Yvette in English Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Ab][Cm][Ab][C][Am]
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[Verse 1]
He [G]met
her in [Am]a French [C]cafe
[G]She slipped in sideways [Am]like a [C]cat
Sidelong [G]glances, what a [Am]wary little [C]stray
[G]She sticks in his min[C]d like that
Saying, "avez-vous une
une [Am]allumette?"
With her [Dm]lips wrapped [Am]around a ci[F]garette
[C]Yve[G]tte in English saying,
[Am]"Please have this[F]
[G]Little bit of [Ab]instant[Am]

[Interlude 1]
bliss"
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[F]
[G]He's fumbling with [C]her foreign

[Verse 2]
[Am]
[C]tongue
Reaching [G]for words and draw[Am]ing b[C]lanks
[G]A loudmouth is stricken deaf a[Am]nd dumb
[C]In a b[G]istro on the left bank[C]
"If I were a painter," Pi[Am]casso said
"I'd paint this [Dm]girl
from [F]toe to head"
Yvette in [G]English saying
[Am]"Please have this[F]
[G]Little bit of [Ab]instant[Am]

[Interlude 2]
bliss"
[Am][G][Ab][Am]
[C]
[G]Burgundy nocturne tips

[Verse 3]
[Am]and [C]spills
[F]The[G]y trot along nicely in
the spread[Am]ing [C]stain
[F]New chills,
[G]new thrills for the [Am]old uphill b[C]attle
[G]How did he wind up [C]here again?
Walking and talking
Touched [Am]and [Dm]scared
[F]Uninsulated wires left bare
[G]Yvette in English going
[Am]"Please have this[F]
[G]Little bit of [Ab]instant[Am]

[Interlude 3]
bliss"
[Am][G][Ab][Cm][Am]
[C]
[Am]
[G]What blew her like a

[Verse 4]
[Am]leaf his [G]way?[F]
[G]Up in the air and [Am]down to [G]Earth[F]
[G]First [Am]she flusters
Then [C]she frays[F]
[G]So quick to question her[C]
own worth
Her cigarette burns her [Am]fingertips
As it [Dm]falls like fireworks [Am]she
[F]curses it
[G]Then sweetly in English she [Am]says
"Please have [F]this,
[G]Little bit of [Ab]instant
[Am]bliss"

[Interlude 4]
[Am][Ab][Cm][Am]
[F]
[G]He sees her turn [Am]and walk

[Verse 5]
away
[F]Skit[G]tering like a cat [Am]on stone
Her [F]high [G]heels clicking
[Am]What a wary little [F]stray
She leaves [G]him by [C]the Seine alone
With the black water and
[Am]the amber lights
And the bony [Dm]bridge between
[Am]left [F]and rig[C]ht
[F]Yvette [G]in English, saying
[Am]"Please have [F]this
[G]Little bit of [Ab]instant [Am]bliss"

[Outro 1]
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