Intro
G A G 
 
Verse 1
C               Bb F 
Friendly people 
             F 
But I can't  make out all the words 
 
Abmaj7                          F                 Dm 
Melo—Bb—dies so sweet through  all the  trees 
           Dm       C 
From  different birds 
C                 Bb F 
All  around me 
  F            Am          F             Am 
Sights and  sounds and  songs I've  never heard 
    Dm                        F 
Swearing I'll be back again 
  F              Dm          G 
One more week might  do me  in 
 C                            Bb F 
And I stop to catch  my breath 
                               C 
On the slippery steps of  Angouleme 
 C                         Bb F 
And with my little finger 
 F                                 Am C 
Across the town I write your name 
  C                             Fmaj7 Am 
I can't stop drinking the wine 
C                          F 
Can't stop  counting the days 
C                           F 
A world apart, an  ocean away 
Dsus4                 D Dm Em Dm 
Just loving you baby 
Dm               Em 
Sittin' here, loving you 
Am                 F      C 
From this little French cafe 
   F 
Oh, yeah 
           C            Bb F 
Turn the bed down, baby 
 
Pray that jumbo plane's gonna bring me back 
Ab                Bb 
 Got roses and berzeracs 
F                        C 
Six Bordeauxs all in a sack 
C                            Bb F 
We may know some  scrapes 
C                                Bb F  C Dsus4 D 
But some things we won't ever lack 
                    D 
All the fields of Beaujolais 
F                  G 
Couldn't buy you anyway 
F                  G 
Couldn't buy you babe 
 
Oh 
C                            Bb F 
And I stop to catch my breath 
                             C 
On the mighty steps of Angouleme 
C                        Bb F 
And with my little finger 
                               C 
Across the town I write your name 
C                          F    Am 
I can't stop drinking the wine 
C                            F 
I can't stop counting thedays 
C                         F 
A world apart, an ocean away 
           Dsus4    Dm   D 
Just loving you baby 
Dm               Em 
Sittin' here, loving you 
Am                  F 
From this littleFrench 
C                    F 
All the oysters in Marennes 
C                        F 
Whole French army and Charles de Gaulle 
C                                       F 
A million Francs wouldn't phase me at all 
D                  D D 
From loving you baby 
Dm             Em 
Sittin' here loving you 
Am                 F       C 
From this little French cafe 
Dm              Em 
Sittin' here loving you 
Am                  F     C 
From this little French cafe