Tabs
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
CHORDS -
Bbm6Bbm6 Bm6Bm6 Cm6Cm6 C# minor 6C#m6 Abm6Abm6 F#m6F#m6 Ebm6Ebm6
e|---6----7----8----9----4-----2----11---|
BB|---6----7----8----9----4-----2----11---|
G+G|---6----7----8----9----4-----2----11---|
D MajorD|---5----6----7----8----3-----1----10---|
A augmentedA|---------------------------------------|
E MajorE|---6----7----8----9----4-----2----11---|
Intro:
Bbm6Bbm6 Cm6Cm6 C# minor 6C#m6 Cm6Cm6 Bbm6Bbm6 Cm6Cm6 C# minor 6C#m6 Cm6Cm6
e|-----6----8----9----8------6----8----9----8------|
BB|-----6----8----9----8------6----8----9----8------|
G+G|-----6----8----9----8------6----8----9----8------|
D MajorD|-----5----7----8----7------5----7----8----7------|
A augmentedA|-------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|---6----8----9----8------6----8----9----8--------|
Verse 1:
I won’t fin-ish my life in Tim- buc -tu
e|------------6--------8---------9---------8--------6------8------9------8-----|
BB|------------6--------8---------9---------8--------6------8------9------8-----|
G+G|------------6--------8---------9---------8--------6------8------9------8-----|
D MajorD|------------5--------7---------8---------7--------5------7------8------7-----|
A augmentedA|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|--------6--------8--------9---------8---------6-------8------9------8--------|
Cheeks so tight my lips are turn - ing blue…
e|-------------6---------8--------4---------11--------9-------9-------8-------8-|
BB|-------------6---------8--------4---------11--------9-------9-------8-------8-|
G+G|-------------6---------8--------4---------11--------9-------9-------8-------8-|
D MajorD|-------------5---------7--------3---------9---------8-------8-------7-------7-|
A augmentedA|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|--------6---------8--------4---------11--------9--------9--------8-------8----||
I’d like to be wrink-ly, u - tter - ly wrink - ly
e|------------6-------6--------7----7-----------6---------6-----------7--------7---|
BB|------------6-------6--------7----7-----------6---------6-----------7--------7---|
G+G|------------6-------6--------7----7-----------6---------6-----------7--------7---|
D MajorD|------------5-------5--------6----6-----------5---------5-----------6--------6---|
A augmentedA|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|--------6-------6--------7-----7---------6----------6----------7---------7-------|
Wrink - ly like the trip-lets from Belleville… (back to beginning)
e|------------6---------6--------2--------2--------------6--------------------|
BB|------------6---------6--------2--------2--------------6--------------------|
G+G|------------6---------6--------2--------2--------------6--------------------|
D MajorD|------------5---------5--------1--------1--------------5--------------------|
A augmentedA|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-----6-----------6--------2---------2-------------6-------------------------|
Chorus:
Swing - ing Belle - ville ren - dez - vous………….
e|---------6------------6----------6----------6--------------------|
BB|---------6------------6----------6----------6--------------------|
G+G|---------6------------6----------6----------6--------------------| (repeat 8 times)
D MajorD|---------5------------5----------5----------5--------------------|
A augmentedA|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|--6-----------6-------------6----------6-------------------------|
Verse 1:
Bbm6Bbm6 Cm6Cm6 C# minor 6C#m6 Cm6Cm6 Bbm6Bbm6 Cm6Cm6 C# minor 6C#m6 Cm6Cm6
I won’t finish my life in Timbuktu__
Bbm6Bbm6 Cm6Cm6 Abm6Abm6 Ebm6Ebm6 C# minor 6C#m6 Cm6Cm6
cheeks so tight my lips are turning blue
Bbm6Bbm6 Bm6Bm6 Bbm6Bbm6 Bm6Bm6
I'd like to be wrinkly, utterly wrinkly
Bbm6Bbm6 F#m6F#m6 Bbm6Bbm6 Cm6Cm6 C# minor 6C#m6 Cm6Cm6 - Bbm6Bbm6 Cm6Cm6 C# minor 6C#m6 Cm6Cm6
wrinkly like a Triplet from Belleville
Verse 2:
Don’t want to end my days in Acapul - co
stiff as a board dancing tango-tango
I'd love to be twisted, utterly twisted
twisted like a Triplet from Belleville
Chorus:
Bbm6Bbm6
Swinging Belleville rendez-vous
marathon dancing doop dee doop
vaudou Cancan balais taboo
au Belleville swinging rendez-vous
Verse 3:
I won’t be an old man in Singapore__
playing scrabble and eating petits-fours
I want to be wicked, utterly wicked
wicked like the Triplets from Belleville
Verse 4:
I don’t want to end my life in Honolu__- lu
singing like a bird in an ormolu
I want to be as rough, every bit as rough
rough as a Triplet from Belleville
Chorus:
Swinging Belleville rendez-vous
marathon dancing doop dee doop
vaudou Cancan balais taboo
au Belleville swinging rendez-vous
Verse 5:
Don’t mind ending my life in Katmandu__
singing with a sitar and a guru
but I’d prefer to be utterly flying
swinging with the Triplets from Belleville
Chorus:
Swinging Belleville rendez-vous
marathon dancing doop dee doop
vaudou Cancan balais taboo
au Belleville swinging rendez-vous