Venus Envy
Gino VannelliVersion1
90
Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
Dont want no marble statue smooth and cold as
db4
ice
/ / / -9+5 /
Not some man - made god dess cus to cut and spliced
db4
Dont need no great big set of charms to tempt my heart
eb4
Oh no prefer the
/ / -9+5 /
feel of some thing real over plastic art
Well Aphrodites got grace
but she aint the face
-9+5 /
I know and I love Cause I got
blood in these veins while shes some spooky dame
+9+5
Lost in the heavens above
+5/
Why do you wanna be Venus
When your light shines brighter than the brightest star
-5 C7addF -5
Why do you wanna be anyone else other than who you are
-9+5
Why do you wanna be Venus
When youre so much more than she could ever be
-5
Yeah I feel like Im losing you
-9+5 /
Come back to me
Dont want no hand-made inlaid porcelain china doll
bb4
Oh no
/ / / -9+5 -9+5
Not some babe who comes un stitched before every mirror
on the wall Yeah De
eb4
-9+5
Milos some piece but no thanks please
Not my cup of tea... Oh no
Cause I want flesh and bone and not some block of stone
+9+5
Lying in bed next to me
+5/
Why do you wanna be Venus
When your light shines brighter than the brightest star
-5 C7addF -5
Why do you wanna be anyone else other than who you are
-9+5
Why do you wanna be Venus
When youre so much more than she could ever be
-5
Yeah I feel like Im losing you
Blame it on those dippy dreams of beauty queens
Who kowtow to the pressure
Ebm13addF
Prescribing to the point of view that bigger is better
Yea those tattooed lips those vacuumed hips this
-5/
whole insanity
+9+5 -9+5 +9+5
Remember what you do you do for you and not for me
Venus
When your light shines brighter than the brightest star
-5 C7addF -5
Why do you wanna be anyone else other than who you are
-9+5
Why do you wanna be Venus
When youre so much more than she could ever be
-5
Yeah I feel like Im losing you
Come back to me...
Come back to me
Baby please come back to me
Come back yeah
..organ:
( Dont want no marble statue smooth and cold as ice )
Baby pleease
come back to me...
Dont want no marble statue smooth and cold as ice
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Readable chord sheet for Venus Envy by Gino Vannelli
[C] [Bb3] [Csus4] [Bb3] [Csus4] [Bb3] [Csus4]
[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]
Dont want no [Fm]marble [Gm]sta[C]tue [Fm]smooth and[Gm] co[C]ld as
db4 [Eb] [C#] [Eb] [C#]
[C#7]ice [C#9] [C#7] [C#9] [C#7]
[Gsus4] [Ab] [F] [G] [Eb] [F] [C#] [Csus4] [D]
[Eb7]/[Bb] [Fm]/[Bb] [C#]/[Bb] [Eb] [Ab] [D7+9] [C7]-9+5 [Fm] [Bb]/[C]
Not some man - made god dess cus to cut and spliced
[F3] [Ab] [Csus4] [Eb] [C] [D] [Bb3]
[Fm] [Eb] [C]
db4 [Eb] [C#]
Dont need no [Fm]great big [Gm]set[C] of [Fm]charms to [Gm]tem[C]pt my [C#7]heart [C#9] [C#7]
eb4 [Eb]
Oh no [C#9] [C#7] prefer the
[Gsus4] [Ab] [F] [G] [Eb] [F] [C#] [C] [D]
[Eb7]/[Bb] [Bbm9] [C#]/[Bb] [Eb] [Ab] [D7+9] [C7]-9+5 [Fm] [Bb]/[C]
feel of some thing real over plastic art
[F3] [Ab] [Csus4] [Eb] [C] [D] [Bb3]
[Fm] [Eb] [C] Well Aphro[Bbm7]dites got [Eb7sus4]grace [Bb]
but she[C#9] aint 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]blood in these veins while [D9]shes [C#9]some spooky dame
[Csus4] [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
When your light shines [F#maj7]brighte[Ab]r than the [Ab9]brightest [C#maj7]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
When youre so much [F#maj7]more th[Ab]an she could [Ab9]ever [C#maj7]be
[Gm7]-5 [Gm7/C]
Yeah I feel like Im losing you
[C7]-9+5 [Fm] [Bb]/[C] [Fm]
Come back to me
Dont want no h[Fm]and-made [Gm]inl[C]aid [Fm] porcelain[Gm] ch[Bb]ina [C#13]doll
bb4 [Bb] [Ab] [Eb] [F] [Ab] [E] [Eb]
[C#13] Oh no[C#11]
[Gsus4] [Ab] [F] [G] [Eb] [C#]
[Eb7]/[Bb] [Bbm9] [C#]/[Bb] [Eb7]/[Bb] [G7]-9+5 [C7]-9+5 [Fm]
Not some babe who comes un stitched before every mirror
[C] [D] [F3] [Ab] [Csus4] [Eb] [C] [D] [Bb3]
on the wall [Bb] [C] [Fm] [Eb] [C] Yeah De
eb4 [C#]
[Bbm7] [C#9] [C7]-9+5
Milos some piece but no thanks please
[Fsus4] [Ab] [Bb] [B] [Bb] [Ab] [F]
Not my [Fm]cup of [Gm]tea[C]... [Fm]Oh no [Bb]
Cause I want f[Eb9]lesh and bone [D9]and [C#9]not some block of stone
[Csus4] [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
When your light shines [F#maj7]brighte[Ab]r than the [Ab9]brightest [C#maj7]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
When youre so much [F#maj7]more th[Ab]an she could [Ab9]ever [C#maj7]be
[Gm7]-5 [Gm7/C]
Yeah I feel like Im losing you
Blame it on those [B13add]dippy [C#]dreams of beauty queens
Who [Bb13add]kowtow [C]to the pressure
Ebm13addF [C#7-9] [Ab13] [F7]
Prescribing to the point of view that bigger is better
Yea those t[C#maj9]attooed lips those v[Ab]acu[C]umed hips this[Bbm7]
[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]Venus [Eb7]
When your light shines [F#maj7]brighte[Ab]r than the [Ab9]brightest [C#maj7]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
When youre so much [F#maj7]more th[Ab]an she could [Ab9]ever [C#maj7]be
[Gm7]-5 [C#maj7] [Gm7/C]
Yeah I feel like Im losing you
Come [Fm]back to me..[Gm]. [C]
Come [Fm]back to me [Gm] [C]
Baby please come [Fm]back to me [Gm] [C]
Come [Bb]bac[C]k yeah
..organ:
[Fm] [Gm] [C] [Fm] [Gm] [C]
( Dont want no [Fm]marble [Gm]sta[C]tue [Fm]smooth and [Gm]col[C]d as [Fm]ice ) [Gm] [C]
Baby pleease
come [Fm]back to [Gm]me.[C]..
Dont want no [Fm]marbl[N.C.]e statue smooth and cold as ice