HIM
"Venus (In Our Blood)"
Dark Light (Bonus Track)


Main Riff: Em--(Bm)-Em--(Bm)-C--(G)-D--(Bm) [2x]

Verse 1:
Em (022000@1)                              C (x32010@1)            D (xx0232@1) Her heaven's a lie to those who threw away the key
Em (022000@1)                                 C (x32010@1)        D (xx0232@1) Her god is alive and well when the higher believes
              C (x32010@1)      Bm (x24432@1)           AmAnd (x02210@1)you can't bend the river of her dreams
         C (x32010@1)        Bm (x24432@1)           AmOr (x02210@1)understand the divine words she... speaks


Breakdown: F---Em--A


Chorus:
Bm (x24432@1)        G (320003@1)              D (xx0232@1)              A (x02220@1) Venus denies your severing tides above dark waters
Bm (x24432@1)      G (320003@1)                        D (xx0232@1)          A (x02220@1)          G (320003@1) You can quench her thirst with the fear hiding away from the day
          F#m (244222@1)               Bm-F#m
Venus denies you in your dark waters
G (320003@1)                   F#m (244222@1)         D(break)    A(break)
  The moon kissed the sun and now we... hold her... in our blood


Changed key for Main Riff:
Bm--(F#m)-Bm--(F#m)-G--(D)-A--(D) [2x]


Verse 2:
Em (022000@1)                        C (x32010@1)                 D (xx0232@1) Her savior was never on a cross pierced with nails
Em (022000@1)                              C (x32010@1)           D (xx0232@1) Thirty pieces of silver never retraced her mistake
                 C (x32010@1)           Bm (x24432@1)         AmShe'll (x02210@1)always be free from the arms of your sins
               C (x32010@1)         Bm (x24432@1)          AmThat (x02210@1)made you weak as your world started... crumbling


Breakdown: F---Em--A


Chorus:
Bm (x24432@1)        G (320003@1)              D (xx0232@1)              A (x02220@1) Venus denies your severing tides above dark waters
Bm (x24432@1)      G (320003@1)                        D (xx0232@1)          A (x02220@1)          G (320003@1) You can quench her thirst with the fear hiding away from the day
          F#m (244222@1)               Bm-F#m
Venus denies you in your dark waters
G (320003@1)                   F#m (244222@1)         D(break)    A(break)   Bm (x24432@1) The moon kissed the sun and now we... hold her... in our blood


Interlude: G-A-Em (2x)

Pre-chorus:
C--Bm--Abm
   (She's in our blood)


Chorus 2:
C#m (x13321@4)       A (x02220@1)              E (022100@1)              B (x2444x@1) Venus denies your severing tides above dark waters
C#m (x13321@4)     A (x02220@1)                        E (022100@1)          B (x2444x@1)          A (x02220@1) You can quench her thirst with the fear hiding away from the day
          Abm (133111@4)               C#m-Abm
Venus denies you in your dark waters
A (x02220@1)                   Abm (133111@4)         E(break)    B(break)   C#m (x13321@4) The moon kissed the sun and now we... hold her... in our blood


Coda:
Ad lib: C#m--(Abm)-C#m--(Abm)-A--(E)-B--(Abm) [5x]
In our blood...
In our blood...
In our blood...
(Her heaven's a lie to those who threw away the key)
In our blood...
(Her god is alive and well when the higher believes)
In our blood...




[I dedicate this tab to a girl with THAT name... :)]