Half Man Half Biscuit – Venus In Flares (Guitar)

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[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.
[Chorus]
           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.
[Chorus]
           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.