Chords for This is Tom Jones 1970: Venus and If I Ruled the World
Tempo:
133 bpm
Chords used:
Dm
G
C
Fm
Bb
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

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[Fm] [Bb]
[Db] [Eb]
[Cm] [Ab] If I ruled the world, [Ab]
[Ebm] every day would [Gm] be the first day of spring.
[Gb]
[Eb] Every heart would have [Fm] a new song to sing,
[Fm] and we'd [Bb] sing of the [Eb] joy [F] every
[Gbm] [Ebm] would [Db] bring.
If [Dbm] [Ab]
I ruled the world, [Ebm] every [Ab] man would [Gm] be as free as [C] a bird.
[G]
Every [C] voice would [Fm] be a voice [E] to be heard.
[Fm]
Take [Bb] my word, [Cm]
[F] we would treasure each [Fm] day that occurred.
[Gm] [C] [F]
My [Dm] world would [Gm] be a beautiful [C] place [F] where [Dm] we'd weave wonderful [Fm]
dreams.
[G] [Cm]
[Fm] [Bbm]
[Eb] [C] [Fm] Like the man in the [D]
[G] [Bbm] [Eb] [Ab]
movie, [Eb] every man would [Gm] say the world [C] was his friend.
[G]
[C] There'd be happiness [Fm] that no man could [E] [Fm]
ever know.
No man's friend, [Ab] not if all [C] [F]
he [Bbm] had
[Gb]
[Dbm] [Cm]
[C] [F]
[Bbm]
[Eb]
[Ab]
[Dbm] [Gb]
[Ab]
[N]
[A]
[G]
[Dm] [G] was burning like a silver [Dm] flame.
[G]
[Dm] The sun went [G] out [Dm] [G]
[Dm] and Venus was [G] [A] [Gm]
shaking on it.
[C] [Dm]
[G] She [Bb] said, I [A] [Dm]
[G] [Bb]
[A] [Dm]
[G] [B] [Dm]
[G] [G] [Dm] [G]
[Dm] [G] can see your mind, [Dm] black as [G]
[Dm] the sea.
[D] [G]
[Gm] [C] [Gm]
I [C] said, baby, you're right, you're right.
[G]
[Dm] [Bb] She said, [E]
[Dm]
[G] [Bb] [A]
[Dm] [G] [B]
[A]
[Dm] [G] [Dm]
[G] [Gm] [Dm] [G]
[Gm] [Dm] [G]
I'm
[C] [Gm] [C] your sister.
[Dm] [G] [Dm] You look at me and [G] she says, [Bb] [A] [Dm]
you know that she [Bb] says, I'm your man.
[Dm]
[G] [Dm] Woo!
I'm your [A] man.
[Dm] You're wonderful.
Woo!
[G] [Bb] I'm your Venus.
[B] [G]
[Dm] [G] [Dm] [G] Yeah.
[A]
[Dm]
[N] [Fm]
[F] [Gm]
Thanks [Eb] for the memory when Bob Hope [E] did his thing.
[Bb] He made the [Eb] rafters rain.
[Bb] And Bobby Gentry, [Fm] Billy [Bbm] Eckstine, oh, I love to hear [Fm] them sing.
[C] [Fm] And thank you [Bb]
so [Eb] much.
[N]
[Ebm]
Thank you very much, ladies [N] and gentlemen.
Well, next week in this hour, you will see a musical special,
The Young Americans, with Tiny Tim, Lorne Green, and the committee.
But I'll be back in two weeks' time, so I'll see you then.
But until then,
Gwynebh bído dhomh mhnebh i chwiluwenid, Bob Anselm, no star, good night.
[C]
[Dm] [G]
[C] [Dm]
[G] [Em] [Am] [Dm]
[Eb] [Dm]
[A] [C]
[Dm] [G]
[C] [Dm]
[G] [Em] [Am]
[D] [Eb] [Dm]
[Gm] [Am] [Db]
[Ebm]
[Ab] [Db]
[Ab] [Fm] [Gb]
[Db] [Eb]
[Cm] [Ab] If I ruled the world, [Ab]
[Ebm] every day would [Gm] be the first day of spring.
[Gb]
[Eb] Every heart would have [Fm] a new song to sing,
[Fm] and we'd [Bb] sing of the [Eb] joy [F] every
[Gbm] [Ebm] would [Db] bring.
If [Dbm] [Ab]
I ruled the world, [Ebm] every [Ab] man would [Gm] be as free as [C] a bird.
[G]
Every [C] voice would [Fm] be a voice [E] to be heard.
[Fm]
Take [Bb] my word, [Cm]
[F] we would treasure each [Fm] day that occurred.
[Gm] [C] [F]
My [Dm] world would [Gm] be a beautiful [C] place [F] where [Dm] we'd weave wonderful [Fm]
dreams.
[G] [Cm]
[Fm] [Bbm]
[Eb] [C] [Fm] Like the man in the [D]
[G] [Bbm] [Eb] [Ab]
movie, [Eb] every man would [Gm] say the world [C] was his friend.
[G]
[C] There'd be happiness [Fm] that no man could [E] [Fm]
ever know.
No man's friend, [Ab] not if all [C] [F]
he [Bbm] had
[Gb]
[Dbm] [Cm]
[C] [F]
[Bbm]
[Eb]
[Ab]
[Dbm] [Gb]
[Ab]
[N]
[A]
[G]
[Dm] [G] was burning like a silver [Dm] flame.
[G]
[Dm] The sun went [G] out [Dm] [G]
[Dm] and Venus was [G] [A] [Gm]
shaking on it.
[C] [Dm]
[G] She [Bb] said, I [A] [Dm]
[G] [Bb]
[A] [Dm]
[G] [B] [Dm]
[G] [G] [Dm] [G]
[Dm] [G] can see your mind, [Dm] black as [G]
[Dm] the sea.
[D] [G]
[Gm] [C] [Gm]
I [C] said, baby, you're right, you're right.
[G]
[Dm] [Bb] She said, [E]
[Dm]
[G] [Bb] [A]
[Dm] [G] [B]
[A]
[Dm] [G] [Dm]
[G] [Gm] [Dm] [G]
[Gm] [Dm] [G]
I'm
[C] [Gm] [C] your sister.
[Dm] [G] [Dm] You look at me and [G] she says, [Bb] [A] [Dm]
you know that she [Bb] says, I'm your man.
[Dm]
[G] [Dm] Woo!
I'm your [A] man.
[Dm] You're wonderful.
Woo!
[G] [Bb] I'm your Venus.
[B] [G]
[Dm] [G] [Dm] [G] Yeah.
[A]
[Dm]
[N] [Fm]
[F] [Gm]
Thanks [Eb] for the memory when Bob Hope [E] did his thing.
[Bb] He made the [Eb] rafters rain.
[Bb] And Bobby Gentry, [Fm] Billy [Bbm] Eckstine, oh, I love to hear [Fm] them sing.
[C] [Fm] And thank you [Bb]
so [Eb] much.
[N]
[Ebm]
Thank you very much, ladies [N] and gentlemen.
Well, next week in this hour, you will see a musical special,
The Young Americans, with Tiny Tim, Lorne Green, and the committee.
But I'll be back in two weeks' time, so I'll see you then.
But until then,
Gwynebh bído dhomh mhnebh i chwiluwenid, Bob Anselm, no star, good night.
[C]
[Dm] [G]
[C] [Dm]
[G] [Em] [Am] [Dm]
[Eb] [Dm]
[A] [C]
[Dm] [G]
[C] [Dm]
[G] [Em] [Am]
[D] [Eb] [Dm]
[Gm] [Am] [Db]
[Ebm]
[Ab] [Db]
[Ab] [Fm] [Gb]
Key:
Dm
G
C
Fm
Bb
Dm
G
C
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Fm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ [Db] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ [Cm] _ [Ab] If I _ ruled the world, [Ab] _ _ _ _
[Ebm] _ every day would [Gm] be the first day of spring.
_ [Gb] _ _
_ [Eb] Every _ heart would have [Fm] a new _ song to sing, _
_ [Fm] _ _ and we'd [Bb] sing _ of the [Eb] _ joy [F] every _
_ [Gbm] _ [Ebm] would [Db] bring. _ _
If [Dbm] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _
I _ ruled the world, _ _ _ [Ebm] every [Ab] man would [Gm] be as free as [C] a bird.
_ _ _ [G] _ _
Every [C] _ voice would [Fm] be a voice [E] to be heard.
_ [Fm] _ _
Take [Bb] my word, _ [Cm] _ _
_ [F] we would treasure each [Fm] day that occurred.
_ [Gm] _ _ [C] _ _ [F] _
My _ [Dm] world would [Gm] be a beautiful [C] place _ _ [F] where _ _ [Dm] we'd weave wonderful [Fm] _ _
dreams.
_ _ [G] _ _ [Cm] _ _
_ _ [Fm] _ _ _ _ [Bbm] _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ [C] _ _ [Fm] Like the man in the _ _ _ [D] _ _
[G] _ _ [Bbm] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
movie, [Eb] every man would [Gm] say the world [C] was his friend.
_ [G] _ _
_ [C] There'd be happiness _ [Fm] that no man could [E] _ _ [Fm] _
ever know.
No man's friend, [Ab] not if all _ [C] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ _ he [Bbm] had _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Gb] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Dbm] _ _ [Cm] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bbm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dbm] _ _ _ _ [Gb] _ _ _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ was burning like a silver [Dm] flame.
[G] _
[Dm] The sun went [G] out _ [Dm] _ _ [G] _
[Dm] and Venus was [G] _ _ _ _ [A] _ [Gm]
shaking on it.
[C] _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ [G] _ _ _ She [Bb] said, I _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ [B] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ [G] can see your mind, _ _ [Dm] black as [G] _
[Dm] the sea.
_ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [C] _ [Gm]
I [C] said, baby, you're right, you're right.
[G] _ _ _
[Dm] _ [Bb] She said, _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ [G] _ _ [B] _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [Dm] _ _
[G] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [G] _
_ _ [Gm] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ I'm _
_ _ [C] _ _ [Gm] _ _ [C] your sister.
[Dm] _ _ [G] _ [Dm] You look at me and [G] she says, [Bb] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ you know that she [Bb] says, I'm your man.
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ [Dm] _ _ Woo! _
I'm your [A] man.
_ _ [Dm] You're wonderful. _
_ Woo!
[G] _ _ [Bb] I'm your Venus.
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
[Dm] _ _ [G] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [G] Yeah.
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ _ [N] _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _
Thanks [Eb] for the memory _ _ when Bob Hope [E] did his thing.
_ [Bb] He made the [Eb] rafters rain.
[Bb] And Bobby Gentry, [Fm] Billy [Bbm] Eckstine, oh, I love to hear [Fm] them sing.
[C] _ _ [Fm] And thank you _ [Bb] _ _
so _ [Eb] much. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Ebm] _ _ _ _ _
Thank you very much, ladies [N] and gentlemen.
Well, next week in this hour, you will see a musical special,
The Young Americans, with Tiny Tim, Lorne Green, and the committee.
But I'll be back in two weeks' time, so I'll see you then.
But until then,
Gwynebh bído dhomh mhnebh i chwiluwenid, Bob Anselm, no star, good night. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
[G] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ [Dm] _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ [G] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ [G] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ [D] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ [Gm] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ [Db] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Ebm] _ _
[Ab] _ _ [Db] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ [Fm] _ _ [Gb] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Fm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ [Db] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ [Cm] _ [Ab] If I _ ruled the world, [Ab] _ _ _ _
[Ebm] _ every day would [Gm] be the first day of spring.
_ [Gb] _ _
_ [Eb] Every _ heart would have [Fm] a new _ song to sing, _
_ [Fm] _ _ and we'd [Bb] sing _ of the [Eb] _ joy [F] every _
_ [Gbm] _ [Ebm] would [Db] bring. _ _
If [Dbm] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _
I _ ruled the world, _ _ _ [Ebm] every [Ab] man would [Gm] be as free as [C] a bird.
_ _ _ [G] _ _
Every [C] _ voice would [Fm] be a voice [E] to be heard.
_ [Fm] _ _
Take [Bb] my word, _ [Cm] _ _
_ [F] we would treasure each [Fm] day that occurred.
_ [Gm] _ _ [C] _ _ [F] _
My _ [Dm] world would [Gm] be a beautiful [C] place _ _ [F] where _ _ [Dm] we'd weave wonderful [Fm] _ _
dreams.
_ _ [G] _ _ [Cm] _ _
_ _ [Fm] _ _ _ _ [Bbm] _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ [C] _ _ [Fm] Like the man in the _ _ _ [D] _ _
[G] _ _ [Bbm] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
movie, [Eb] every man would [Gm] say the world [C] was his friend.
_ [G] _ _
_ [C] There'd be happiness _ [Fm] that no man could [E] _ _ [Fm] _
ever know.
No man's friend, [Ab] not if all _ [C] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ _ he [Bbm] had _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Gb] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Dbm] _ _ [Cm] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bbm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dbm] _ _ _ _ [Gb] _ _ _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ was burning like a silver [Dm] flame.
[G] _
[Dm] The sun went [G] out _ [Dm] _ _ [G] _
[Dm] and Venus was [G] _ _ _ _ [A] _ [Gm]
shaking on it.
[C] _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ [G] _ _ _ She [Bb] said, I _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ [B] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ [G] can see your mind, _ _ [Dm] black as [G] _
[Dm] the sea.
_ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [C] _ [Gm]
I [C] said, baby, you're right, you're right.
[G] _ _ _
[Dm] _ [Bb] She said, _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ [G] _ _ [B] _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [Dm] _ _
[G] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [G] _
_ _ [Gm] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ I'm _
_ _ [C] _ _ [Gm] _ _ [C] your sister.
[Dm] _ _ [G] _ [Dm] You look at me and [G] she says, [Bb] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ you know that she [Bb] says, I'm your man.
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ [Dm] _ _ Woo! _
I'm your [A] man.
_ _ [Dm] You're wonderful. _
_ Woo!
[G] _ _ [Bb] I'm your Venus.
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
[Dm] _ _ [G] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [G] Yeah.
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ _ [N] _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _
Thanks [Eb] for the memory _ _ when Bob Hope [E] did his thing.
_ [Bb] He made the [Eb] rafters rain.
[Bb] And Bobby Gentry, [Fm] Billy [Bbm] Eckstine, oh, I love to hear [Fm] them sing.
[C] _ _ [Fm] And thank you _ [Bb] _ _
so _ [Eb] much. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Ebm] _ _ _ _ _
Thank you very much, ladies [N] and gentlemen.
Well, next week in this hour, you will see a musical special,
The Young Americans, with Tiny Tim, Lorne Green, and the committee.
But I'll be back in two weeks' time, so I'll see you then.
But until then,
Gwynebh bído dhomh mhnebh i chwiluwenid, Bob Anselm, no star, good night. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
[G] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ [Dm] _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ [G] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ [G] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ [D] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ [Gm] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ [Db] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Ebm] _ _
[Ab] _ _ [Db] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ [Fm] _ _ [Gb] _ _