Key: C major
Intro 1
Ab
Cm
Ab
C
Am
C
Ab
Am
Verse 1
Am
C
her in a French cafe
G
Am
C
She slipped in sideways like a cat
G
Am
C
Sidelong glances, what a wary little stray
G
C
She sticks in his mind like that
Saying, "avez-vous une
Dm
Am
F
With her lips wrapped around a cigarette
C
G
Yvette in English saying,
Am
F
"Please have this
G
Ab
Am
Little bit of instant
Interlude 1
bliss"
Am
Ab
Cm
Am
F
G
C
He's fumbling with her foreign
Verse 2
Am
C
tongue
G
Am
C
Reaching for words and drawing blanks
G
Am
A loudmouth is stricken deaf and dumb
C
G
C
In a bistro on the left bank
Am
F
"Please have this
G
Ab
Am
Little bit of instant
Interlude 2
bliss"
Am
G
Ab
Am
C
Verse 3
Am
C
and spills
F
G
They trot along nicely in
Am
C
the spreading stain
G
Am
C
new thrills for the old uphill battle
G
C
How did he wind up here again?
Walking and talking
Am
Dm
Touched and scared
Am
F
"Please have this
G
Ab
Am
Little bit of instant
Interlude 3
bliss"
Am
G
Ab
Cm
Am
C
Am
Verse 4
Am
G
F
leaf his way?
G
Am
G
F
Up in the air and down to Earth
G
Am
First she flusters
C
F
Then she frays
G
C
So quick to question her
own worth
Dm
Am
As it falls like fireworks she
G
Am
Then sweetly in English she says
G
Ab
Little bit of instant
Interlude 4
Am
Ab
Cm
Am
F
G
Am
He sees her turn and walk
Verse 5
away
F
G
Am
Skittering like a cat on stone
F
G
Her high heels clicking
Am
F
What a wary little stray
G
C
She leaves him by the Seine alone
With the black water and
Am
F
C
left and right
F
G
Yvette in English, saying
Am
F
"Please have this
G
Ab
Am
Little bit of instant bliss"
Outro 1
Am
Eb
G#
Am
C
G#
Am
Ab
Am
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