============================== "Sweet Sister Ray" ============================== unreleased live (The Velvet Underground, 1968) written by ? Apr 1968 La Cave, Cleveland, Ohio ============================== 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 ********************************************************************* --------------------------------------------------------------------- thanks: Carolyn Palano (spacedoutslim@verizon.net) --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------- ********************************************************************* chords transcribed by Shiroh KOUCHI (wildside@mx21.tiki.ne.jp) http://ww21.tiki.ne.jp/~wildside/ *********************************************************************