Venus In Furs

The Velvet Underground

key: (chord shapes in the key of B) Capo on a
        Venus in furs

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.
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        Capo at 4th fret

        Main Riff:

        play 2 times


        v       v       v       v        v       v       v       v

        --------------------------------|----------------------------------|
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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---------|
    0---0---0---0---2---2---2---2---|3---3---3---3---2---3---2---2---------|
    --------------------------------|----------------------------3---------|

        Verses:


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

                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---------|
    --------------------------------|----------------7---7---7---7---------|

            whiplash    girlchild        in      the   dark

        v       v       v       v        v       v       v       v

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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---------|
    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

        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---|2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---------|
    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

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

                I   am  tired,                   I   am  weary

        v       v       v       v        v       v       v       v

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


                I could sleep       for thou - sand years

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


            A thousand dreams              that would awake me

        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---|2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---------|
    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

    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--------|
    x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--------|
    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