French african queen Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Am][C][Am][C][Am][C]
[Am][G][Am][C][Bm][G][Am][G][Am][Bm]
[G][Am][D][Bm][G][D][Am][G][Bm]
[Am][Em][Bm]
[Am][C][Bm][Am][Em][G]
[Bm][Am][Dsus4][G][Am]
[G][Am][C][Am][D][Bm][Am]
[Bm]

[Verse 1]
I was [C]walking round in Paris
[Am]Near the (inaudible) Zanzibar
Said the wo[C]man at the front [Em]door
[Am]"Do you know the place you are?
This place is from the fancy
I don't think you fit [G]the [C]scene
You're [Am]just an American Black [Em]boy
[C]I'm a French [Am]African Queen"

[Verse 2]
And she was [Am]tall and statuesque
She looked straight over my puzzled head
[C]She said "Don't mak[Am]e me get real ugly
You heard just what [C]I said"
"I've [Am]got music for the people
I must fulfill [Em]my prec[C]ious dream
To bring blues from [Em]America
To [Am]the French African queen"

[Verse 3]
[Am]"Ah, [C]oui [G]oui!"

[Interlude 1]
[Am][D][Am][Bm][G][Am][C]
[Am][D][Am][D][Am]
[D][Am][Em][D][Am][C]
[Am][D][Am][C][Am]
[Bm][Am][C][Am][Em][Am]
[Bm][Am][C][Am][C][Am][Bm][Am]
[D][Am]
[D][Am][Bm][Am]
[Em][Am]
[Em]
[Am]I was

[Verse 4]
walking round in Par[Em]is
[Am]Near the [C](inaudible) Zanzibar
Said [Am]the woman at [G]the front door
[Am]"Do you know[C] the place you a[Am]re?
[C]This place is from the fan[Em]cy
[Am]I don't think you fit the sc[C]ene
You're [Am]just an Amer[C]ican Black [Am]boy
I'm a French African Queen"

[Verse 5]
And she was [D]tall [G]and statuesque[C]
She looked straight [D]over
my [B]puzzled head
[Am]She said "Don't make me get real [Em]ugly
You heard [Am]just [Em]what I said"
[C]"I've got music for the people
I must fulfill [Em]my prec[C]ious dream
[Am]I bring blues from Ameri[D]ca
[Am]To the Frenc[C]h African quee[Am]n"

[Verse 6]
"Hear my [Am]words were not so different
Land and language [G]in the way
We feel [C]the same [Am]human feelings
With [Am]different words we say
[C]We are fruit from the same tree
I think you know just what I mean"
"I am your Amer[Em]ican Black boy
You're my [D]French African queen"