Frenchman For The Night chords by Jimmy Buffett

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 2nd

Tuning: EADGBE

Verse 1:

    C majorC     Cmaj7Cmaj7  C majorC  Cmaj7Cmaj7
From his driftwood castle
    C majorC     Cmaj7Cmaj7  DmDm
Comes a song I've heard before
      G7G7       FF
A augmentedA scratchy gramophone cuts to the bone
      E minorEm    DmDm C majorC  Cmaj7Cmaj7
"La Vie En Rose" arpeggios
    C majorC    Cmaj7Cmaj7  C majorC Cmaj7Cmaj7
So the dream begins
    C majorC    Cmaj7Cmaj7 DmDm
And the song is amplified
    G7G7       FF
Buy the Beaujolais, on Bastille day
  E minorEm   DmDm  C majorC
He dances in the tide

Chorus:

          F6F6  G6G6
By the light of the moon
    C majorC     G+G    Am7Am7
He's a Frenchman for the night
    G+G      F6F6  G7G7
By the light of the moon
       C majorC  CMaj9Cmaj9 C majorC CMaj9Cmaj9
It'll be all right

Verse 2:

    C majorC     Cmaj7Cmaj7  C majorC  Cmaj7Cmaj7
Well it takes him back
    C majorC    Cmaj7Cmaj7  DmDm
To the days of love and war
    G7G7        FF
And the girl he knew with eyes of blue
E minorEm   DmDm   C majorC
Waiting on the shore
    C majorC   Cmaj7Cmaj7 C majorC CMaj9Cmaj9
If he'd only known
    C majorC      Cmaj7Cmaj7 DmDm
How the years would fly on by
    G7G7           FF
Such a simple crime, he's run out of time
   E minorEm    DmDm    C majorC
So he reaches for the sky

Chorus:

          F6F6  G6G6
By the light of the moon
    C majorC     G+G    Am7Am7
He's a Frenchman for the night
    G+G      F6F6  G7G7
By the light of the moon
       C majorC  CMaj9Cmaj9 C majorC CMaj9Cmaj9
It'll be all right

Bridge:

Gm7Gm7
Blame it on the Champs Elysees
A7A7
Blame it on a tune
DmDm
Blame it on the stroke of Monet
    F6F6        G7G7
But you can't escape the moon
    F6F6        G7G7
But you can't escape the moon…

Instrumental:

C majorC Cmaj7Cmaj7 C majorC Cmaj7Cmaj7

C majorC Cmaj7Cmaj7  DmDm

G7G7 FF

E minorEm DmDm C majorC

Verse 3:

      C majorC   Cmaj7Cmaj7 C majorC CMaj9Cmaj9
He sees the stars above
    C majorC    Cmaj7Cmaj7  DmDm
As the floor to heavens light
G7G7           FF
While the angels taunt "C'est une nuit blanche"
    E minorEm     DmDm   C majorC
He's a Frenchman for the night

Chorus:
          F6F6  G6G6
By the light of the moon
    C majorC     G+G    Am7Am7
He's a Frenchman for the night
    G+G      F6F6  G7G7
By the light of the moon
       C majorC  CMaj9Cmaj9 C majorC CMaj9Cmaj9
It'll be all right

Verse:

    C majorC     Cmaj7Cmaj7  C majorC  Cmaj7Cmaj7
From his driftwood castle
    C majorC     Cmaj7Cmaj7  DmDm
Comes a song I've heard before
      G7G7       FF
A augmentedA scratchy gramophone cuts to the bone
      E minorEm    DmDm C majorC  Cmaj7Cmaj7
"La Vie En Rose" arpeggios

Chorus:

          F6F6  G6G6
By the light of the moon
    C majorC     G+G    Am7Am7
He's a Frenchman for the night
    G+G      F6F6  G7G7
By the light of the moon
       C majorC  CMaj9Cmaj9 C majorC CMaj9Cmaj9
It'll be all right

Chorus:

          F6F6  G6G6
By the light of the moon
    C majorC     G+G    Am7Am7
He's a Frenchman for the night
    G+G      F6F6  G7G7
By the light of the moon
       C majorC  CMaj9Cmaj9 C majorC CMaj9Cmaj9
It'll be all right