Frenchman For The Night chords by Jimmy Buffett

• Capo on 2nd

Tuning: EADGBE

Verse 1:

    C     Cmaj7  C  Cmaj7
From his driftwood castle
    C     Cmaj7  Dm
Comes a song I've heard before
      G7       F
A scratchy gramophone cuts to the bone
      Em    Dm C  Cmaj7
"La Vie En Rose" arpeggios
    C    Cmaj7  C Cmaj7
So the dream begins
    C    Cmaj7 Dm
And the song is amplified
    G7       F
Buy the Beaujolais, on Bastille day
  Em   Dm  C
He dances in the tide

Chorus:

          F6  G6
By the light of the moon
    C     G    Am7
He's a Frenchman for the night
    G      F6  G7
By the light of the moon
       C  Cmaj9 C Cmaj9
It'll be all right

Verse 2:

    C     Cmaj7  C  Cmaj7
Well it takes him back
    C    Cmaj7  Dm
To the days of love and war
    G7        F
And the girl he knew with eyes of blue
Em   Dm   C
Waiting on the shore
    C   Cmaj7 C Cmaj9
If he'd only known
    C      Cmaj7 Dm
How the years would fly on by
    G7           F
Such a simple crime, he's run out of time
   Em    Dm    C
So he reaches for the sky

Chorus:

          F6  G6
By the light of the moon
    C     G    Am7
He's a Frenchman for the night
    G      F6  G7
By the light of the moon
       C  Cmaj9 C Cmaj9
It'll be all right

Bridge:

Gm7
Blame it on the Champs Elysees
A7
Blame it on a tune
Dm
Blame it on the stroke of Monet
    F6        G7
But you can't escape the moon
    F6        G7
But you can't escape the moon…

Instrumental:

C Cmaj7 C Cmaj7

C Cmaj7  Dm

G7 F

Em Dm C

Verse 3:

      C   Cmaj7 C Cmaj9
He sees the stars above
    C    Cmaj7  Dm
As the floor to heavens light
G7           F
While the angels taunt "C'est une nuit blanche"
    Em     Dm   C
He's a Frenchman for the night

Chorus:
          F6  G6
By the light of the moon
    C     G    Am7
He's a Frenchman for the night
    G      F6  G7
By the light of the moon
       C  Cmaj9 C Cmaj9
It'll be all right

Verse:

    C     Cmaj7  C  Cmaj7
From his driftwood castle
    C     Cmaj7  Dm
Comes a song I've heard before
      G7       F
A scratchy gramophone cuts to the bone
      Em    Dm C  Cmaj7
"La Vie En Rose" arpeggios

Chorus:

          F6  G6
By the light of the moon
    C     G    Am7
He's a Frenchman for the night
    G      F6  G7
By the light of the moon
       C  Cmaj9 C Cmaj9
It'll be all right

Chorus:

          F6  G6
By the light of the moon
    C     G    Am7
He's a Frenchman for the night
    G      F6  G7
By the light of the moon
       C  Cmaj9 C Cmaj9
It'll be all right