Femme Fatale Chords Guitar Tab

The Velvet Underground & Nico Tabs:

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From: Paul Zimmerman
Subject: CRD: Femme Fatale - Velvet Underground
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FEMME FATALE
Velvet Underground
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

Source: http://www.guitarmasta.net/v/velvet_underground,_the/360349.html

Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture Bobby Rhythm Player	#1 by Bobby McCorkle at Jan 18, 1970 at 8:27 PM EST
	Lou Reed: "Andy said I should write a song about Edie Sedgwick. I said 'Like what?' and he said, 'Oh, don't you think she's a femme fatale, Lou?' So I wrote 'Femme Fatale' and we gave it to Nico."

No Picture Maggotkill Average	#2 by Maggotkill at Oct 7, 1972 at 4:03 PM EST
	it is about nico. i read it in a book about the velvet underground and some other bands. its called 'please kill me'. its an awesome book.

No Picture dalton Average	#3 by dalton hoffman at Nov 20, 1973 at 3:55 PM EST
	Yep, femme fatale IS about Edie Sedgwick. Andy Warhol told Lou to write a song about her because he thought she was a "femme fatale."

No Picture randy Professional	#4 by randy taylor at Jan 3, 1974 at 4:20 PM EST
	I cant believe you dont like the accent SML. Its perfect. Nobody can attract you like a sexy blonde German woman who seems to spell danger. And when she uses that "Ice Queen" accent to get aloof and put you off--well you arent going to get anywhere. I met a woman like that about a year ago and Im still not over her.

No Picture Alex Average	#5 by Alex Zaphiropoulos at Jul 31, 1978 at 9:50 AM EST
	It is hard to make out when Nico is singing, but when Lou sings on the '69 live album, the number is clearly "47" not "37."

No Picture Tim Professional	#6 by Tim Marchant at Nov 23, 1981 at 8:43 AM EST
	time_wrap, i'm glad you mentioned that (on your first entry)...i love that lou says that. his comments at that concert were amazing...makes me wish i was alive and part of the whole new york underground. i also really love what he says before some kinda love.

No Picture jordan Wanna Be	#7 by jordan at Feb 26, 1985 at 11:57 PM EST
	It seems so psychological and dark but also fragile and beautiful at the same time. Nico lures you into the song, and you're trapped from then onwards. It seems like you enter someone's very delicate state of mind when you listen to this song, and you can't decide if it suits you or the troubled character in the song better. It plays tricks with my head, and I like it for some unexplainable reason. A perfect snapshot of a memory.

No Picture keith Wanna Be	#8 by keith mckinlay at Jul 27, 1985 at 4:54 PM EST
	A "femme fatale" is a woman who uses her looks to win people's attention and admiration, but then screws them over. So I'm assuming that this song is about one such woman.

No Picture Luke Professional	#9 by Luke Goudreault at Jul 17, 1986 at 8:13 PM EST
	...and upon further investigation, it IS about Edie Sedgwick. Lou says so in his intro to the song on the Quine Tapes album. And I believe Lou of all people.

No Picture Guitar FrE@k Average	#10 by Guitar FrE@k Freak at May 8, 1987 at 10:42 AM EST
	It seems so psychological and dark but also fragile and beautiful at the same time. Nico lures you into the song, and you're trapped from then onwards. It seems like you enter someone's very delicate state of mind when you listen to this song, and you can't decide if it suits you or the troubled character in the song better. It plays tricks with my head, and I like it for some unexplainable reason. A perfect snapshot of a memory.

No Picture dimebag 66' Average	#11 by dimebag 66' at Oct 16, 1987 at 6:39 AM EST
	This is my favorite VU song. It's just so smooth.

No Picture sharon Wanna Be	#12 by sharon howell at Jan 21, 1991 at 12:00 AM EST
	In another live intro, he also said that it is about a really truly mean person who takes advantage of your vulnerability. Then he says, "You thought it'd be 'European Son', didn't you?" and starts playing this song. I guess Edie Sedgwick was mean to him.

No Picture nathan Average	#13 by nathan skidmore at Nov 19, 1992 at 1:30 AM EST
	As a few of you already mentioned it's about Edie. A request from Warhol. Although Dylan wrote Like A Rolling Stone in 1965 before they had their fling, so that is false.

No Picture geoff Average	#14 by geoff at Mar 26, 1993 at 12:38 AM EST
	All I know is that in the intro to this song on the Live 1969 album, Lou Reed says: "This is a song called 'Femme Fatale' which we wrote about someone who was one and has since been committed to an institution for being one and will one day maybe open up a school to train others."

No Picture Maarten Average	#15 by Maarten Wuyts at Aug 29, 1994 at 2:03 PM EST
	I have read that it is possibly about Edie Sedgwick. (the same person Dylan's 'Like A Rolling Stone' & 'Leapord-Skin Pillbox Hats' is purportedly about) and The Cult's 'Edie (Ciao Baby)'

No Picture camilo Average	#16 by camilo velasquez at Oct 6, 1999 at 3:29 PM EST
	jeez I didn't know Edie was so mean :(

No Picture Jay the Hellrac Average	#17 by Jay the Hellracer... at Apr 30, 2001 at 7:19 AM EST
	Song is about a whore, possibly Nico who sang the song. Excellent song

No Picture Nic Rhythm Player	#18 by Nic F at Jan 8, 2002 at 1:20 PM EST
	Nico's accent kind of bothers me on this song, good song though.

No Picture ben Lead Player	#19 by ben Tee at Feb 23, 2002 at 12:56 AM EST
	what a bad ass song

No Picture Ulti` Average	#20 by Ulti` 89 at Feb 13, 2003 at 6:48 PM EST
	It doesn't matter who it is about to lou.( he wrote it i think) Its about to me, all those girls we just cant have, about the ones that just tease or beutiful ones that just act to high above us. "she's going to smile to make you frown, what a clown" its a great song

No Picture Trey Average	#21 by Trey Davis at Jun 4, 2007 at 2:56 AM EST
	...and upon further investigation, it IS about Edie Sedgwick. Lou says so in his intro to the song on the Quine Tapes album. And I believe Lou of all people.