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White Light/white Heat by The Velvet Underground

White Light/white Heat chords by The Velvet Underground

Guitar chords with lyrics


I have it transcribed here in G, but the record sounds a little sharp,
placing it somewhere between G and G#, so tune up a bit to put yourself
in tune with the record if you wanna play along.


              "White Light/White Heat"
                 (Lou Reed)
              The Velvet Underground
             White Light/White Heat, 1968

Verse 1:

	    G
	(White light) White light goin'...
	    (G)
	(White light) And don't you know...
	    D7
	(White heat) Aww, white heat it...
	    G
	(White light) Ooh, have mercy, white...
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	(White light) White light goin'...
	(White light) Oh, white light...
	(White heat) Oh, white heat it...
	(White light) Aww, white light, I...

Chorus 1:

	 G  C     G
	(Ooh ooh, white light)
	(G)
	Aww, I surely do love to watch...
	 G  C     G
	(Ooh ooh, white light)
	(G)
	Watch that side, watch that side...
	 F  C     G
	(Ooh ooh, white heat)
	(G)
	Hey, foxy mama, watchin' her...
	 Eb C     G
	(Ooh ooh, white light)
	(G)
	Come up side your head, gonna make...

Verse 2:

	(White light) White light moved in...
	(White light) White light goin'...
	(White heat) Aww, white heat it...
	(White light) Aww, white light, I...

	(White light) Aww, white light it...
	(White light) Don't you know it fills...
	(White heat) Oh, white heat tickle me...
	(White light) Aww, white light I tell...

Chorus 2:

	(Ooh ooh, white light)
	Aww, she surely...
	(Ooh ooh, white light)
	Watch that speed freak, watch that speed...
	(Ooh ooh, white heat)
	Aww, sputter mutter, everybody gonna go...
	(Ooh ooh, white light)
	Here she comes, here she comes, everybody...

Coda:

	G      C      D      F
	/ / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /
	               (higher)

	continue over F till end w/ guitar (variations w/ hammer-on/pull-off):

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