Poison Chords
by Venom
Poison by Venom is a guitar song played in the key of C#. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Start with
(Riff 1)
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||--3---------------------------3--------------------------------|
||--0-2-------------2-----------0-2-------------------------0----|
||--0-2-----2-----5-2-----2-----0-2-----2-------5---4---3---0----|
||--0-0-0x0x0-0x0x3-0-0x0x0-0x0x0-0-0x0x0-0x0x0-3-0-2-0-1-0-0----|
||---------------------------------------------------------------| x2
Then the same thing without palm muting
(Riff 2)
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||--3---------------------------3--------------------------------|
||--0-2-2-----------2-2---------0-2-2-----------------------0----|
||--0-2-2---------5-2-2---------0-2-2-----------5---4---3---0----|
||--0-0-0---------3-0-0---------0-0-0---------0-3-0-2-0-1-0-0----|
||---------------------------------------------------------------| x2
Then main riff
(Riff 3)
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||--777--------777--------777--------777-------------------------|
||--555-0x3x4x-555-0x3x4x-555-0x3x4x-555-0x3x4x------------------|
||---------------------------------------------------------------| x2
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||--222222-------222222-------222222-------222222----------------|
||--000000-0-3-0-000000-0-3-0-000000-0-3-0-000000-0-3-0----------|
Chorus
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||--3------------------------------------------------------------|
||--0------------------------------------------------------------|
||--02222--52222--77777--55555-----------------------------------|
||--00000--30000--55555--33333-----------------------------------|
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on 4th time
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||--5555--4444--|
||--3333--2222--|
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Before solo
(Riff 4)
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||------7-----5-----4h5p4-7-4h5p4------7-----5-----4h5p4---------|
||------7-----5-----5-5-5-5-5-5-5------7-----5-----5-5-5-88------|
||--0x0x--0x0x--0x0x---------------0x0x--0x0x--0x0x------66------|
||---------------------------------------------------------------| x4