Venus Lyrics

Marquee Moon (1977)
Venus
Chords: Guitar 1 (Tom Verlaine)
Riffs and Secondary Rhythm: Guitar 2 (Richard Lloyd)
Solo: Guitar 1 (Tom Verlaine)
* h - hammer on
* p - pull off
* b - bend string up
* r - release bend
* / - slide up
* \ - slide down
* v - vibrato (sometimes written as ~)
* t - right hand tap
* x - play 'note' with heavy damping
Riff 1: 3X
Riff 2: 1X
(I think the most convenient way to get from C to G
in this riff is to use you ring finger to get to
the 12th fret of the D string.)
Richard Lloyd's part in the verses still follow the chords
somewhat.
Anyhow, I'm not Richard Lloyd, so this is the best I can offer:
G---9-----9h10------9-------9-----9h10------9--------------------|
B------8-----------------------8--9h10---------------------------|
G---9-----9h10------9-------9---------------9--------------------|
B--10-12-12h13h10-------10-12-12h13h10---------------------------|
E--10-12-12h13h10------10--12-12h13h10---------------------------|
B--10-12-12h13h10----10-12-12h13h10------------------------------|
E--10-12-12h13h10------------------------------------------------|
B--8h5-----------------------8h5---------------------------------|
G-------7h5----------5------------7h5----------5-----------------|
D------------7h5-----------------------7h5-----------------------|
B--8h5-----------------------------------------------------------|
G-------7h5----------5-------------------------------------------|
D------------7h5-------------------------------------------------|
Verses:
It was a...
Streets so bright
The world...
Between my bones and skin
There stood another person
Who was a little suprised
To be...
.......world so alive
How I fell
"Did you feel low?"
Na
"Huh?"
I fell right into the
Arms
of Venus De Milo
Solo/Break
Okay, I didn't want to put this here since
Tom plays it differently all the time, but
this is the recorded version and the tab
would be incomplete without it. Anyway,
this is the best I can do...
but who cares really?
Volume Swells for this bar
B--17b(18)--15------15-------------------------------------------|
G---------------16------16--14~-14~------------------------------|
A--12h15---------------------------------------------------------|
G-----------12----12/14--17~-14-----12-----------12----12--------|
A--12h15-----------------------------------14-------14-----------|
Outro: