Venus In Furs chords by The Velvet Underground

Chords with lyrics

"Venus In Furs"
                 (Lou Reed)
              The Velvet Underground
          The Velvet Underground & Nico, 1967

For my arrangement, tune the BB (2nd) string down to an A augmentedA (EADGAE), and then
capo at the 4th fret, so you get that "drone" sound out of the guitar.

	Chords are implicit.

	Riff 1:

	v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v
	----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
	0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|1-1-1-1-0-0-0-0-|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|1-1-1-1-0-0-0-0-|
	2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
	2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|2-2-2-0-0-0-0-0-|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|2-2-2-0-0-0-0-0-|
	0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-|3-3-3---2-2-2-2-|0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-|3-3-3---2-2-2-2-|
	----------------|----------3-3-3-|----------------|----------3-3-3-|

	v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v
	----------------|--------4-------|----------------|--------4-------|
	--------6-----6-|----------6-4---|--------6-----6-|----------6-4---|
	4-----4---------|4-----4-------7-|4-----4---------|4-----4-------7-|
	----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

	Riff 2:

	v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v
	----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
	0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|1-1-1-1-0-0-0-0-|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|1-1-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
	2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|0-0-0-0-1-1-1-1-|
	2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|2-2-2-0-0-0-0-0-|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|2-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
	0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-|3-3-3---2-2-2-2-|0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-|3-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
	----------------|----------3-3-3-|----------------|--------0-0-0-0-|

	v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v
	----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
	--------6-----6-|--------6-----6-|--------6-----6-|--------6-----6-|
	4-----4---------|4-----4---------|4-----4---------|4-----4---------|
	----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|


	v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v
	----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
	0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|1-1-1-1-0-0-0-0-|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|1-1-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
	2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-|
	2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|2-2-0-0-2-2-2-2-|
	0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-|3-3-3-5-2-2-2-2-|0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-|3-3-2-2-0-0-0-0-|
	----------------|----------3-3-3-|----------------|----------------|

	v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v
	----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
	--------6-----6-|--------6-----6-|--------6-----6-|----------------|
	4-----4---------|4-----4---------|4-----4---------|7---6---4-----4-|
	----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

Intro:

	[Riff 1]

Verse 1:

	[Riff 2:]

	Shiny, shiny, shiny...
	Whiplash girl-child...
	Comes in bells, your...
	Strike dear mistress...

	[Riff 1]

	[Riff 2:]

	Downy sins of street...
	Chase the costumes...
	Ermine furs adorn...
	Severin, severin...

	[Riff 1]

Chorus (E7E7 x32010; A7A7 131231; B7B7 353453):

	E7E7   A7A7  B7B7  E7E7
	 I am tired, I am weary
	(E7E7)   A7A7     B7B7    E7E7
	 I could sleep...  thousand years
	(E7E7)     A7A7  B7B7      E7E7
	 A augmentedA thousand dreams that...  awake me
	[last 2 bars of riff 2]
	Different colors...

	[Riff 1]

Verse 2:


[Repeat chorus]

Verse 3:

	[Riff 2:]

	Shiny, shiny, shiny...
	Whiplash girl-child...
	Severin your servant...
	Strike dear mistress...

Outro:

	[Riff 1, strummed in eighth-note triplets]

	end on C#5C#5 (x0220x)


Questions? Comments? E-mail Alex @ [email protected]

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