Venus In Furs Chords by The Velvet Underground

Venus In Furs chords by The Velvet Underground

Guitar chords with lyrics

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

For my arrangement, tune the B (2nd) string down to an A (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-|

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	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 (E7 x32010; A7 131231; B7 353453):

	E7     A7    B7    E7
	  I am tired, I am weary
	(E7)      A7          B7        E7
	  I could sleep...    thousand years
	(E7)         A7    B7           E7
	  A 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#5 (x0220x)


Questions? Comments? E-mail Alex @ springalo430@hotmail.com

Last updated: September 10, 2025

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