The Gift Bass Tab

White Light/White Heat Tabs:

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From the album _White Light/White Heat_

(drop D tuning)

G--------------------------
D--------------------------
A----------3---------3-----
Db---0-0-3---3-0-0-3---3---

Just a fun basline. If youv'e actually heard VU you'll get it. Have fun!

Source: BassMasta.net
http://www.bassmasta.net/v/velvet_underground,_the/.html

Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture Toxic Wanna Be	#1 by Toxic Tension at Nov 11, 2005 at 1:25 PM EST
	I had a dream once that i was in the box and i got hungry. Didnt it occur to Waldo to take some food with him?

No Picture †grave† Lead Player	#2 by †grave† f at Jan 23, 2006 at 9:36 PM EST
	...thanx for the info rich (i'm just getting started on SFA)...everyone i know who doesn't know of the velvets (what a crime!!!) gets to listen to this first...and the second time just to fully appreciate their instrumental side (just switching it to the right channel makes me feel alive)...wdc

No Picture megan(peggy-lei Average	#3 by megan(peggy-leigh) spektor at Sep 12, 2006 at 8:23 AM EST
	A few airholes, some water, of course, MIDNIGHT SNACKS, and it would probably be as good as going tourist.

No Picture Allistair Average	#4 by Allistair at Dec 26, 2006 at 6:41 PM EST
	yer it was origionally a jam that the band named "booker t" after some guy in a band back then it was just their gig thing, when they decided to make it a song. and apparently cale wrote the story as some sort of short piece... its totallyfrikkingawesome stuff

No Picture Josh Average	#5 by Josh Collins at Jan 24, 2007 at 12:47 PM EST
	Wow, brilliant ! So original, I doubt I'll ever forget this "song".

No Picture Toxic Wanna Be	#6 by Toxic Tension at Feb 6, 2007 at 3:30 AM EST
	It's funny, just before I heard this song for the first time I'd said to myself (having heard The Velvet Underground & Nico several times) "the Velvets sound like a really New York band, you'd forget that they had a Welshman in their midst" and then The Gift starts up, followed by Lady Godiva's Operation, two songs which showcase the brilliantly Welsh vocals of John Cale. How many times I practised reading these lyrics in a thick Welsh accent! And Cale played piano on the last Super Furry Animals album (if you didn't know, they are, with the Manic Street Preachers, Wales' biggest & best band). I'm not actually Welsh BTW, but I live not too far away from there.

No Picture devon Average	#7 by devon at Feb 6, 2007 at 6:12 PM EST
	This song was actually an essay that Cale had wrote for some sort of course that he was taking. Lou Reed had convinced him to sing (more like read) the essay over the music. If you look in the WhiteLight/WhiteHeat sleeve, Lou Reed is noted for the lyrical credits. Hmm..

No Picture marvin Lead Player	#8 by marvin at Mar 8, 2007 at 11:16 PM EST
	This song is awesome. Funny story

No Picture George Average	#9 by George Player at Mar 20, 2007 at 7:05 AM EST
	AHA MIDNIGHT SNACKS Brill

No Picture Nikki Sixx Badass	#10 by Nikki Sixx Is The Flippin God. at Aug 20, 2007 at 10:21 PM EST
	I belive this song was orginally a long jam called "Booker T", but changed with Cale reading the story over it. But god, poor Waldo. Its so brillant.

No Picture aja Average	#11 by aja ja at Sep 8, 2007 at 5:56 AM EST
	Close... In the Peel Slowly and See Box Set's booklet, it says that Reed wrote the story but convinced Cale to read it.

No Picture The Fever...The Average	#12 by The Fever...The Focus x at Sep 9, 2007 at 9:20 PM EST
	All can say is...... " O U C H H H H H H"