Venus Blue (Bass)
Other versions:
Tuning - Drop D (DADG)
Tempo - 120bpm
(--- indicates rest)
[Verse 1, play x2]
“Creeping like frost, as slow as grave moss…”
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D|----------3-4-4-4-4-3-------3---------|
A|1-1-4-6-1-------------4---3---3-4-6-6-|
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A|6-6-6-6-6-8-8-8-11-8------------------|
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[Pre-Chorus]
“I remember blood from the thighs of the mother…”
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A|-------------4---4---4---6---6---6----|
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D|3-3-6-3---3-4-4-4-4-3-----------------|
A|----------------------4---4---4---6---|
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A|6---6---3-1-1-0-1---------------------|
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[Chorus]
“How much more must we bleed her?”
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A|------------------------3-6-6-6-6-6-6-|
D|8-8-8-8-8-8-3-3-3-0-2-0---------------|
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D|----------3-4-4-4-4-3-----------------|
A|2-2-0-2-0---------------------3-4-6-6-|
D|----------------------3---3-3---------|
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A|6-6-6-6-3-1-1-0-1---------------------|
D|--------------------8-8-8-8-8-8-3-3-3-|
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A|----3-6-6-6-6-6-6-2-2-0-2-0-----------|
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[Verse 2, play x2]
“Slow desolation, like a funeral procession…”
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A|1-1-4-6-1-------------4---3---3-4-6-6-|
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A|6-6-6-6-6-8-8-8-11-8------------------|
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[Pre-Chorus]
“I remember blood from the thighs of the mother…”
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D|-3-4-4-4-4-3-------------------------3|
A|-------------4---4---4---6---6---6----|
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D|3-3-6-3---3-4-4-4-4-3-----------------|
A|----------------------4---4---4---6---|
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A|6---6---3-1-1-0-1---------------------|
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[Chorus]
“How much more must we bleed her?”
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A|------------------------3-6-6-6-6-6-6-|
D|8-8-8-8-8-8-3-3-3-0-2-0---------------|
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D|----------3-4-4-4-4-3-----------------|
A|2-2-0-2-0---------------------3-4-6-6-|
D|----------------------3---3-3---------|
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A|6-6-6-6-3-1-1-0-1---------------------|
D|--------------------8-8-8-8-8-8-3-3-3-|
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D|----------------------------4---------|
A|----3-6-6-6-6-6-6-2-2-0-2-0-----------|
D|3-3-----------------------------------|
[Bridge]
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D|--6-1-1-------------------------------|
A|0------------0-6------0-0-6------0-0-1|
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“Love is rotting on the vine”
|Repeat x4 -----------------
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D|3-3-3-0-6-8-8-8-8-0-------------------|
[Chorus]
“How much more must we bleed her?”
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A|------------------------3-6-6-6-6-6-6-|
D|8-8-8-8-8-8-3-3-3-0-2-0---------------|
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D|----------3-4-4-4-4-3-----------------|
A|2-2-0-2-0---------------------3-4-6-6-|
D|----------------------3---3-3---------|
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A|6-6-6-6-3-1-1-0-1---------------------|
D|--------------------8-8-8-8-8-8-3-3-3-|
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D|----------------------------4---------|
A|----3-6-6-6-6-6-6-2-2-0-2-0-----------|
D|3-3-----------------------------------|
[Solo]
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D|3-4-4-4-4-3-------3-------------------|
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D|----------3-4-4-4-4-3-------3---------|
A|1-1-4-6-1-------------4---3---3-4-6-6-|
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A|6-6-6-6-6-8-8-8-11-8 3-4-4-4-4-3 4---3|
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A|6-6-6-6-6-8-8-8-11-8------------------|
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[Outro]
“I taste the wreckage of crumbling faces…”
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A|6-6-6-6-6---8---8---8---11---8--------|
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