An Englishman Needs Time
An Englishman Needs Time

An Englishman Needs Time easy guitar chords by Eartha Kitt

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    • Verse 1
    Because, 

    as 
    you've 
    guessed 
    I'm 
    continental 

    Romantic 
    and sentiment
    al 

    I look 
    on 
    love 
    as 
    something 
    of an art 

    But 
    I've found 
    that 
    nationalities 

    Have 
    different 
    formal
    ities 

    When 
    dealing 
    with 
    affair

    s of 
    the heart 

    Verse 2

    Now 

    A Spaniard 
    needs 
    a soft 
    guitar 

    And 
    a 
    balcony 
    to 
    climb 

    While 
    the 
    Portuguese 
    need 

    The breeze 
    in 
    the trees 

    But 
    an Englishman 
    needs 
    time 

    Verse 3
    The 
    Italians 
    long 
    for an 
    oper
    atic 
    song 

    Or 
    a 
    soft 
    Sicilian 
    rhyme 

    While 
    the 
    French 
    fall 
    in 
    love 

    At 
    the drop 
    of a 
    glove 

    But 
    an 
    Eng
    lishman 
    needs 
    time 

    Verse 4
    He'll 
    admit 
    to an 
    attraction 

    But 
    show 
    no 
    reaction 

    His 
    lips 
    never 
    part 
    in 
    a sigh 

    What 
    goes 
    on 
    in his 
    breast 

    Is 
    com
    pletely 
    supressed 

    By the 
    weight 
    of 
    his old 
    school 
    tie 

    Verse 5
    The 
    Viennese 
    need 
    a waltz 
    by 
    Strauss 

    Or 
    a 
    glockenspiel's sweet 
    chime 

    While 
    the 
    Dutch 
    begin 

    With 
    a bottle 
    of 
    gin 

    But 
    an Englishman 
    needs 
    time 

    Verse 6
    A 
    New 
    Yorker's 
    need 
    is 

    vari
    ety 
    and 
    speed 

    But 
    out 
    West, 
    they 
    are 
    more 
    sub
    lime 

    At 
    the 
    Hollywood 
    Bowl, 

    they 
    need 
    noth
    ing 
    at 
    all 

    But 
    an Englishman 
    needs 
    time 

    He 
    will 
    meet 
    Verse 7
    you 
    may
    be 
    Monday 
    night 

    But 
    unless 
    he's 
    quite 
    unique 

    He 
    will 
    call 
    you 
    up 
    around 

    Wednes
    day 
    noon 

    You'll 
    get 
    flowers 
    Thursday 

    week 

    Though 
    you'll have 
    to wait 

    He 
    may 
    work 
    up 
    to 
    a date 

    But 
    if 
    he's 
    real 
    mad 
    for 
    you 

    He 
    will 
    tenderly 
    say 

    "You 
    look 
    smash
    ing 
    today" 

    And 
    then 
    invite 
    you 
    to 
    the zoo 

    When 
    you 
    think 
    it's 
    all 
    over 

    This 
    mad 
    Casanova 

    Ar
    rives 
    in 
    a purpose
    ful 
    way 

    But 
    if he 
    mentions 
    sport 

    No, 
    it's 
    not 
    what 
    you 
    thought 

    It's 
    to 
    watch 
    him 
    play 
    cricket 
    all 
    day 

    Now 
    in 
    Per
    Verse 8
    sia, 
    they 
    need seven 
    veils 

    For 
    a 
    sultan 
    in 
    his 
    prime 

    While 
    an 
    Eskimo 

    Needs 
    a 
    whole 
    lot 
    of 
    snow 

    But 
    an Englishman 

    Needs time 

    Verse 9
    Now, I 
    love all 
    you Englishmen 

    But you must 
    admit 

    They are 
    terribly 

    Anglo- 
    Sax
    on 

    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
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