Gino Vannelli — Venus Envy Chords
VENUS ENVY
c bb3 c4 bb3 c4 bb3 c4
Fm Gm/c Fm Gm/c Fm Gm/c Fm
f2 f c c eb f f c c eb f f c c eb f
Fm Gm/c Fm Gm/c
Don't want no marble statue smooth and cold as
db4 eb db eb db
Db7 Db9 Db7 Db9 Db7
ice
g4 ab f g eb f db c4 d
Eb7/Bb Fm/Bb db/Bb Eb/Bb ab D7+9 C7—9+5 Fm Bb/c
Not some man — made god dess cus to cut and spliced
f3 ab c4 eb c d bb3
Fm eb/c
db4 eb db
Fm Gm/c Fm Gm/c Db7 Db9 Db7
Don't need no great big set of charms to tempt my heart
eb4 eb
Db9 Db7
Oh no prefer the
g4 ab f g eb f db c d
Eb7/Bb Bbm9 db/Bb Eb/Bb ab D7+9 C7—9+5 Fm Bb/c
feel of some thing real over plastic art
f3 ab c4 eb c d bb3
Fm eb/c Bbm7 Eb7sus4/Bb
Well Aphrodite's got grace
Db9
but she ain't the face
f ab Bb b Bb ab f
C7—9+5 Fm Bb/c Fm
I know and I love 'Cause I got
Eb9 D9 Db9
blood in these veins while she's some spooky dame
c4 c c c c c c c c c c
G7+9+5 C7+5
Lost in the heavens above
A+5/b Bbm7 Eb7
Why do you wanna be Venus
Gbmaj7/ab Ab9 Dbmaj7
When your light shines brighter than the brightest star
Gm7—5 C7addF Fm Gm7—5 Ab6
Why do you wanna be anyone else other than who you are
F7—9+5 Bbm7 Eb7
Why do you wanna be Venus
Gbmaj7/ab Ab9 Dbmaj7
When you're so much more than she could ever be
Gm7—5 Gm7/C
Yeah I feel like I'm losing you
C7—9+5 Fm Bb/c Fm
Come back to me
Fm Gm/c Fm Gm/Bb Db13
Don't want no hand—made inlaid porcelain china doll
bb4 Bb ab eb f ab e eb
Db13 Db11
Oh no
g4 ab f g eb db
Eb7/Bb Bbm9 db/Bb Eb7/Bb G7—9+5 C7—9+5 Fm
Not some babe who comes un stitched before every mirror
c d f3 ab c4 eb c d bb3
Bb/c Fm eb/c
on the wall Yeah De
eb4 db
Bbm7 Db9 C7—9+5
Milo's some piece but no thanks please
f4 ab Bb b Bb ab f
Fm Gm/c Fm Bb
Not my cup of tea... Oh no
Eb9 D9 Db9
'Cause I want flesh and bone and not some block of stone
c4 c c c c c c c c c c
G7+9+5 C7+5
Lying in bed next to me
A+5/b Bbm7 Eb7
Why do you wanna be Venus
Gbmaj7/ab Ab9 Dbmaj7
When your light shines brighter than the brightest star
Gm7—5 C7addF Fm Gm7—5 Ab6
Why do you wanna be anyone else other than who you are
F7—9+5 Bbm7 Eb7
Why do you wanna be Venus
Gbmaj7/ab Ab9 Dbmaj7
When you're so much more than she could ever be
Gm7—5 Gm7/C
Yeah I feel like I'm losing you
B13addC#
Blame it on those dippy dreams of beauty queens
Bb13addC
Who kowtow to the pressure
Ebm13addF Db7—9 Ab13 F7
Prescribing to the point of view that bigger is better
Dbmaj9 ab/c Bbm7
Yea those tattooed lips those vacuumed hips this
Bmaj7—5/ab
whole insanity
G7+9+5 C7—9+5 F7+9+5
Remember what you do you do for you and not for me
Bbm7 Eb7
Venus
Gbmaj7/ab Ab9 Dbmaj7
When your light shines brighter than the brightest star
Gm7—5 C7addF Fm Gm7—5 Ab6
Why do you wanna be anyone else other than who you are
F7—9+5 Bbm7 Eb7
Why do you wanna be Venus
Gbmaj7/ab Ab9 Dbmaj7
When you're so much more than she could ever be
Gm7—5 Dbmaj7 Gm7/C
Yeah I feel like I'm losing you
Fm Gm/c
Come back to me...
Fm Gm/c
Come back to me
Fm Gm/c
Baby please come back to me
Bb/c
Come back yeah
..organ:
|Fm Gm/c |Fm Gm/c |
Fm Gm/c Fm Gm/c Fm Gm/c
( Don't want no marble statue smooth and cold as ice )
Baby pleease
Fm Gm/c
come back to me...
Fm...N.c
Don't want no marble statue smooth and cold as ice