Venus - Shocking Blue
Tuning: C, E A D G B E
Song: Venus
Artist: Shocking blue
Composer: Robbie van Leeuwen
Album: At home
Tabbed by: DJ 28th Feb 2015
To hear the song, copy and paste this link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPEhQugz-Ew
1969 Live performance:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWb8_DH8U6o
NOTE:
You will find tablature of the main Riffs at the bottom of the page
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[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
A goddess on a
mountain top,
Was burning li
ke a silver fl
ame,
The summit of
beauty and lov
e,
And Venus was
[
her name
[Chorus]
She's got it,
...yeah,
baby, she's go
t it,
"Well, ...I'm
your venus,
...I'm yo
ur fire,
At your desire
,
Well, ...I'm
your venus,
...I'm you
r fire,
At your desire
"
[Verse 2 - Instrumental]
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[Verse 3]
Her weapons we
re her crystal
eyes,
making every m
an mad,
Black as the d
ark night she
was,
Got what no on
e else had
[
Wow!
[Chorus]
She's got it,
...yeah, b
aby, she's got
it,
"Well, ...I'm
your venus,
...I'm yo
ur fire,
At your desire
,
Well, ...I'm
your venus,
...I'm you
r fire,
At your desire
"
[Break]
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[Verse 4]
Ah------ah, ah
-----! Ah, ah
- ah, ah, ah,
ah!
Ah------ah, ah
-----! Ah, ah
- ah, ah, ah,
[
ah!
[Chorus]
She's got it,
...yeah, b
aby, she's got
it,
"Well, ...I'm
your venus,
...I'm yo
ur fire,
At your desire
,
Well, ...I'm
your venus,
...I'm you
r fire,
At your desire
"
[Break]
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[Stacatto Riff]
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[Coda]
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[Suggestion for ending - Stacatto riff then end on Em]
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In the two main chord sections the keyboard adds
a b9 note. As an option, this could be played on
guitar as below:
[Verses, and p
e|---0---0---0
B|---0---0---0
G|---0---0---0
D|---2---2---2
A|---2---2---2
E|---0---0---0
art of choruse
---0---0---0--
---0---2---2--
---0---2---2--
---2---2---2--
---2---0---0--
---0----------
s]
-0---0---|
-2---2---|
-3---2---|
-2---2---|
-0---0---|
---------|
[First part of
e|---0---0---0
B|---1---1---1
G|---2---2---2
D|---2---2---2
A|---0---0---0
E|------------
choruses]
---0---2---2--
---1---3---3--
---2---2---2--
---2---0---0--
---0----------
--------------
-2---2---|
-4---3---|
-2---2---|
-0---0---|
---------|
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[End of Verses
[
e|---0--------
B|---0--------
G|---0--------
D|---2--------
A|---2--------
E|---0---0--h3
]
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---0--2-1h2--0
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-----| h = hammer-on notes
-3---|
[Break Riff]
e|------------
B|------------
G|------------
D|--7--/9----7
A|--7--/9----7
E|--5--/7----5
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------|-------
------|-------
--/9--|--7--/9
--/9--|--7--/9
--/7--|--5--/7
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----7--/9--| / = Slide up
----7--/9--|
----5--/7--|
[Alternative f
e|------------
B|------------
G|--2--/4----2
D|--2--/4----2
A|--0--h2----0
E|------------
or Break Riff]
------|-------
------|-------
--/4--|--2--/4
--/4--|--2--/4
--h2--|--0--h2
------|-------
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----2--/4--| / = Slide up
----2--/4--|
----0--h2--| h = hammer-on
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