I found a reason - The Velvet Underground

I found a reason

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[Intro]duction
 
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F A# Gm
e |------5---5--------5---6-5-3-----1---1------1---3-1p0-------------------|
b |------------------------------------------------------------------------|
g |--3/5---5--------5---5---------3---3------3---3-------------------------|
d |------------------------------------------------------------------------|
a |------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E |------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
F A# Gm
Pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa
F A# Gm
Pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa
 
F A# Gm
I found a reason to keep living
F A# Gm
Oh and the reason, dear, is you
F A# Gm
I found a reason to keep singing
F A# Gm
Oh and the reason, dear, is you
 
(1:05)
F Dm
Oh I do believe
F Dm
If you don't like things you leave
F Dm A#
For some place you never gone before
 
(1:25)
F A# Gm
Pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa
F A# Gm
Pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa
Ooh
 
(1:45)
F A# Gm
Honey, I found a reason to keep living
F A# Gm
And you know the reason, dear it's you
F A# Gm
And I've walked down life's lonely highways hand in hand with myself
F A# Gm
And I realized how many paths have crossed between us
 
F Dm
Oh I do believe
F Dm
You're all what you perceive
F Dm A#
What comes is better than what came before
 
Solo (2:39)
 
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e |-5h6r5----|-5h6r5----|-8---5---5----|-----------------------|
b |-------6--|-------6--|---6---6---6--|-------5---------------|
g |----------|----------|--------------|-5/7------7---5---3\2--|
d |----------|----------|--------------|-----------------------|
a |----------|----------|--------------|-----------------------|
E |----------|----------|--------------|-----------------------|
 
e |----------|---1--------|-------1---|-----------|------------|----------|
b |----------|-1---1------|-----1---1-|-----6-----|-6------6---|-6h8-6----|
g |-2h3-2----|--------2h3-|-2---------|---7---7h8-|---8--7---7-|----------|
d |-------3--|------------|---3-------|-8---------|------------|----------|
a |----------|------------|-----------|-----------|------------|----------|
E |----------|------------|-----------|-----------|------------|----------|
 
e |-----5----|--5h6-5---|----------|----------|----------|----------|------|
b |----------|----------|-6--8--10-|-6----6-x-|------6---|-6-----6--|-----6|
g |-3/5---5--|--------5-|----------|----------|--5/7-----|---7h8---8|---7--|
d |----------|----------|-7--8--10-|-5-7--8-x-|--------8-|----------|-8----|
a |----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|------|
E |----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|------|
 
e |-3/5------|-5-8-5--5-|----8-5---|----------|----------|----------|
b |----------|----------|-6------6-|-----6----|-6h8-6----|-6h8-6----|
g |-3/5---5--|--------5-|----------|-5/7------|-------7--|--------7-|
d |----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|
a |----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|
E |----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|
 
(3:14)
F Dm
Oh I do believe
F Dm
You're all what you perceive
F Dm A#
What comes is better than what came before
 
F A# Gm
Pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa
F A# Gm
Pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa
 
(3:50)
F C A# F
And you'd better come, come come, come to me
F C A#
Come, come, come to me (you better)
F C A#
Come, come, come to me
F F (let ring)
Pa pa pa pa pa pa
 
All chord and times are approximations. This song is supposed to be in drop D tuning
(DGCFAd). I tuned the song to standard tuning (don't like switching back and forth
too much). This sounds pretty close to the song. If you don't like it, just play the
chords 1 step higher (F = G; A# = C and so on) on drop D. Solo is the same way (5=7).
I didn't quite get all the riffs in the verses. They change many times. I'll work on
that later. This is a beautiful song (my favorite VU song). It is not too difficult
either. Enjoy it.

How to play I found a reason

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What is the starting chord?

The first identified chord is F. You can transpose without leaving the page.

Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?

Yes. The chord progression works on acoustic guitar, electric guitar and keyboard. Adapt the voicings to your instrument and level.

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