An Englishman Needs Time chords by
Eartha Kitt

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Key: G minor•

Verse 1

Gm

Gm

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Because,

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G

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as you've guessed I'm continental

Bm

Bm

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G

G

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Em

Em

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A

A

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Romantic and sentimental

D

D

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G

G

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I look on love as something of an art

But I've found that nationalities

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A

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Cm

Cm

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B

B

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Have different formalities

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Bm

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A

A

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Em

Em

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A

A

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When dealing with affair

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Eb

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D

D

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A

A

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s of the heart

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D

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Verse 2

A

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Gm

Gm

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Now

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A

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A Spaniard needs a soft guitar

D

D

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Gm

Gm

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And a balcony to climb

While the Portuguese need

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A

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The breeze in the trees

D

D

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Gm

Gm

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But an Englishman needs time

Verse 3

Gm

Gm

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A

A

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The Italians long for an operatic song

D

D

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Gm

Gm

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Or a soft Sicilian rhyme

While the French fall in love

A

A

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At the drop of a glove

D

D

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Gm

Gm

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D

D

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Gm

Gm

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But an Englishman needs time

Verse 4

Gm

Gm

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He'll admit to an attraction

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But show no reaction

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His lips never part in a sigh

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What goes on in his breast

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Cm

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Is completely supressed

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Gm

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D

D

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By the weight of his old school tie

Verse 5

Gm

Gm

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A

A

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The Viennese need a waltz by Strauss

D

D

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Gm

Gm

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Or a glockenspiel's sweet chime

While the Dutch begin

A

A

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With a bottle of gin

D

D

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Gm

Gm

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But an Englishman needs time

Verse 6

Gm

Gm

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A New Yorker's need is

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A

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variety and speed

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Gm

Gm

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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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D

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But an Englishman needs time

Gm

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He will meet

Verse 7

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F

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you may be Monday night

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But unless he's quite unique

He will call you up around

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Wednesday noon

Gm

Gm

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A

A

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You'll get flowers Thursday

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Gm

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D

D

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F

F

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week

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Though you'll have to wait

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He may work up to a date

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But if he's real mad for you

He will tenderly say

Eb

Eb

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D

D

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"You look smashing today"

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Eb

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F

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And then invite you to the zoo

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When you think it's all over

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This mad Casanova

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Arrives in a purposeful way

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But if he mentions sport

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No, it's not what you thought

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It's to watch him play cricket all day

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Now in Per

Verse 8

Gm

Gm

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A

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sia, they need seven veils

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Gm

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Eb

Eb

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For a sultan in his prime

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Bb

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A

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Ab

Ab

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While an Eskimo

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F

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E

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Needs a whole lot of snow

But an Englishman

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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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D

D

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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

Outro 1

Time

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TunerE A D G B E

ChordsGm G Bm Em A...

Gm
G
Bm
Em
A
D
Cm
B
Eb
F
Bb
Ab
E

Capo: 3

Transpose: 0

0

Chords

Gm
G
Bm
Em
A
D
Cm
B
Eb
F
Bb
Ab
E

Capo: 3

Transpose: 0

0

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