#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------# # Date: Fri, 05 Dec 1997 03:53:30 +0000 (GMT) From: rickl1@IX.netcom.com (Rick L) Subject: CRD: Yvette In English David Crosby Chords/Lyrics David Crosby Yvette In English written by Joni Mitchell David Crosby Eb F Gm He met her in a french cafe Eb F Gm She slipped in sideways like a cat Eb F Gm Sidelong glances, what a wary little stray Eb F Bb She sticks in his mind like that Bb Gm Saying 'avez vous un alumette' Cm Eb With her lips wrapped around a cigarette Eb F Gm Yvette in English saying please have this Eb F F# Ab Gm Little bit of instant bliss. Eb F Gm He's struggling with a foreign tongue Eb F Gm Reaching for words and drawing blanks Eb F Gm A loud mouth is stricken deaf and dumb Eb F Bb In a bistro on the left bank Bb Gm If I was a painter Picasso said Cm Eb I'd paint this girl from toe to head Eb F Gm Yvette in English, saying please have this Eb F F# Ab Gm Little bit of instant bliss Eb F Gm Burgundy nocturne tips and spills Eb F Gm They move along nicely in the spreading stain Eb F New chills, new thrills Gm For the old uphill battle Eb F Bb How did he wind up here again Bb Gm Walking and talking touched and scared Cm Eb Uninsulated wires bare Eb F Gm Yvette in English saying 'please have this Eb F F# Ab Gm Little bit of instant bliss Eb F Gm What blew her like a leaf his way Eb F Gm Up in the air and down to earth Eb F Gm First she flusters, then she frays Eb F Bb So quick to question her own worth Bb Gm Her cigarette burns her finger tips Cm Eb It falls like fireworks, she curses it Eb F Gm Sweetly in English she says 'please have this Eb F F# Ab Gm Little bit of instant bliss Eb F Gm He sees her turn and walk away Eb F Gm Skittering like a cat on a stone Eb F Gm Her high heels clicking, what a wary little stray Eb F Bb She leaves him by the Seine alone. Bb Gm With black water and amber lights Cm Eb And the bony bridge between left and right Eb F Gm Yvette in English, saying 'please have this Eb F F# Ab Gm Little bit of instant bliss >From The "Thousand Roads" CD Atlantic Records 1993 Crazy Cow Music/Stay Straight Music(BMI)