You Never Can Tell Cest La Vie chords by Emmylou Harris

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)


Intro:
FF  Bb majorBb


Verse 1:
Bb majorBb
It was a teenage wedding
Bb majorBb
And the old folks wished them well
Bb majorBb
You could see that Pierre
             FF
Did truly love the mademoiselle
FF
And now the young monsieur and madame
FF
Have rung the chapel bell
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"C'est la vie", say the old folks
               Bb majorBb
It goes to show you never can tell

Verse 2:
Bb majorBb
They furnished off an apartment
Bb majorBb
With a two room Roebuck sale
Bb majorBb
The coolerator was crammed
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With T.V. dinners and ginger ale
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But when Pierre found work
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The little money coming worked out well
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"C'est la vie", say the old folks
               Bb majorBb
It goes to show you never can tell

Verse 3:
Bb majorBb
They had a hi-fi phono
Bb majorBb
Boy, did they let it blast
Bb majorBb
Seven hundred little records
            FF
All rocking rhythm and jazz
FF
But when the sun went down
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The rapid tempo of the music fell
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"C'est la vie", say the old folks
               Bb majorBb
It goes to show you never can tell

Guitar Solo:
Bb majorBb  FF   Bb majorBb

Verse 4:
Bb majorBb
They bought a souped-up jitney
Bb majorBb
It was a cherry-red '53
Bb majorBb
They drove it down to New Orleans
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To celebrate their anniversary
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It was there that Pierre

Was wedded to the lovely mademoiselle
FF
"C'est la vie", say the old folks
               Bb majorBb
It goes to show you never can tell

Verse 5:
Bb majorBb
It was a teenage wedding
Bb majorBb
And the old folks wished them well
Bb majorBb
You could see that Pierre
             FF
Did truly love the mademoiselle
FF
And now the young monsieur and madame
FF
Have rung the chapel bell
FF
"C'est la vie", say the old folks
               Bb majorBb
It goes to show you never can tell

Outro:
Bb majorBb       FF
"C'est la vie", say the old folks
               Bb majorBb
It goes to show you never can tell
        FF
"C'est la vie", say the old folks
               Bb majorBb
It goes to show you never can tell
FF  Bb majorBb