Tuning: Drop C 1st riff – The song starts like that: e|-------------------------------------------------------------| B|-------------------------------------------------------------| G|-------------------------------------------------------------| D|-----------------------------3-2-----------------------------| A|--3h5-55-x-3-5-3-5-6-5-3-5-3-----3h5-55-x-3-5-3-5-6-5-3------| E|--0---00-x-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----0---00-x-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-6~---| 2nd riff – That’s when Lou Reed starts singing (That’s not much accurate but works fairly well) e|-------------------------------------------------------------| B|-------------------------------------------------------------| G|-------------------------------------------------------------| D|------------8--7--5--0---------------------------------------| A|--0-xx-0----5--5--5--0---------------------------------------| E|--0-xx-0----5--5--5--0---------------------------------------| Then it goes to the first riff again... and then: e|------------------------------------------------------------------| B|------------------------------------------------------------------| G|------------------------------------------------------------------| D|------------------------------------------------------------------| A|--0b2-2-2--0-2-0-2-3-2-0-2-0---------0b2-2-2--0-2-0-2-3-2-0-------| E|--0b2-2-2--0-2-0-2-3-2-0-2-0-5-4-----0b2-2-2--0-2-0-2-3-2-0-/8~---| And then, second riff again, before Metallica stop playing and Reed start speaking. All this shit goes twice. And then there is a faster riff like this: e|------------------------------------------------------------------| B|------------------------------------------------------------------| G|------------------------------------------------------------------| D|------------------------------3-2---------------------------------| A|--3h5-5-3h5-5-3h5-5-3h5-5-3h5-----3h5-5-3h5-5-3-5-5b-br-3-5-------| E|--0---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0-------0---0-0---0---------------6~----| And then e|------------------------------------------------------------------| B|------------------------------------------------------------------| G|------------------------------------------------------------------| D|--------------------------3-2-------------------------------------| A|--5----5----5----5----5-3-----5----5----5----5-----6--------------| E|--0-xx-0-xx-0-xx-0-xx-0-x-----0-xx-0-xx-0-xx-0-xx -6--------------| And Then e|------------------------------------------------------------------| B|------------------------------------------------------------------| G|------------------------------------------------------------------| D|------------------------------------------------------------------| A|-----5b-----------------------------------------------------------| E|--0----5b5~-3-3---------------------------------------------------|
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