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"Head Held High"
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album _Loaded_
(The Velvet Underground, 1970)
written by Lou Reed
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Mama told me ever since I was seven
hold your head up high
My parents told me ever since I was eleven
hold your head up high
They said the answer was to become a dancer
hold your head up high
Oh, just like I figured, they all was disfigured
with their head up high
Now I am older, I'm getting so much bolder
with my head up high
Oh, as I figured, just like I figured
set your heads up high, baby
Oh, now just like I figured, you know they was disfigured
hold your head up high
You know they says the answer was to become a dancer
hold your head up high, boy
Ever since I was a baby on my mama's knee
Oh, just listenin' to what everybody told me
yeah yes, they did
But still the answer was to become a dancer
hey, hold your head up high
But just like I figured, they all was disfigured
they hold their heads up high, watch out
Yeah, do the dog
Oh, watch out
And now I'm older, they say I'm so much bolder
got your head up high, oh-oh-oh
Oh, the answer was, hey, become a dancer
head up high
Well, but just like I figured, they're always disfigured
they got their heads up high, oh-wow
But the answer was, now boy, become a dancer
with your head up high, oh
Head held high, yeah-yeah-yeah
head held high, oh baby
Head held high, oh-wow now
head held high, hey-yeah-yeah-yeah
Head held high, oh-wow now
head held high ...
* 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)
...G} ... fade in
{A}{D}{A}{A} (Mama told me ...)
{A}{D}{A}{A} (My parents told me ...)
{D}{G}{A}{A} (They said the answer was to ...)
{D}{G}{A}{A} (- just like I figured ...)
{A}{D}{A}{A} (Now I am older ...)
{A}{D}{A}{A} (As I figured ...)
{D}{G}{A}{A} (- just like I figured ...)
{D}{G}{A}{A} (- know they says the answer ...)
guitar {D/A}{E}{D/A}{E}
{A}{G/D}{A}{A} (Ever since I was a baby ...)
{A}{G/D}{A}{A} (Oh, just listenin' to what ...)
{D}{G}{A}{A} (But still the answer was to ...)
{D}{G}{A}{A} (- just like I figured ...)
{A}{A}{A}{A} (Yeah, do the dog)
{A}{A}{A}{A} (Oh, watch out)
guitar {A.G/E.D}{A}{A.G/E.D}{G}
{A.G/E.D}{A}{A.G/E.D}{G}
{D}{G}{D}{D} (And now I'm older ...)
{D}{G}{D}{D} (Oh, the answer was ...)
{G}{C}{D}{D} (- but just like I figured ...)
{G}{C}{D}{D} (But the answer was, now boy ...)
coda {C/G}{D}{C/G}{D} (Head held high ...)
{C/G}{D}{C/G}{D} (Head held high, oh-wow now...)
{C/G}{D}{C/G}{D} (Head held high, oh-wow now ...)
... fade out
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* chords for standard-tuning
...F} ... fade in
{G}{C}{G}{G} (Mama told me ...)
{G}{C}{G}{G} (My parents told me ...)
{C}{F}{G}{G} (They said the answer was to ...)
{C}{F}{G}{G} (- just like I figured ...)
{G}{C}{G}{G} (Now I am older ...)
{G}{C}{G}{G} (As I figured ...)
{C}{F}{G}{G} (- just like I figured ...)
{C}{F}{G}{G} (- know they says the answer ...)
guitar {C/G}{D}{C/G}{D}
{G}{F/C}{G}{G} (Ever since I was a baby ...)
{G}{F/C}{G}{G} (Oh, just listenin' to what ...)
{C}{F}{G}{G} (But still the answer was to ...)
{C}{F}{G}{G} (- just like I figured ...)
{G}{G}{G}{G} (Yeah, do the dog)
{G}{G}{G}{G} (Oh, watch out)
guitar {G.F/D.C}{G}{G.F/D.C}{F}
{G.F/D.C}{G}{G.F/D.C}{F}
{C}{F}{C}{C} (And now I'm older ...)
{C}{F}{C}{C} (Oh, the answer was ...)
{F}{A#}{C}{C} (- but just like I figured ...)
{F}{A#}{C}{C} (But the answer was, now boy ...)
coda {A#/F}{C}{A#/F}{C} (Head held high ...)
{A#/F}{C}{A#/F}{C} (Head held high, oh-wow now...)
{A#/F}{C}{A#/F}{C} (Head held high, oh-wow now ...)
... fade out
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"Head Held High"
(alternate mix)
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album _Loaded - Fully Loaded Edition_
(The Velvet Underground, 1997)
Apr-Jul 1970
Atlantic Recording Studios, NYC
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Mama told me ever since I was seven
hold your head up high
My parents told me ever since I was eleven
hold your head up high
Just like I figured, you know they was disfigured
hold your head up high
You know they says the answer was to become a dancer
hold your head up high, boy
Ever since I was a baby on my mama's knee
Oh, just listenin' to what everybody told me
yeah yes, they did
But still the answer was to become a dancer
hey, hold your head up high
But just like I figured, they all was disfigured
they hold their heads up high, watch out
And now I'm older, they say I'm so much bolder
got your head up high, oh-oh-oh
Oh, the answer was, hey, become a dancer
head up high
Well, but just like I figured, they're always disfigured
they got their heads up high, oh-wow
But the answer was, now boy, become a dancer
with your head up high, oh
Head held high, yeah-yeah-yeah
head held high, oh baby
Head held high, oh-wow now
head held high, hey-yeah-yeah-yeah
Head held high, oh-wow now
head held high, now-now-now
Now-now, oh now-now
oh now-now ...
* 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 {A}{A}{A}{G}
{A}{D}{A}{A} (Mama told me ...)
{A}{D}{A}{A} (My parents told me ...)
{D}{G}{A}{A} (Just like I figured ...)
{D}{G}{A}{A} (You know they says the ...)
guitar {D/A}{E}{D/A}{E}
{A}{G/D}{A}{A} (Ever since I was a baby ...)
{A}{G/D}{A}{A} (Oh, just listenin' to what ...)
{D}{G}{A}{A} (But still the answer ...)
{D}{G}{A}{A} (- just like I figured ...)
guitar {A.G/E.D}{A}{A.G/E.D}{G}
{D}{G}{D}{D} (And now I'm older ...)
{D}{G}{D}{D} (Oh, the answer was ...)
{G}{C}{D}{D} (- but just like I figured ...)
{G}{C}{D}{D} (But the answer was ...)
coda {C/G}{D}{C/G}{D} (Head held high ...)
{C/G}{D}{C/G}{D} (Head held high, oh-wow now ...)
{C/G}{D}{C/G}{D} (Head held high, oh-wow now ...)
{C/G}{D}{C/G}{D} (Now-now, oh now-now ...)
... fade out
* intro
(all the strings downtuned a whole-tone, played by 2 guitars)
{A} {A} {A} {G}
*1e ----9-10--12--10-9--9-------------9-10--12--10-9---------------
*2B --------------------------------------------------10b12v-------
*3G --(-6--7---6-----6-)------------(-6--7---6-----6-)-------------
*4D -------------(-7----7-)--------------------(-7-----7b-9v-)-----
*5A ---------------------------------------------------------------
*6E ---------------------------------------------------------------
*** please note ***
h - hammer on
p - pull off
b - bend string up
r - release bend
/ - slide up
\ - slide down
v - vibrato
^ - harmonics
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* chords for standard-tuning
intro {G}{G}{G}{F}
{G}{C}{G}{G} (Mama told me ...)
{G}{C}{G}{G} (My parents told me ...)
{C}{F}{G}{G} (You know they says the ...)
{C}{F}{G}{G} (You know they says the ...)
guitar {C/G}{D}{C/G}{D}
{G}{F/C}{G}{G} (Ever since I was a baby ...)
{G}{F/C}{G}{G} (Oh, just listenin' to what ...)
{C}{F}{G}{G} (But still the answer ...)
{C}{F}{G}{G} (- just like I figured ...)
guitar {G.F/D.C}{G}{G.F/D.C}{F}
{C}{F}{C}{C} (And now I'm older ...)
{C}{F}{C}{C} (Oh, the answer was ...)
{F}{A#}{C}{C} (- but just like I figured ...)
{F}{A#}{C}{C} (But the answer was ...)
{A#/F}{C}{A#/F}{C} (Head held high ...)
{A#/F}{C}{A#/F}{C} (Head held high, oh-wow now ...)
{A#/F}{C}{A#/F}{C} (Head held high, oh-wow now ...)
{A#/F}{C}{A#/F}{C} (Now-now, oh now-now ...)
... fade out
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"Head Held High"
(early version)
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album _Loaded - Fully Loaded Edition_
(The Velvet Underground, 1997)
Apr-Jul 1970
Atlantic Recording Studios, NYC
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Mama told me since I was seven
hold your head up high
When I was baby, my mama told me
hold your head up high, boy
They said the answer was to become a dancer
hold your head up high
Just like I figured, they all was disfigured
hold your head up high
Now I'm older, I'm getting so much bolder
got my head up high, oh-wow-wow
Like I figured, they all was disfigured
they got their heads up high
They said the answer was to become a dancer
hold your head up high, boy
Just like I figured, they all was disfigured
hold your head up high
Ever since I was a baby on my mama's knee
I listen to just what everybody told me
oh yes, they did, oh-oh-oh
But still the answer was to become a dancer
hold your head up high
But just like I figured, they all was disfigured
hold your head up high, watch out
Now I'm older, I'm getting so much bolder
got my head up high, oh-oh-oh
I got figured, they all was disfigured
got my head up high, you know that
Still the answer was to become a dancer
hold your head up high
Just like I figured, they all was disfigured
hold your head up high
Head held high
head held high, wow-wow
Head held high
head held high
Head held high
head held high, wow no-no-no
Head held high, oh baby now
head held high
Head held high, now-now-now
* 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 {x}{A}{A}{G}
{A}{D}{A}{A} (Mama told me ...)
{A}{D}{A}{A} (When I was baby ...)
{D}{G}{A}{A} (They said the answer was to...)
{D}{G}{A}{A} (Just like I figured ...)
{A}{D}{A}{A} (Now I'm older ...)
{A}{D}{A}{A} (Like I figured ...)
{D}{G}{A}{A} (They said the answer was to ...)
{D}{G}{A}{A} (Just like I figured ...)
guitar {D/A}{E}{D/A}{E}
{A}{G/D}{A}{A} (Ever since I was a baby ...)
{A}{G/D}{A}{A} (I listen to just what ...)
{D}{G}{A}{A} (But still the answer was to ...)
{D}{G}{A}{A} (But just like I figured ...)
guitar {A.G/E.D}{A}{A.G/E.D}{G}
{D}{G}{D}{D} (Now I'm older ...)
{D}{G}{D}{D} (I got figured ...)
{G}{C}{D}{D} (Still the answer was to ...)
{G}{C}{D}{D} (Just like I figured ...)
coda {C/G}{D}{C/G}{D} (Head held high ...)
{C/G}{D}{C/G}{D} (Head held high ...)
{C/G}{D}{C/G}{D} (Head held high ...)
{C/G}{D}{C/G}{D} (Head held high, oh baby now ...)
{C/G}{D}{C/G}{D} (Head held high, now-now-now)
{C/G}{D}{C/G}{D}
{C/G}{D}{C/G}{D}
{C/G}{D.
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* chords for standard-tuning
intro {x}{G}{G}{F}
{G}{C}{G}{G} (Mama told me ...)
{G}{C}{G}{G} (When I was baby ...)
{C}{F}{G}{G} (They said the answer was to...)
{C}{F}{G}{G} (Just like I figured ...)
{G}{C}{G}{G} (Now I'm older ...)
{G}{C}{G}{G} (Like I figured ...)
{C}{F}{G}{G} (They said the answer was to ...)
{C}{F}{G}{G} (Just like I figured ...)
guitar {C/G}{D}{C/G}{D}
{G}{F/C}{G}{G} (Ever since I was a baby ...)
{G}{F/C}{G}{G} (I listen to just what ...)
{C}{F}{G}{G} (But still the answer was to ...)
{C}{F}{G}{G} (But just like I figured ...)
guitar {G.F/D.C}{G}{G.F/D.C}{F}
{C}{F}{C}{C} (Now I'm older ...)
{C}{F}{C}{C} (I got figured ...)
{F}{A#}{C}{C} (Still the answer was to ...)
{F}{A#}{C}{C} (Just like I figured ...)
coda {A#/F}{C}{A#/F}{C} (Head held high ...)
{A#/F}{C}{A#/F}{C} (Head held high ...)
{A#/F}{C}{A#/F}{C} (Head held high ...)
{A#/F}{C}{A#/F}{C} (Head held high, oh baby now ...)
{A#/F}{C}{A#/F}{C} (Head held high, now-now-now)
{A#/F}{C}{A#/F}{C}
{A#/F}{C}{A#/F}{C}
{A#/F}{C.
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transcribed by Shiroh KOUCHI (wildside@mx21.tiki.ne.jp)
http://ww21.tiki.ne.jp/~wildside/
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