Venus In Flares chords by Half Man Half Biscuit

Chords with lyrics

[Intro]

C majorC C G+G C majorC (x6)


[Verse]

 C majorC
A augmentedA million housewives every day
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Pick up a can of beans and say
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“What an amazing example of synchronisation”.

He looked out of the aeroplane
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And he saw the Alps way down below

He fixed his gaze on the white terrain
       G+G       C majorC
 And he could see a portrait in the snow.
                    G+G        C majorC
And he shouted: “Hey - look down there, I can see Robert Powell”.
                 G+G     C majorC
That’s an ominous example of the power of TV.

[Chorus]

      D7D7         G+G
And I went la la la, la la la laaa
D7D7         G+G
La la la, la la la laaaa
 D7D7          G+G
Oh la la la, la la la laaa
D7D7                   G+G               C majorC C G+G C majorC (x4)
Just like everyone else does when they can’t think of any more words.


[Verse 2]

Yeah, OK I had a Kojak mac
  G+G               C majorC
By Christ they were trendy at the time.
               G+G        C majorC
I got it into my head that I had to stamp out crime
               G+G        C majorC
The man behind the mask at C&A’s was quite polite
                 G+G        C majorC
He said that when I wore my mac I wouldn’t have to fight.

[Chorus]

      D7D7               G+G
And I went yeah yeah yeah, yeah yeah yeah yeahhhh
D7D7               G+G
Yeah yeah yeah, yeah yeah yeah sure George
D7D7               G+G
Yeah yeah yeah, yeah yeah yeah yeahhhh
D7D7               G+G    FF C majorC FF C majorC
Yeah yeah yeah, yeah yeah yeah oh God.


[Verse 3]

    FF
Oh the Grand Old Duke Of York
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Well he had ten thousand men
    FF
And he marched them all to the top of the hill
           G+G    C majorC C G+G C majorC (x4)
And he had them all again.