Gino Vannelli – Venus Envy (Ukulele)

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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