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[Intro] 
 C   C   G    C(x6)
[Verse]
A Cmillion housewives every day
GPick up a can of Cbeans and say
“What an amazing example of GsynchroniCsation”.C  G  C  C  C  G  C  
He looked out of the aeroplane
And he Gsaw the Alps way Gdown below
He fixed his gaze on the white terrain
 And he could Gsee a portrait Cin the snow.
And he shouted: “Hey - look down there, GI can see Robert CPowell”.
That’s an ominous example of the Gpower of TCV.
[Chorus]
And I went D7la la la, la la la Glaaa
D7La la la, la la la Glaaaa
OD7h la la la, la la la Glaaa
                                     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
By GChrist they were trendy at the Ctime.
I got it into my head that I Ghad to stamp out Ccrime
The man behind the mask at C&GA’s was quite poClite
He said that when I wore my mac I Gwouldn’t have to Cfight.
[Chorus]
And I went D7yeah yeah yeah, yeah yeah yeah Gyeahhhh
D7Yeah yeah yeah, yeah yeah yeah Gsure George
D7Yeah yeah yeah, yeah yeah yeah Gyeahhhh
D7Yeah yeah yeah, yeah yeah yeah Goh God.F  C  F  C  
[Verse 3]
Oh the FGrand Old Duke Of York
Well he had ten thousand Gmen
And he Fmarched them all to the top of the hill
                            G   C   C   G    C(x4)
And he had them all again.

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Venus In Flares

by Half Man Half Biscuit

Lyrics & chords · Original key

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[Intro]

C C G C

(x6)

[Verse]

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]

Oh the Grand Old Duke Of York

Well he had ten thousand men

And he marched them all to the top of the hill

G C C G C

(x4)

And he had them all again.

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