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Frenchman For The Night chords by Jimmy Buffett

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  • Capo on 2nd
Tuning: EADGBE

Verse 1:

       Chord diagramC majorC         Chord diagramCmaj7Cmaj7   Chord diagramC majorC   Chord diagramCmaj7Cmaj7
From his driftwood castle
        Chord diagramC majorC         Chord diagramCmaj7Cmaj7    Chord diagramDmDm
Comes a song I've heard before
           Chord diagramG7G7              Chord diagramFF
Chord diagramA augmentedA scratchy gramophone cuts to the bone
           Chord diagramE minorEm       Chord diagramDmDm  Chord diagramC majorC   Chord diagramCmaj7Cmaj7
"La Vie En Rose" arpeggios
       Chord diagramC majorC        Chord diagramCmaj7Cmaj7   Chord diagramC majorC  Chord diagramCmaj7Cmaj7
So the dream begins
        Chord diagramC majorC       Chord diagramCmaj7Cmaj7  Chord diagramDmDm
And the song is amplified
        Chord diagramG7G7             Chord diagramFF
Buy the Beaujolais, on Bastille day
   Chord diagramE minorEm      Chord diagramDmDm    Chord diagramC majorC
He dances in the tide

Chorus:

                    Chord diagramF6F6    Chord diagramG6G6
By the light of the moon
       Chord diagramC majorC         Chord diagramG+G       Chord diagramAm7Am7
He's a Frenchman for the night
       Chord diagramG+G            Chord diagramF6F6    Chord diagramG7G7
By the light of the moon
             Chord diagramC majorC    Chord diagramCMaj9Cmaj9  Chord diagramC majorC  Chord diagramCMaj9Cmaj9
It'll be all right

Verse 2:

        Chord diagramC majorC         Chord diagramCmaj7Cmaj7   Chord diagramC majorC   Chord diagramCmaj7Cmaj7
Well it takes him back
       Chord diagramC majorC       Chord diagramCmaj7Cmaj7    Chord diagramDmDm
To the days of love and war
        Chord diagramG7G7                Chord diagramFF
And the girl he knew with eyes of blue
Chord diagramE minorEm      Chord diagramDmDm      Chord diagramC majorC
Waiting on the shore
        Chord diagramC majorC     Chord diagramCmaj7Cmaj7  Chord diagramC majorC  Chord diagramCMaj9Cmaj9
If he'd only known
        Chord diagramC majorC           Chord diagramCmaj7Cmaj7  Chord diagramDmDm
How the years would fly on by
       Chord diagramG7G7                     Chord diagramFF
Such a simple crime, he's run out of time
      Chord diagramE minorEm       Chord diagramDmDm       Chord diagramC majorC
So he reaches for the sky

Chorus:

                    Chord diagramF6F6    Chord diagramG6G6
By the light of the moon
       Chord diagramC majorC         Chord diagramG+G       Chord diagramAm7Am7
He's a Frenchman for the night
       Chord diagramG+G            Chord diagramF6F6    Chord diagramG7G7
By the light of the moon
             Chord diagramC majorC    Chord diagramCMaj9Cmaj9  Chord diagramC majorC  Chord diagramCMaj9Cmaj9
It'll be all right

Bridge:

Chord diagramGm7Gm7
Blame it on the Champs Elysees
Chord diagramA7A7
Blame it on a tune
Chord diagramDmDm
Blame it on the stroke of Monet
        Chord diagramF6F6               Chord diagramG7G7
But you can't escape the moon
        Chord diagramF6F6               Chord diagramG7G7
But you can't escape the moon…

Instrumental:

Chord diagramC majorC  Chord diagramCmaj7Cmaj7  Chord diagramC majorC  Chord diagramCmaj7Cmaj7

Chord diagramC majorC  Chord diagramCmaj7Cmaj7   Chord diagramDmDm

Chord diagramG7G7  Chord diagramFF

Chord diagramE minorEm  Chord diagramDmDm  Chord diagramC majorC

Verse 3:

            Chord diagramC majorC     Chord diagramCmaj7Cmaj7  Chord diagramC majorC  Chord diagramCMaj9Cmaj9
He sees the stars above
       Chord diagramC majorC        Chord diagramCmaj7Cmaj7    Chord diagramDmDm
As the floor to heavens light
Chord diagramG7G7                      Chord diagramFF
While the angels taunt "C'est une nuit blanche"
       Chord diagramE minorEm         Chord diagramDmDm     Chord diagramC majorC
He's a Frenchman for the night

Chorus:
                    Chord diagramF6F6    Chord diagramG6G6
By the light of the moon
       Chord diagramC majorC         Chord diagramG+G       Chord diagramAm7Am7
He's a Frenchman for the night
       Chord diagramG+G            Chord diagramF6F6    Chord diagramG7G7
By the light of the moon
             Chord diagramC majorC    Chord diagramCMaj9Cmaj9  Chord diagramC majorC  Chord diagramCMaj9Cmaj9
It'll be all right

Verse:

       Chord diagramC majorC         Chord diagramCmaj7Cmaj7   Chord diagramC majorC   Chord diagramCmaj7Cmaj7
From his driftwood castle
        Chord diagramC majorC         Chord diagramCmaj7Cmaj7    Chord diagramDmDm
Comes a song I've heard before
           Chord diagramG7G7              Chord diagramFF
Chord diagramA augmentedA scratchy gramophone cuts to the bone
           Chord diagramE minorEm       Chord diagramDmDm  Chord diagramC majorC   Chord diagramCmaj7Cmaj7
"La Vie En Rose" arpeggios

Chorus:

                    Chord diagramF6F6    Chord diagramG6G6
By the light of the moon
       Chord diagramC majorC         Chord diagramG+G       Chord diagramAm7Am7
He's a Frenchman for the night
       Chord diagramG+G            Chord diagramF6F6    Chord diagramG7G7
By the light of the moon
             Chord diagramC majorC    Chord diagramCMaj9Cmaj9  Chord diagramC majorC  Chord diagramCMaj9Cmaj9
It'll be all right

Chorus:

                    Chord diagramF6F6    Chord diagramG6G6
By the light of the moon
       Chord diagramC majorC         Chord diagramG+G       Chord diagramAm7Am7
He's a Frenchman for the night
       Chord diagramG+G            Chord diagramF6F6    Chord diagramG7G7
By the light of the moon
             Chord diagramC majorC    Chord diagramCMaj9Cmaj9  Chord diagramC majorC  Chord diagramCMaj9Cmaj9
It'll be all right

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