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"Venus In Furs"
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album _The Velvet Underground and Nico_
(The Velvet Underground, 1967)
written by Lou Reed
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Iconic Velvet song, great thrill to play and sing this one on just an acoustic guitar
* intro (all the strings downtuned a half-tone)
{Dm} {Dm}*1d# -------------0-0-0-----1-1-1--0-1-0----|*2A# ----3-3-3----3-3-3-----3-3-3--3-3-3-3--|*3F# ----2-2-2---------------------------2--|*4C# --0--------0---------0-----------------|*5G# --0--------0---------0-----------------|*6D# ---------------------------------------|
{Dm} {Dm}-------------0-0-0-----1-1-1--0-1-0----|----3-3-3----3-3-3-----3-3-3--3-3-3-3--|----2-2-2---------------------------2--|--0--------0---------0-----------------|--0--------0---------0-----------------|---------------------------------------|
* verse (all the strings downtuned a half-tone)
Shiny shiny, shiny boots of leather {Dm} {Dm}*1d# ---------------------------------------|*2A# --3-3-3-3--3-3-3-0---1-1-1-0--1-1-1-0--|*3F# --2-2-2-0--2-2-2-0---2-2-2-0--0-0-0-0--|*4C# --0-0-0-0--2-2-2-0---3-3-3-0--2-2-2-0--|*5G# --0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0--3-3-3-0--|*6D# ---------------------------------------|
whiplash girlchild in the dark {Dm} {Dm / A}---------------------------------------|--3-3-3-3--3-3-3-0---1-1-1-0--2-2-2-0--|--2-2-2-0--2-2-2-0---2-2-2-0--2-2-2-0--|--0-0-0-0--2-2-2-0---3-3-3-0--2-2-2-0--|--0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0--|---------------------------------------|
Comes in bells, your servant, don't forsake him {Dm} {Dm}---------------------------------------|--3-3-3-3--3-3-3-0---1-1-1-0--1-1-1-0--|--2-2-2-0--2-2-2-0---2-2-2-0--0-0-0-0--|--0-0-0-0--2-2-2-0---3-3-3-0--2-2-2-0--|--0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0--3-3-3-0--|---------------------------------------|
strike dear mistress and cure his heart {Dm} {Dm}---------------------------------------|--3-3-3-3--3-3-3-0---1-1-1-0----3---3--|--2-2-2-0--2-2-2-0---2-2-2-0----2---2--|--0-0-0-0--2-2-2-0---3-3-3-0--0---0----|--0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0--0---0----|---------------------------------------|
* chorus (all the strings downtuned a half-tone)
I am tired, I am weary {F / A#} {C / F}*1d# ---------------------------------------|*2A# --1-1-1-1--3-3-3-3---5-5-5-5--1-1-1-1--|*3F# --2-2-2-2--3-3-3-3---5-5-5-5--2-2-2-3--|*4C# --3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3---5-5-5-5--3-3-3-3--|*5G# --3-3-3-3--1-1-1-1---3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3--|*6D# --1-1-1-1---------------------1-1-1-1--|
I could sleep for a thousand years {F / A#} {C / F}---------------------------------------|--1-1-1-1--3-3-3-3---5-5-5-5--1-1-1-1--|--2-2-2-2--3-3-3-3---5-5-5-5--2-2-2-3--|--3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3---5-5-5-5--3-3-3-3--|--3-3-3-3--1-1-1-1---3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3--|--1-1-1-1---------------------1-1-1-1--|
A thousand dreams that would awake me {F / A#} {C / F}---------------------------------------|--1-1-1-1--3-3-3-3---5-5-5-5--1-1-1-0--|--2-2-2-2--3-3-3-3---5-5-5-5--2-2-2-0--|--3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3---5-5-5-5--3-3-3-0--|--3-3-3-3--1-1-1-1---3-3-3-3--3-3-3-0--|--1-1-1-1---------------------1-1-1----|
different colors made of tears {Dm} {Dm}---------------------------------------|--3-3-3-3--3-3-3-0---1-1-1-0----3---3--|--2-2-2-0--2-2-2-0---2-2-2-0----2---2--|--0-0-0-0--2-2-2-0---3-3-3-0--0---0----|--0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0--0---0----|---------------------------------------|
*** please note ***
h - hammer on
p - pull off
b - bend string up
r - release bend
/ - slide up
\ - slide down
v - vibrato
^ - harmonics
That's all there is to it
enjoy
