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Venus In Furs by The Velvet Underground

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"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-|

	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)


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