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"Sweet Sister Ray"
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unreleased live
(The Velvet Underground, 1968)

written by ?

Apr 1968
La Cave, Cleveland, Ohio
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        Sweet Sister Ray went
        where a movie was goin' around
        It was the biggest movie
        that had ever come to town

        Why this is the biggest movie
        I ever seen in my whole day
        I've never seen a stranger sketch
        anyway

        Why I must be dead because
        I never felt this way alive
        At least I never felt this well
        since nineteen fifty five

        Just then Sister Ray felt
        a hand upon her knee
        "Hey, I'm the crippled orphan
        and I come here constantly"

        Why this is just like a mental hospital
        doors don't have any locks
        Just then in came the doctor
        and he's givin' us electro shock

        Ah, the vaseline on your forehead
        makes you feel so nice
        My hair stood up on end
        and I thought I'd been frozen in ice

        Ah, the room is so pretty
        purple curtains 'n' all
        No one knew that you're crazy
        unless you told them

        Just then I saw
        a hole in the ground
        And I jumped right in
        'cause there wasn't nobody around



* all the strings downtuned a whole-tone

 1d ----- * downtuned a whole-tone (from e to d)
 2A ----- * downtuned a whole-tone (from B to A)
 3F ----- * downtuned a whole-tone (from G to F)
 4C ----- * downtuned a whole-tone (from D to C)
 5G ----- * downtuned a whole-tone (from A to G)
 6D ----- * downtuned a whole-tone (from E to D)



intro   {D}{D}{D}{D}
        {D}{D}{D}{D}
        {D}{D}{D}{D}
        {D}{D}{D}{D}

        {D}{D}{D}{D}
        {D}{D}{D}{D}
        {D}{D}{D}{D}
        {D}{D}{D}{D}

        {D}{D}{D}{D}
        {D}{D}{D}{D}
        {D}{D}{D}{D}
        {D}{D}

        {D}{D}{D}{D}           (Sweet Sister Ray went where a ...)
        {D}{D}{D}{D}           (It was the biggest movie that ...)

        {D}{D}{D}{D}
        {D}{D}{D}{D}

        {D}{D}{D}{D}
        {D}{D}{D}{D}
        ... repeat {D} chord

        ....

        {A}{A}{A}{A}
        {A}{A}{A}{A}
        {A}{A}{A}{A}
        {A}{A}{A}{A}
        ... repeat {A} chord

        {A}{A/D}{A}{A/D}
        {A}{A/D}{A}{A/D}
        ... repeat

        {A}{A/G.D}{A}{A/G.D}   "Sister Ray" intro
        {A}{A/G.D}{A}{A/G.D}

        ....

        {A}{A/G.D}{A}{A/G.D}   (Duck and Sally inside ...)
        ... fade out




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thanks: Carolyn Palano (spacedoutslim@verizon.net)
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This is from the velvet underground forum.
I think It's more or less correct.



Sweet Sister Ray went where a movie was goin' around
It was the biggest movie that had ever come to town
Why this is the biggest movie
I ever seen in my whole day
I've never seen a stranger sketch anyway

Why I must be dead because
I never felt this way alive
At least I never felt this well
since nineteen fifty five

Just then Sister Ray felt
A hand upon her knee
"Hey I'm the crippled orphan,
And I come here constantly"

Why this is just like a mental hospital
Doors don't have any locks
Just then in came the doctor
And he's givin' us electro shock

Aw the vaseline on your forehead
Makes you feel so nice
My hair stood up on end
And I thought I'd been frozen in ice

Aw the room is so pretty
Purple curtains 'n' all
No one knew that you're crazy
Unless you told them

Just then I saw
A hole in the ground
And I jumped right in
'cause there wasn't nobody around


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chords transcribed by Shiroh KOUCHI (wildside@mx21.tiki.ne.jp)
http://ww21.tiki.ne.jp/~wildside/
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