What Goes On Tab by The Velvet Underground

What Goes On tab by The Velvet Underground

Guitar Tab

"what goes on"
Velvet Underground
>From the album, "The Velvet Underground"

tabbed by Patrick Madden
mrwiggles@geocities.com      or
madden@ssc.sas.upenn.edu

Intro:
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---7-7-7---5-5--5-5-5-5-5---7-7-7---5-5--5-5-5-5-5-
---7-7-7---5-5--5-5-5-5-5---7-7-7---5-5--5-5-5-5-5-
---7-7-7---5-5--5-5-5-5-5---7-7-7---5-5--5-5-5-5-5-
---5-5-5---5-5--5-5-5-5-5---5-5-5---5-5--5-5-5-5-5-
---------------------------------------------------

🎸

Accuracy Rating: - Votes: -

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---7-7-7---5-5--5-5-5-5-5---7-7-7---5-5--5-5-5-5-5-
---7-7-7---5-5--5-5-5-5-5---7-7-7---5-5--5-5-5-5-5-
---7-7-7---5-5--5-5-5-5-5---7-7-7---5-5--5-5-5-5-5-
---5-5-5---5-5--5-5-5-5-5---5-5-5---5-5--5-5-5-5-5-
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---5-5---------------------------------------------
---5-5-----5-5-------------------------------------END INTRO
---3-3-----5-5-------------------------------------
-----------3-3-------------------------------------


Verse: play 2x
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---7-7-7---5-5--5-5-5-5-5-5------------------------
---7-7-7---5-5--5-5-5-5-5-5------------------------
---7-7-7---5-5--5-5-5-5-5-5------------------------
---5-5-5---5-5--5-5-5-5-5-5------------------------
---------------------------------------------------


Chorus: play 2x
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-----------------------------7-7-7---5--5--5--5-5-5-5-5
-----------------------------7-7-7---5--5--5--5-5-5-5-5
---7--7-7-7-----5-5--5-5-----7-7-7---5--5--5--5-5-5-5-5
---7--7-7-7-----5-5--5-5-----5-5-5---5--5--5--5-5-5-5-5
---5--5-5-5-----3-3--3-3-------------------------------


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---7-7-7---5--5--5--5-5-5-5-5--------------------------
---7-7-7---5--5--5--5-5-5-5-5--------------------------
---7-7-7---5--5--5--5-5-5-5-5--------------------------
---5-5-5---5--5--5--5-5-5-5-5--------------------------
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version combining parts of the two guitar lines, and making it one decent
solo. This means it might have some discrepancies when you play along with
the actual song.

~ = vibrato
^ = bend

E-2-2-3-5~-5-7-5---------10~--7-5-------------------------
B-------------------7-8-7-------------5^-3~-3-5-3----------
G----------------------------------------------------4-2~----
D-------------------------------------------------------------
A-------------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------------
...right

E-2-2-3-5~-5-7-5----10~-7-5------------------------------
B-------------------7-----------5^-3~-3-5-3----------------
G----------------------------------------------4-2~----------
D-------------------------------------------------------------
A-------------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------------

E-2-2-3-2-0--0-2-0-------0----------5~--------------------
B---------------------3~-3---0-------------------------------
G--------------------------------2----------------------------
D-------------------------------------------------------------
A-------------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------------

E-2-2-3-5~-5-7-5----10~--7-5------------------------------
B-------------------7------------5^--5-7-5-3~--0-----------
G----------------------------------------------------2~------
D-------------------------------------------------------------
A-------------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------------

And then it fades into two-note harmony.

Last updated: September 10, 2025

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