Venus In Flares

	  		
Intro: C C G C  (x6) 

Verse 

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

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

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

           D7                 G 
And I went la la la, la la la laaa 
D7                 G 
La la la, la la la laaaa 
 D7                   G 
Oh la la la, la la la laaa 
D7                                     G                             C C G C  (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                              C 
By Christ they were trendy at the time. 
                             G                C 
I got it into my head that I had to stamp out crime 
                             G               C 
The man behind the mask at C&A’s was quite polite 
                                  G                C 
He said that when I wore my mac I wouldn’t have to fight. 

           D7                             G 
And I went yeah yeah yeah, yeah yeah yeah yeahhhh 
D7                             G 
Yeah yeah yeah, yeah yeah yeah sure George 
D7                             G 
Yeah yeah yeah, yeah yeah yeah yeahhhh 
D7                             G        F C  F C 
Yeah yeah yeah, yeah yeah yeah oh God.
 

verse 3 

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