Venus In Flares Chords

KeyC CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays433

Venus In Flares by Half Man Half Biscuit is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, G, D7 and F. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
C
Text
16
Speed
  			
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. 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante