Venus In Furs Chords

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