The Velvet Underground – Sweet Jane (full-length version)
Loaded (1970)
Standard Tuning (EADGBe)

[Intro]

                           
                           

[Verse]

(0:17)
           
        Standi

            
ng on the corn

        
er,           

            
 suitcase in m

         
y hand
              
        Jack i

              
s in his coat,

            
 and Jane is i

          
n her vest,   

       
    
              
        and me

             
 I'm in a rock

            
'n'roll band  

     
    Hah!
            
        Ridin'

            
 in a Stutz-Be

                
arcat, Jim
              
        Y'know

            
,   those were

            
 different tim

      
es!
            
        Oh, al

             
l the poets th

             
ey studied rul

        
es of verse
              
        And th

             
ose ladies, th

             
ey rolled thei

              
r eyes


[Chorus]

             
        Sweet 

            
Jane!  Whoa!  

             
Sweet Jane, oh

             
-oh-a!  Sweet 

  
Jane!


[Verse]

(1:07)
            
        I'll t

              
ell you someth

             
ing    Jack, h

               
e is a banker
             
        And Ja

           
ne,    she is 

       
a clerk
             
        And bo

             
th of them sav

            
e their  monie

    
s,      ha
             
        And wh

             
en, when they 

            
come home  fro

         
m work
             
        Ooooh,

             
 sittin' down 

          
by the fire, o

   
h!
             
        The ra

           
dio does  play

    
   the classic

al music there

, Jim
             
        "The M

           
arch of the   

              
Wooden Soldier

   
s" all you pro

test kids
             
        You ca

            
n hear Jack sa

       
y,    get read

y, ah


[Chorus]

             
        Sweet 

             
Jane!  Come on

             
 baby! Sweet J

            
ane! Oh-oh-a! 

            
 Sweet Jane!


[Verse]

(1:57)
           
        Some p

           
eople,  they l

         
ike to go out 

dancing
             
        And ot

             
her peoples, t

             
hey have to wo

       
rk, Just watch

 me now!  
             
        And th

             
ere's even som

                
e evil mothers
              
        Well t

              
hey're gonna t

            
ell you that e

           
verything is j

   
ust dirt
              
        Y'know

            
 that, women, 

            
never really f

   
aint
              
        And th

             
at villains al

             
ways blink the

          
ir eyes, woo! 

   
 
             
        And th

             
at, y'know, ch

            
ildren are the

            
 only ones who

  
 blush!
              
        And th

            
at, life is ju

            
st to die!


[Bridge]

(2:34)
             
        And, e

              
veryone who ev

               
er had a heart
             
        They w

              
ouldn't turn a

            
round and brea

     
k it
             
        And an

              
yone who ever 

                
played a part 
             
        Oh the

              
y wouldn't tur

             
n around and h

       
ate it!


[Chorus]

             
        Sweet 

            
Jane!  Whoa-oh

             
-oh!  Sweet Ja

             
ne!    Sweet J


ane!

(3:06)
             
        Heaven

  
ly wine and ro

ses
            
        Seemed

            
 to whisper to

 her
              
        when h

    
e smiled

             
        Heaven

       
ly wine and ro

ses
            
        seemed

            
 to whisper to

 her
              
        hey ba

         
by she smiled.

(3:33)
             
        La la 

   
la  la la la
             
        La la 

   
la  la la la
             
        La la 

   
la  la la la
             
        La la 

   
la  la la la


[Outro]

(3:50)
             
        Sweet 

             
Jane  Sweet Ja

  
ne
             
        Sweet 

       
Jane  Sweet Ja

ne
      
        Sweet 

Jane…

Chords Used (I used open for verse, and bar for “And everyone…” part)
         
e|   2    5  0

       
    5  3    3 

       
 2   4    4   

    
2  0
b|   3    7  2    5  0    3  3   5    4   4  0
g|   2    7  2    6  0    4  4   6    5   4  1
d|   0    7  2    7  0    5  4   6    6   4  2
a|   X    5  0    7  2    5  2   4    6   2  2
E|   X    X  X    5  3    3  X   X    4   X  0

Chord placements on the words are approximate.  Kind of hard to pinpoint.  If worse
comes to worse, just play the chord patterns with the song (D A GG Bm A DD) and worry
about the words later.  I put the approximate times that the chord is supposed to be
played for each verse and segment of the song.  In the third verse, first line, there
are two A's played (listen closely).  If you see a mistake, go ahead and correct it. 
Overall, the chords should be right.  This is a great song by VU (my 2nd favorite).
I spent a lot of time trying to get chords as close as possible.  Enjoy it.