"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. (From: "josh ronsen" )