                      C
  if I could walk away from me?    (4 beat pause)

VERSE 2: (same chords as verse 1)
Candy says, I hate the quite places,
that cause the smallest taste
of what will be.
Candy says, I hate the big descisions,
that cause endless revisions
in my mind.

CHORUS (again)

EXTRO:
D (8 bts)           G (8 bts)
..........Doo, Doo, Whaa......... 
D                   G   
Doo.......Doo, Doo, Whaa......... (x4)

(end on)
D
Doo...


It is kind of difficult to convey where exactly the chords change, as they 
don't line up perfectly with the words.  Every chord lasts for 4 beats and 
the words are placed over them.  There is also a lot of chord picking that 
goes on that I have no clue how to play.  And that's it...

What Goes On
From: Harlan L Thompson, harlant@uhunix.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu

WHAT GOES ON- Velvet Underground

D  C  D  C
           D C        D  C
What goes on in your mind?
             F      G       D  C
I think that I am falling down
           D C         D  C
What goes on in your mind?
             F      G      D
I think that I am upside down
          A                  G    
Lady, be good, do what you should
                  D           C D C
you know it will work alright
          A                  G    
Lady, be good, do what you should
                 D         C D C
you know it will be alright

I'm going up, and I'm going down
I'm gonna fly from side to side
See the bells up in the sky
Somebody's cut their string in two
Lady, be good, do what you should
you know it will work alright
Lady, be good, do what you should
you know it will be alright

SOLO

One minute born, one minute doomed
One minute up, and one minute down
What goes on in your mind?
I think that I am falling down
Lady, be good, do what you should
you know it will work alright
Lady, be good, do what you should
you know it will be alright

Pale Blue Eyes
From: Scott A. Yanoff, yanoff@csd4.csd.uwm.edu

 
  F  
  Sometimes I feel so happy
  Bb 
  Sometimes I feel so sad
  F                            Dm
  Sometimes I feel just about everything
  Bb         C            F
  Lately I'm just feeling bad
  Bb         C            F
  Lately I'm just feeling bad
 
         C                 F   C   F   
  Linger on your pale blue eyes
 
  I thought of you as my mountain top
  I thought of you as my peak
  I thought of you as just about everything 
  I had but couldn't keep
  I had but couldn't keep

Beginning to See the Light
From: Harlan L Thompson, harlant@hawaii.edu

  G           C                  F   D
Well, I'm beginning to see the light  
   G           C                 F    D
Well, I'm beginning to see the light  
  G                    C        F                         D
Some people work very hard but still they never get it right
 G           C                  F     D  
Well, I'm beginning to see the light  
I wanna tell all you people, now  
Now, now, baby, I'm beginning to see the light  
Hey, now, baby, I'm beginning to see the light  
Wine in the mornin', and some breakfast at night  
Well, I'm beginning to see the light 

 F       C   Bb        F        C    F 
Here we go again, playing the fool again
  F      C   Bb      F     C     F              G  
Here we go again, acting hard again  All right!

Well, I'm beginning to see the light!
I wanna tell you, ooh-oh-oh!
Hey, now, baby, I'm beginning to see the light!
Here it comes a bit softer now  
I wore my teeth in my hands so I could kiss the hair of the night
Well, I'm beginning to see the light!
Now, now, now, now, now, now, now, now, now, baby, 
I'm beginning to see the light, now! It comes softer!
Hey, now, baby, I'm beginning to see the light  
I met myself in a dream, and I just want to tell you
Everything was alright  
Hey, now, baby, I'm beginning to see the light 

  F          C     F      F        C        F 
Here comes two of you  Which one will you choose?
  F                C     F
One is black and one is blue
  F               C     F
Don't know just what to do  Alright!

Well, I'm beginning to see the light, oh, now, here she comes!
Hey, yeah, baby, I'm beginning to see the light Oh-ahhhh!
Some people work very hard but still they never get it right  
Well, I'm begiing to see the light  
Ah, it's getting a little softer, maybe, in there  
Now, now, baby, I'm beginning to see the light  
Ah, it's coming around again, hey, now, now, now, baby 
I'm beginning to see the light  One more time  
There are problems in these times
But, woo!, none of them are mine!
Oh, baby, I'm beginning to see the light 

  F       C   Bb      F                C       F 
Here we go again, I thought that you were my friend  
  F       C   Bb      F                C       F
Here we go again, I thought that you were my friend  

             Bb           C     F
How does it feel, to be loved?
How does it feel, to be loved?
How does it feel, to be loved?
How does it feel, to be loved?
How does it feel, to be loved?


NOTE:  Obviously it's impossible to write lyrics to this song since so 
much of it is ad lib.  I got this version from the lyrics archive.  
They're about as good as they can get, but use them with a grain of salt!

I'm Set Free
From: Fiala Ondrej, xfiao02@vse.cz


C
      I've been set free and
F               Dm
      I've been bound
C
      To the memories of
F                 Dm
      Yesterday's clouds
C                          
      I've been set free and
F               Dm
      I've been bound
            
      And now 
C             F
      I'm set free
C             F
      I'm set free
      C               F            Dm   G
      I'm set free to find a new illusion


I've been blinded but
Now I can see
What in the world has
Happend to me
The prince of stories who
Walks right by me
And now 
I'm set free
I'm set free
I'm set free to find a new illusion

I've been set free and
I've been bound
Let me tell you people
What I found
I saw my head laughing
Rolling on the ground
And now 
I'm set free
I'm set free
I'm set free to find a new illusion

----------------
Instead of C,F,Dm,G you can use for example D,G,Em,A; E,A,F#,B; G,C,Am,D;
A,D,Bm,E

That's the Story of My Life
From: Ben McTeran
bc80233@bingsuns.cc.binghamton.edu

Bb         Eb          F
That's the story of my life
C          F                            G
That's the difference between wrong and right
F         G    Am                   G
But Billy said both those words are dead
Dm                     G
That's the story of my life

Repeat twice

Instrumental break:

C-F-G
C-F-G
F-G-Am
Dm-G

Repeat verse again, end on G.



These are the chords in standard tuning. You may find it easier to use a 
capo and transpose to chords that are somewhat easier to play. Capo on 
third fret would make the progression:

G-C-D
A-D-E
D-E-F#m-D
Bm-E

After Hours
From: bc80233@bingsuns.cc.binghamton.edu

This is a great VU song, sung by Mo Tucker and covered I understand by 
 REM. Play this on an acoustic and drop the tuning a half-step. 
 
  AFTERHOURS
 
 (1,2,3)
        C         A7
 If you close the door
     Dm                  G
 The night could last forever
           C        A7
 Leave the sunshine out
     Dm             G
 And say hello to never
 
 
 
         C                              C7
 All the people are talking and they're having such fun
   F                         Fm
 I wish this could happen to me
            C         A7
 But if you close the door
      Dm            G            C
 I'll never have to see the day again

 
 
            C         A7
 But if you close the door
     Dm                  G
 The night could last forever
           C          A7
 Leave the wine glass out
     Dm               G
 And drink a toast to never
 
 
 C                           C7
 Someday I know someone will look into my eyes
            F
 And say hello
                        Fm
 You're my very special one
            C         A7
 But if you close the door
      Dm            G           C        (Bass line to bridge: C-B-Bb)
 I'll never have to see the day again
 
 
 
 Bridge:
 
 Am         E7          Am       E7
 Dark party bars, shiny Cadillac cars
     Am        E7          Am        Am-G#-G       
 And people on subways and trains
         Dm          A7           Dm         A7
 Looking grey in the rain as they stand disarrayed
       F                       G
 Oh but people look well in the dark
 
 
 
        C         A7
 If you close the door
     Dm                  G
 The night could last forever
           C        A7  
 Leave the sunshine out
     Dm           G
 And say hello to never
 C                           C7
 Someday I know someone will look into my eyes
         F  
 And say hello
                        Fm
 You're my very special one
            C         A7
 But if you close the door
      Dm            G           C       A7
 I'll never have to see the day again
     Dm            G           C       A7
 I'll never have to see the day again (once more)
      Dm            G           C
 I'll never have to see the day again
 
 
 
 
 
    Am                                      E7

 E A D G B E                            E A D G B E
 ___________                            ___________
 | | | O O O  (5th fret)                | | | O | O   (7th fret)
 -----------                            -----------
 | | | | | |                            | | | | | |
 -----------                            -----------
 | | O | | |                            | | O | O |
 -----------                            -----------
 

Loaded

Sweet Jane
From: Harlan L Thompson, harlant@uhunix.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu


D            A     G Bm A D        A     G  Bm A
Standing on the corner, suitcase in my hand
Jack is in his coat, and Jane is her vest, and me
I'm in a rock'n'roll band  Hah!
Ridin' in a Stutz-Bearcat, Jim
Y'know, those were different times!
Oh, all the poets they studied rules of verse
And the ladies, they rolled their eyes
Sweet Jane!  Whoa!  Sweet Jane, oh-oh-a!  Sweet Jane!

I'll tell you something
Jack, he is a banker
And Jane, she is a clerk
Both of them save their monies, ha
And when, when they come home from work
Sittin' down by the fire, oh!  
The radio does play
The classical music there, Jim
"The March of the Wooden Soldiers"
All you protest kids
You can hear Jack say, get ready, ah
Sweet Jane!  Come on baby! Sweet Jane! Oh-oh-a!  Sweet Jane!

Some people, they like to go out dancing 
And other peoples, they have to work, Just watch me now!  
And there's even some evil mothers
Well they're gonna tell you that everything is just dirt
Y'know that, women, never really faint
And that villains always blink their eyes, woo!  
And that, y'know, children are the only ones who blush!
And that, life is just to die! 
And, everyone who ever had a heart
They wouldn't turn around and break it  
And anyone who ever played a part 
Oh wouldn't turn around and hate it!

Sweet Jane!  Whoa-oh-oh!  Sweet Jane! Sweet Jane!
 D            G         D
Sweet Jane  Sweet Jane
Sweet Jane  Sweet Jane (repeat and fade)

Rock & Roll
From: dmsinge@erenj.com (Dave Singer)

This is the same song originally done by the Velvet Underground.
It was done on the Runaways(Joan Jetts' first band) first release
and it features a real cool riff.  The song is in 4/4 and we used
to start it by having the drummer play a steady beat on the cow
bell.  Here is our arrangement:


riff:
        D                    C
|------|--------------------|----------------------|
|------|----------7\--------|----------5\----------|
|------|-------4--7\--------|-------2--5\----------|
|------|-------4--7\--------|-------2--5\----------|
|-(17)\|-5--7---------------|-3--5-----------------|
|------|--------------------|----------------------|
    4    1  &  2  &  3    4   1  &  2  &   3     4
      G                     D
     |---------------------|----------------------|
     |---------------------|----------7\----------|  B=bend
     |---------------------|-------4--7\----------|  R=release
     |-----------2-B3---R2-|-------4--7\----------|  \=slide down
     |-----2--5------------|-5--7-----------------|
     |--3------------------|----------------------|
        1  &  2  &  3    4   1  &  2  &   3     4


riff 2x guitar and cowbell

riff 2x  whole band play chords indicated above(D C G D)

D                       C        
Jenny said when she was just five years old you know there's

G                     D
nothing goin' down at all.

D                  C                   G                    D
She turned on that radio and there was nothin' happening at all.

D                  C                       G
She turned on that L.A. station couldn't believe what she heard

   D
at all.

D                           C
She started dancin' to that fine fine music

    G                          D
Her life was saved by rock and roll.


         E                     G
chorus:  Despite all the complications they could just

         A                           G
         dance to that rock and roll station

                      D            G
         And it was alright(it's alright)
 
                  D            G
         It was alright(it's alright)

                  D            G
         It was alright(it's alright)

                  D
         It was alright.

riff 2x

Jenny said when she was five years old you know her
parents will be the death of us all.
Two TV sets and two Cadillac cars well they don't
mean nothin' at all, not at all.

She turned on that L.A. station couldn't believe what she 
heard at all.
She started dancin' to that fine fine music, her life was
saved by rock and roll.

chorus

solo over verse chords

chorus

1st verse
 
chorus-end on last "alright"

VU

Stephanie Says
From: 16583691@UMICHUM.BITNET

Stephanie says that she wants to know
G         C       G               C

Why she's given half her life, to people she hates now
G                      Am            C              D

Stephanie says that she wants to know... why is...

But she's not afraid to die, the people all call her Alaska
G               C             G                     C

Between worlds so the people ask her 'cause it's all in her mind
G                     C               G                      D

It's all in her mind
G                D

Stephanie says...

She asks you is it good or bad
C             D             G

It's such an icy feeling... it's so cold in Alaska, it's so cold in Alaska
C              D             G               C        G              C

It's so cold in Alaska...

Lisa Says
From: Fred Maslin fmaslin@netcom.com

I've dragged so much stuff off Nevada, I figured it's time to post something. 
This is the version from "VU Live 1969" and includes the "Why am I So Shy?"
interlude.

                                  Lisa Says
                                                By Lou Reed

  F                  C              Bb
    Lisa says on a night like this,  
                             C     F
    be so nice if you'd give me a kiss.
  F                              C           Bb
    And Lisa says for just one little smile, 
                                 C      F
    I'll sit next to you for a little while.

CHORUS:
  F       C   Bb       F           C   Bb       F
    Lisa says,   Lisa says,  Lisa says,   Lisa says

  F                             C             Bb
    Lisa says you must be some kind of fool,
                                C    F
    The way you treat everybody so cruel.
                               C                   Bb
    And Lisa says you must be a funny kind of guy,
                                  C       F
    The way you're always staring at the sky.
    
CHORUS:
  F       C   Bb       F           C   Bb       F
    Lisa says,   Lisa says,  Lisa says,   Lisa says

BRIDGE:
                          Am             Bb
    If you're lookin for a   good-time Charlie,
                            C      F
    Well that's not really what I am.
              Am             Bb              Gm    C
    You know a   good-time Charlie's wastin time.
             Am             Bb
    Cause the   good-time Charlie,
                      C     F
    That's not baby where I am.
                 Am                  Bb             Gm    C
    You know that   good times just seem to pass me by.     

  F                  C              Bb
    Lisa says on a night like this,  
                             C     F
    be so nice if you'd give me a kiss.
  F                              C           Bb
    And Lisa says for just one little smile, 
                                 C      F
    I'll sit next to you for a little while.
    
  F       C   Bb       F           C   Bb       F
    Lisa says,   Lisa says,  Lisa says,   Lisa says

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     C     D    Dm  G  F     C     D    G
    Why am I so shy,  why am I so shy.
      C                            D              Dm  G
    Good times you know they just seem to pass me by.
     F     G     C     C  A  F  G
    Why am I so shy.
  C                           D
    First time I saw you I was  talkin to myself
            Dm                  G            C
    I said wow she's got such pretty pretty eyes

    Such pretty eyes...
  C                                D
    Now that you are next to me I just get so upset
        Dm                       G   C
    Oh will you tell me why am I so shy
     C     D    Dm  G  F     C     D    G
    Why am I so shy, why am I so shy.
      C                            D              Dm  G
    Good times you know they just seem to pass me by.
     F     G     C
    Why am I so shy.

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  F                  C              Bb
    Lisa says on a night like this,  
                             C     F
    be so nice if you'd give me a kiss.
  F                  C              Bb
    Lisa says you must be some kind of fool,
                             C     F
    The way you treat everybody so cruel.

CHORUS 
  F       C   Bb       F           C   Bb       F
    Lisa says,   Lisa says,  Lisa says,   Lisa says