Key: G minor
Verse 1
G#m
E
C#m
F#
Romantic and sentimental
B
E
I look on love as something of an art
But I've found that nationalities
F#
Am
G#
Have different formalities
G#m
F#
C#m
F#
When dealing with affair
Am
C
B
F#
s of the heart
B
Verse 2
F#
Em
Now
B
Em
And a balcony to climb
While the Portuguese need
B
Em
But an Englishman needs time
Verse 3
Em
F#
The Italians long for an operatic song
B
Em
Or a soft Sicilian rhyme
While the French fall in love
B
Em
B
Em
But an Englishman needs time
Verse 4
D
G
His lips never part in a sigh
Em
E
What goes on in his breast
Em
Am
F
Is completely supressed
Em
B
By the weight of his old school tie
Verse 5
Em
F#
The Viennese need a waltz by Strauss
B
Em
Or a glockenspiel's sweet chime
While the Dutch begin
B
Em
But an Englishman needs time
Verse 6
B
Em
But out West, they are more sublime
At the Hollywood Bowl,
Verse 7
G
Em
D
you may be Monday night
He will call you up around
Em
F#
You'll get flowers Thursday
Em
B
D
week
He will tenderly say
C
B
"You look smashing today"
C
D
And then invite you to the zoo
D
G
Arrives in a purposeful way
Verse 8
Em
F#
sia, they need seven veils
D
Em
C
For a sultan in his prime
G
F#
F
While an Eskimo
Em
D
C#
Needs a whole lot of snow
But an Englishman
Em
Needs time
Verse 9
Now, I love all you Englishmen
But you must admit
They are terribly
C
B
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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