Chords for Gino Vannelli - Venus Envy (From "These are the days" Album)

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[Fm] _ _ [Gm] _ _ [Fm] _ _ [C] _ [Fm] _
_ _ [Gm] _ _ [Fm] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Gm] _ _ [Fm] _ _ [Gm] [Fm] I'm cold [G] as ice.
[Db] _ _ _ [Abm]
[Bbm] Not some [Ab] manly goddess.
[Db] Custom [Fm] cut and [Bb] sliced.
_ _ [Fm] _ [Cm] _
[Fm] Don't need no [Gm] great big [Fm] set of charms [Gm] [Fm] to tempt my [Db] heart.
_ _ [Db] _ No.
[F]
[Bb] Prefer [Bbm] to feel [Cm] of something real [Db] [Cm] over [Fm] past it [Bb] all.
_ [Fm] _ _ [Cm] [Bb] Well _ Aphrodite's got [Bbm] grace.
[Db] She ain't the [C] face I [Fm] know and I [Bb] love.
_ [F] _ [Fm] _ [Abm] _ [Bb]
[Bbm] Cause I got blood in these veins.
[Abm] Why she some spooky dame.
[Bbm] _ Lost in the [Ab] heavens above. _ _
Why [Gbm] do you wanna [Bbm] be Venus?
[Fm] _
When [G] no light [Db] shines brighter [Ab] than the [Fm] brightest star.
Why do you wanna [Bbm] be anyone [Fm]
[C] else?
_ Other [Fm] than [G] you. _
[Fm] Why [F] do you wanna [Fm] be Venus? _
When [G] you're so [Db] much more than [Ab] she could ever be.
Just feel [Bbm] like I'm losing [F]
[Bb] you.
_ _ [Fm] Back from [Gm] the mead.
[F] _ _ [Fm] Want no _ [Gm] handmaiden [Fm] laid.
[Gm] Or [Fm] sunshine [Db] at all.
[Abm] Oh [Db] no.
_ [B] _ [Db] [Bb] Not [Db] some babe [Cm] who comes [Gm] unstitched.
[Db] [Fm] Forever mirror on the wall.
_ _ [Cm] _ [Bb] Yeah be my little sunbeam.
[F] No thanks [Dbm] please.
[Fm] Not my cup [Bb] of tea.
[Fm] _ _ [Abm] [D] Cause [Eb] I want fresh air, [Gb]
[F] moon.
And not some block of [Gm] stone.
_ [Bbm] Lying in [Ab] bed next to me.
[D] Why [Bbm] do you wanna be Venus?
[Fm] _ When your [Db] light shines brighter [Ab] than the [Bbm] brightest star.
Why do you wanna be anyone [Fm] [Db] else?
_ Other [Fm] than you.
[G] Who [Fm] are you?
Why [F] do you wanna [Bbm] be [Fm] Venus?
When you're [Db] so much [Bbm] [Ab] more than she could ever be.
Just feel [Bbm] like I'm losing [Fm] [Bb] you.
_ [Cm] Better [Eb] than all those hippie [Ab] dreams of beauty [D] queens.
Who kowtow to the pressure.
[C] Prescribing [Db] to the point of [C] view that bigger [F] is better.
[Ab] Yeah those tattooed lips.
Those vacuumed [Bbm] hips.
This whole [Fm] insanity.
[Bbm] Remember what you do, you [C] do for you and [Gb] not for _
[Db] _ _ me.
[Ab] [Bbm] Oh yeah.
When your light shines [Ab] brighter than the brightest star.
Why do you wanna [Bbm] be anyone _ [Fm] [C] else?
_ Other [Fm] than [E] you.
[Fm] Who are [F] you?
Why do you wanna [Fm] be Venus?
When [Bbm] you're so much [Ab] more than she could ever be.
_ Just feel [Bbm] like I'm losing [Fm] you.
[Bb] _ _ _ [Fm]
Come back to [Gm] me.
[Fm] Come back to me.
Baby please come back to [Gm] [Fm] me.
_ [Cm] Come [Fm] back.
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No more of [Gm] those [Fm] tattooed, smooth [Gm] and cold.
[Fm]
Baby [Bb] please [F] come [Gm] back to me.
[Cm]
[D] No more of those tattooed, smooth and cold. Venus.
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _