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Venus In Furs Tab

by Velvet Underground


Finally i learned this

tuning: drop E but drop the high E an extra tone so it should be








now for the chords

these are the correct names for these chords in this tuning

:     :    :    /:    :     :

Db-0    Db-2      Db-3   Db-0     Db-0    Db-0
-3    -3      -3   -3     -1    -1
Gb-2    Gb-2      Gb-2   Gb-0     Gb-2    Gb-0
Db-0    Db-0      Db-0   Db-0     Db-0    Db-0
-x    -x      -x   -x     -x    -x
-x    -x      -x   -x     -x    -x

:    Aadd11:    Bbadd11:     (#9):

Db-1   Db-0       Db-1         Db-1
-1   -2       -3         -1
Gb-2   Gb-2       Gb-3         Gb-0
Db-1   Db-2       Db-3         Db-2
-3   -0       -1         -3
-1   -x       -x         -x

Crotchet = 72

Time signature: Common time (4/4)

Intro:

              x2

Verse:
      /           
Shiny, shiny, shiny boots of leather
     /          Aadd11
Whiplash girlchild in the dark
      /              
Clubs and bells, your servant, dont forsake him
      /                
Strike, dear mistress, and cure his heart

Repeat intro

Verse:
      /           
Downy sins of streetlight fancies
     /          Aadd11
Chase the costumes she shall wear
      /              
Ermine furs adorn the imperious
      /                
Severin, severin awaits you there

Chorus:
   Bbadd11  (#9)    
I am tired,   I am weary
     Bbadd11  (#9)    
I could sleep for a thousand years
     Bbadd11  (#9)    
A thousand dreams that would awake me
                
Different colors made of tears

Intro again

Verse:
      /           
Kiss the boot of shiny, shiny leather
     /          Aadd11
Shiny leather in the dark
      /           
Tongue of thongs, the belt that does await you
      /                
Strike, dear mistress, and cure his heart

Intro yet again :P

Verse:
      /           
Severin, severin, speak so slightly
     /          Aadd11
Severin, down on your bended knee
      /           
Taste the whip, in love not given lightly
      /                
Taste the whip, now plead for me

Intro

Chorus:
   Bbadd11  (#9)    
I am tired, I am weary
     Bbadd11  (#9)    
I could sleep for a thousand years
     Bbadd11  (#9)    
A thousand dreams that would awake me 
                
Different colors made of tears

Intro last time

Verse:
      /           
Shiny, shiny, shiny boots of leather
     /          Aadd11
Whiplash girlchild in the dark
      /           
Severin, your servant comes in bells, please dont forsake him
      /                
Strike, dear mistress, and cure his heart

Well i sorta lied played intro again
however repeat four times
and end on D5
Enjoy, thank you.