Venus In Blue Jeans (1962)   (midi)

 

   C - Em - Dm - G (2x)

 

                C           Em                      Dm              G    C

1. She's Venus in blue jeans, Mona Lisa with a ponytail.

    Dm          G                  Em     Am   D                          G

    She's a walkin' talkin' work of art, she's the girl who stole my heart.

            C          Em                     Dm            G    C

    My Venus in blue jeans is the Cinderella I adore.

     Dm           G                Em    Am     Dm  G               C

    She's my very special angel too, a fairy tale come true.

 

               F                                     Em

   They say there's seven wonders in the world,

            Dm                    G        C

    but what they say is out of date.

                    F                                    Em

    There's more than seven wonders in this world,

        D                        G

    I just met number eight.

 

            C          Em               Dm               G               Em    - A

2. My Venus in blue jeans is ev'rything I hoped she'd be,

       Dm          G           Em     Am           Dm            G     G7  C   - Em - Dm - G

    a teenage goddess from above, and she - - - belongs to me.

 

(original moves up half a note here)

 

            C          Em               Dm               G               Em    - A

    My Venus in blue jeans is ev'rything I hoped she'd be,

       Dm          G           Em     Am           Dm            G     - G7 

    a teenage goddess from above, and she - - - belongs            

          C   - Em - Dm - G         C   - Em - Dm - G …..

     to me.

 

(orig. = capo 2nd, midi = no capo)           (Jimmy Clanton)