An Englishman Needs Time chords by
Eartha Kitt

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Key: G minor

Verse 1
Em Em 
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Because,
E E 
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as you've guessed I'm continental
G#m G#m 4
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E E 
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C#m C#m 4
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F# F# 2
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Romantic and sentimental
B B 2
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E E 
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I look on love as something of an art
But I've found that nationalities
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Am Am 
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G# G# 4
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Have different formalities
G#m G#m 4
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F# F# 2
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C#m C#m 4
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F# F# 2
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When  dealing with affair
Am Am 
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C C 
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B B 2
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F# F# 2
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s of the heart
B B 2
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Verse 2
F# F# 2
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Em Em 
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Now
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A Spaniard needs a soft guitar
B B 2
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Em Em 
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And a  balcony to climb
While the Portuguese need
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The breeze in the trees
B B 2
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Em Em 
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But an Englishman needs time

Verse 3
Em Em 
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F# F# 2
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The Italians long for an operatic song
B B 2
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Em Em 
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Or a soft Sicilian rhyme
While the French fall in love
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At the drop of a glove
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Em Em 
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B B 2
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Em Em 
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But an Englishman needs time

Verse 4
Em Em 
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He'll admit to an attraction
Am Am 
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But show no  reaction
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G G 
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His lips never part in a sigh
Em Em 
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E E 
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What goes on in his breast
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Am Am 
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F F 
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Is completely supressed
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B B 2
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By the weight of  his old school tie

Verse 5
Em Em 
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F# F# 2
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The Viennese need a waltz by Strauss
B B 2
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Em Em 
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Or a glockenspiel's sweet chime
While the Dutch begin
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With a bottle of  gin
B B 2
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Em Em 
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But an Englishman needs time

Verse 6
Em Em 
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A New Yorker's need is
F# F# 2
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variety and speed
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Em Em 
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But out West, they are more sublime
At the Hollywood Bowl,
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they need nothing at all
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But an Englishman needs time
Em Em 
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He will meet

Verse 7
G G 
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Em Em 
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D D 
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you may be Monday night
G G 
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But unless he's quite unique
He will call you up around
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Wednesday noon
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You'll get flowers Thursday
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B B 2
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D D 
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week
G G 
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Though you'll have to wait
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He may work up to a date
G G 
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But if he's real mad for you
He will tenderly say
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B B 2
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"You look smashing today"
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D D 
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And then invite you to the zoo
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When you think it's all over
C C 
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This mad Casanova
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G G 
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Arrives in a purposeful way
Em Em 
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But if he mentions sport
Am Am 
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No, it's not what you thought
C C 
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It's to watch him play cricket all day
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Now in Per

Verse 8
Em Em 
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sia, they need seven veils
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Em Em 
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C C 
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For a sultan in his prime
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F F 
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While an Eskimo
Em Em 
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D D 
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C# C# 4
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Needs a whole lot of snow
But an Englishman
Em Em 
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Needs time

Verse 9
Now, I love all you Englishmen
But you must admit
They are terribly
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B B 2
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Anglo- Saxon
But after all, it's said and done
And the battle is finally won
Ladies
Let's contemplate
Who wouldn't wait
For an Englishman
Who takes his

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