Grande Affair chords by Ralph Mctell

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Am    C    Em          Am
Take a bus who needs a car
         C             Em             Am
We'll eat here take this seat near the door
        Dm              Dm7     G
Well im not hungry much now are you
       C       Em                Am
Is it okay if I share yours withAm: you
         G           C             B7            Em
I have no money and IC: think I believe that you knew
F           C            Am           F
Remember the moon on the wall did she shine
F            C              Am          F
Taste of the sheets and the feel of the wine
F        C        Am        F
Wasn't I glad that you were mine
       G           C
In the grande affaire

C           Em      Am
Take a boat maybe a plane
    C                  Em       Am
Anywhere now 'cept Greece or Spain
Dm        Dm7         G
Oh sure I know where I am
       C       Em          Am
I see canals this is Amsterdam
     G                      C
I got friends here and they know
             B7       Em
And they can say who I am


F           C        Am        F
Remember the room without the view
F            C              Am        F
Frightened of meeting someone that we knew
F        C        Am        F
No farewells or how do you do
       G       C
In the grande affaire

          Am                Am/G#    F
Now I've stayed at the best hotels
             Am       G         F
And there's white coat waiters attend me
        Am        Am/G#       F
And I look at the beautiful girls
         Am        G            F
Do they really believe they can bend me look


        C        Em      Am
Well I drive now seldom I walk
             C        Em             Am
I can speak French butnI'd rather not talk
Dm              Dm/C        G
Which suit will I wear tonight
              C                  Em            Am
Take out the C:brown but in the end wear the white
        G                               B           Em
Out of shade stepping out and moving into the light
 F           C           Am        F
Remember the moon on the wall did she shine
  F             C           Am             F
The year was all wrong so we sent back the wine
F          C         Am            F
Wasn't you glad that you were all mine
G                C
I the grande afC:faire

Am G C Em