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Date: Sat, 21 Dec 1996 12:19:17 -0500
From: "Ruprect R. Rentz"
Subject: CRD Sunday Morning, The Velvet Underground
Sunday Morning by The Velvet Under Ground
from "The Velvet Underground & Nico 1967 Verve
written by Lou Reed
Here is an open chord version for guitar.
I know the Album version of this song is tuned down to match
Cale's Viola but I dont know how much.
This version is for standard tuning.
Sunday Morning, The Velvet Underground
G C
Sunday morning
G C
Brings the dawn in
G Em
It's just a restless feeling
Am D
By my side
G C
Early dawning
G C
Sunday Morning
G Em
It's just the wasted years
Am D
So close behind
(Chorus)
G C
Watchout the worlds behind ya
G C
Theres always some one around ya
Am D
who will call it's nothin at all
Sunday Maorning
And I'm falling
Iv'e got a feeling
I dont want to know.
Early dawning
Sunday morning
It's all the streets you crossed
not so long ago
(Chorus)
(Solo)
(Chorus)
(end by repeating "Sunday morning" to fade)
A few things I've added to this are nuances from live
versions of the songs
1. I like to do a little flip on the (D) chords that goes like this
e-2-3-2-0-2-|
B-3-3-3-3-3-|
G-2-2-2-0-2-|
D-0-0-0-0-0-|
A-x-x-x-x-x
E-x-x-x-x-x
2. On "Live In 1969" they shuffle (G) and (C) in the closing
refrain of "Sunday morning"
G C C C C G C G
Sunday Morning
The solo is a little beyond me and I couldn't tab it any way
because I'm not sure what the true tuning is.
I read about the tune down in the notes for the box set but I
don't own it. Perhaps someone could help on that note.
Date: Sun, 16 Feb 1997 16:16:55 -0500
From: Marcus Hernandez
Subject: "sunday morning" by velvet underground (chords)
F Bb F Bb
sunday morning, praise the dawning
F C Dm G C
it's just a restless feeling by my side
F Bb F Bb
early dawning, sunday morning
F C Dm G C
it's just the wasted years so close behind
F Bb
watch out, the world's behind you(*)
F Bb G
there's always someone around you who will call(*)
G C
it's nothing at all(*)
F Bb F Bb
sunday morning, and i'm falling
F C Dm G C
I've got a feeling i don't want to know
F Bb F Bb
early dawning, sunday morning
F C Bm G C
it's all the streets you crossed not so long ago
REPEAT LINES 5,6 and 7 which are marked by an asterisk(*) 2x
F Bb
sunday morning
F Bb
sunday morning
sunday morning , written by lou reed appears on the album velvet
underground and nico and also appears on velvet underground live at max's
kansas city. transcribed by dan hernandez
p.s if you know the chords to any of these lou reed/velvet tunes please email me
ride into the sun,oh sweet nuthin,ocean, or i found a reason.
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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ALEX Lead Player |
#1 by ALEX FOWLER at Aug 17, 1973 at 1:46 PM EST |
| I agree 100% with ChubbyPrincess...the whole mood is transferred so perfectly though the melody. | |
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Dan Average |
#2 by Dan Christopher at Aug 1, 1976 at 7:41 PM EST |
| The lyrics are great and the meaning is clear. I think one of the crowning achievements of the original recording is the way the bells were recorded. Its almost as if after waking up before noon on one of the rare weekends of peace, one walks by the windows to see the sun shining brightly through the glass. A warm, nostalgic feeling characterized perfectly in the gentle clipping of the bells on the tape. | |
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John Wanna Be |
#3 by John Merritt at Nov 1, 1978 at 11:22 AM EST |
| it kind of reminds me of depression. when you feel like youre just slipping from the world and you feel no one is there for you. then you have all the people who are there for you. | |
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Peter Wanna Be |
#4 by Peter Lambden at Jan 15, 1983 at 6:31 AM EST |
| I dont think the lyrics reflects anything that has happened before the "Sunday Morning" - Sunday to me is a day of nothing-that-has-to-be-done. You go up whenever you want, you dont have do do anything, just sit in your robe and drink coffee by your self. There is something very rare about such moments, when you're in a mood when nothing really bothers you and it feels like time has stopped and you have absolutely nothing to do because you dont want to have anything to do. At least that is what I think this song so perfectly describes. | |
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randy Professional |
#5 by randy taylor at Nov 18, 1995 at 3:22 AM EST |
| this song is so nostalgic that i almost cry everytime I listen to this song. I think that author is not in the state described in the lyrics, but he just remembers all yesterday parties which were wild but which are gone now and currently he's stuck in much worse situation and he tells himself about this restlesness he felt then. i have the same feelings very often and this song reminds me of all "the wasted years so close behind" | |
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Manu Professional Badass |
#6 by Manu at Mar 22, 1996 at 3:58 AM EST |
| I'm pretty convinced that this is the greatest song of all time | |
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ben Lead Player |
#7 by ben Tee at Nov 5, 1997 at 11:14 PM EST |
| i agree with jimmyupt. it reminds me of when i get depressed, and reminds me of how much of a loser i am. haha | |
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Nick Rhythm Player |
#8 by Nick Carrasco at Aug 27, 1998 at 8:09 PM EST |
| I am listening to it right now and just read what the text is about and must say that the melody fits very well to the lyrics ... like the mood is transferred through the melody. | |
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anthony Average |
#9 by anthony clark at Mar 26, 2002 at 10:10 PM EST |
| ...i've lived this song so many times after those saturday nights out getting warped out of your mind...the buzz slowly wears off and you're getting this splitting headache from too many drinks...watching your parents go to church while you slowly sneak your way to the room to pass out...lou reed described it as feeling like dracula...but schizophrenia is another piece to the puzzle...wdc | |
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ToRRi Average |
#10 by ToRRi L at Aug 30, 2006 at 5:38 AM EST |
| "Watch out, the world's behind you", man that is such an amazing lyric. Sometimes you're just sitting there and you feel the weight of everything, from all the years that have flown by too fast too make sense of anything, like life is just too incomprehensible. It's as if "the world" is sneaking up on you, like you can't escape time and you will never get a chance to figure it out, what any of it means or who you really are. I think thats how Lou was feeling when he wrote this, like this great big world was gonna get the better of him. | |
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