Venus in furs
The Velvet Underground & Nico
This is the version I play with my band, DNA. It sounds rather as the original.
This version is in A tune but the original is in C#. So play with capo at 4th fret.
For any suggestion, opinion or info, please contact me: gianluca_pirola@hotmail.com
Capo at 4th fret
Main Riff:
play 2 times
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2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---|5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5-----|
2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---|2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---------|
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Verses:
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0---0---0---0---2---2---2---2---|3---3---3---3---2---3---2---2---------|
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Shiny, shiny shiny boots of leather
v v v v v v v v
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2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---|5---5---5---5---------------------|
2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---|2---2---2---2-s/6---6---6---6---------|
0---0---0---0---2---2---2---2---|3---3---3---3-s/7---7---7---7---------|
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whiplash girlchild in the dark
v v v v v v v v
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0---0---0---0---2---2---2---2---|3---3---3---3---2---3---2---2---------|
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Comes in bells, your servant,don't forsake him
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0---0---0---0---2---2---2---2---|3---3---3---3---0---0---0---0---------|
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Strike,dear mistress, and cure his heart
Chorus:
v v v v v v v v
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1---1---1---1---4---4---4---4---|6---6---6---6---1---1---1---1-----|
3---3---3---3---2---2---2---2---|4---4---4---4---0---0---0---0-----|
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3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---|5---5---5---5---3---3---3---3---------|
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I am tired, I am weary
v v v v v v v v
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3---3---3---3---2---2---2---2---|4---4---4---4---0---0---0---0-----|
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3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---|5---5---5---5---3---3---3---3---------|
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I could sleep for thou - sand years
v v v v v v v v
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3---3---3---3---2---2---2---2---|4---4---4---4---0---0---0---0-----|
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A thousand dreams that would awake me
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0---0---0---0---2---2---2---2---|3---3---3---3---0---0---0---0---------|
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Different colors made of tears
Outro
play 16 times. 16th note triplets
v v v v
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2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--------|
2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2----|
0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--------|
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Venus in Furs
Main riff
Verse
Shiny, shiny, shiny boots of leather
Whiplash girl-child in the dark
Comes in bells, your servant, don't forsake him
Strike, dear mistress, and cure his heart
Downy sins of streetlight fancies
Chase the costumes she shall wear
Ermine furs adorn the imperious
Severin, Severin awaits you there
Main riff
Chorus
I am tired, I am weary
I could sleep for a thousand years
A thousand dreams that would awake me
Different colors made of tears
Main riff
Verse
Kiss the whip of shiny, shiny leather
Shiny leather in the dark
Tongue of thongs, the belt that does await you
Strike, dear mistress, and cure his heart
Severin, Severin, speak so slightly
Severin, down on your bended knee
Taste the whip, in love not given lightly
Severin, taste the whip, now plead for me
Main riff
Chorus
Shiny, shiny, shiny boots of leather
Whiplash girl-child in the dark
Comes in bells, your servant, don't forsake him
Strike, dear mistress, and cure his heart
Outro
