INTRO : A
A
Claire Fontaine who are you ? I like the paper you
D
make
A
We were introduced by a lover of mine
A
and now she's gone and I still have you Claire
D
Fontaine
G
Claire Fontaine you seem to
A
bring the best out of
Bm
me and the things that
D
I write to sing Claire
G A
Fontaine
D
Claire Fontaine are you a lumberjack or something ?
D
Does your father own a forest of the nicest trees for chopping ? Claire
A A/G
Fontaine
D
Claire Fontaine your sheets are very smooth I like to
D
rub my pen across them do you feel the way I do ? Claire
A
Fontaine
REFRAIN 2 (pareil que REFRAIN 1)
D
If the newspapers used your paper for the news
D
Things may seem less terrifying just because of you Claire
A A/G
Fontaine
D
And were you in a garden when they said the war had started
D
did you think you'd write a letter that would start 'my dear departed' Claire
A
Fontaine
G
Claire Fontaine you seem to
A
bring the best out of
Bm
me and the things that
D
I write to sing Claire
G D
Fontaine Claire
Em D
Fontaine Claire
G D
Fontaine Claire
Em A
Fontaine
A
woooaaaaah !
D
Claire Fontaine, I'm going home this christmas
D
They may refuse me the entry 'cause you're native of this country Claire
A A/G
Fontaine
D
But as a foreigner relinquish a pad of paper so distinguished
D
I say never never never, I'll take this pad of mine to heaven Claire
A A/G
Fontaine
Em
Where maybe I will choose to write a
F#m
fan mail or two, I might write
G
one to Andy Warhol and the
A
other one for you and you can
Bm
rest assured in knowing they'd be
C#m
on your paper too
D
Claire Fontaine, who are you ?
G
Claire Fontaine you seem to
A
bring the best out of
Bm
me and the things that
D
I write to sing Claire
G
Fontaine you seem to
A
bring the best out of
Bm
me and the things that
D
I write to sing Claire
G D
Fontaine Claire
Em D
Fontaine Claire
G A D
Fontaine
G Em C D
I don't have a cent this Christmas usual it seems
F G C...
So I'm going to learn how to knit
C Dm/F
I'll knit you a sweater
Dm/F C
I'll knit you a scarf
C F (ou Dm/F) G
I'll knit you a cigarette holder
G(+Eb) Em Am D Dm/F
I'll knit you an airplane to fly and meet me here
Bm E A F#m D E A F
I'll knit you the nicest taxi cab to pick you up from the airport when you get in
(exactement pareil sauf accords sur rien après "water")
I'll knit you some mittens
I'll knit you some socks
I'll knit you a cigarette holder
I'll knit you the perfect Christmas feast for us to share
I'll knit you a setting sun that seagulls fly behind on the water
I'll knit you a blanket
I'll knit you a shawl
I might not knit anything at all
If my clumsy hands don't learn to knit by Christmas day
Would you still invite me by to celebrate the day in the morning
If all I brought was a kiss
(G7)
C
Wash the dishes
Wash the dishes
F Fm
The Christmas dinner dishes
C G
Three generations in the kitchen all at once
C
And go and get a camera
F Fm
Go and wake up grandpa
C G C G
Three generations in the kitchen all at once
C
Play a Christmas album
F Fm
The elvis Christmas album
C G
Three generations sing blue Christmas all at once
C
And light another candle
F Fm
Come sit near the piano
C G C C7
Three generations sing together all at once
F Fm C C/B C/A
Put away the turkey to make sandwiches tomorrow
C/G F G
And put away the bones to make the soup for the winter
F G
But not the wish bone we'll just leave it on the counter
F C/E D G
To let it dry out this week
F C/E D G7
In time to make a wish for new year's eve
(Exactement pareil)
Take turns with the washing
And take turns with the drying
Three generations in the kitchen all at once
Soak the tough ones till tomorrow
And save the suet for the winter sparrow
Three generations merry Christmas all at once
Put away the turkey to make sandwiches tomorrow
And put away the bones to make the soup for the winter
But not the wish bone we'll just leave it on the counter
To let it dry out this week
In time to make a wish for new year's eve
And put away the fancy dishes just to take them out next Christmas
Three generations are only together for so long
Telling stories of the good times, the bad times and the war times
Three generations are only together for so long
G C
I think I will find some wood and build a house
Am
Or maybe a boat
D
I don't know
G C
Just a place to call my own so when you come by
Am
To drink some wine
C
There'll be a roof outside
D
All night
Em
But I have never been so good
D
With a hammer and nails
G
So patience baby
C
Christmas may be miles away
Am
But that's the day
D
I should be done
G C
So bring your kisses and a couple of clementines
Am
To go with the wine
C
And we'll keep the rind
Am D
Cause the smell is just right at Christmas time
Em
And then we'll join our voices there
D
Let nothing you dismay
Em
Remember Christ the saviour was
D
Born on Christmas day
CM7 Bm
So come let's invite both our families
CM7 Bm
To sing while the piano accompanies
E
Tonight
Solo (A, D, Bm, E)
B
Don't worry about the dishes
E
Come beside me dear
C#m
We'll kiss for the rest of the year
F#
We'll flat some rind
B E
I think I might find some wood and build a house
C#m
Or maybe a boat
E
I don't know
C#m
Together, together, together we'll flow
Couplet :
Em Eb/Em Am7 B7
x x 5 7
8 8 8 7
9 9 5 8
9 9 5 7
7 6 7 9
x x 5 7
Pré-refrain :
C7M Dsus9
0 0
0 3
0 2
2 0
3 x
x x
Refrain :
Em7 Fadd9 D6 Gadd9 Am7 B7
3 3 2 5 3 2
3 1 0 3 1 0
0 2 2 4 0 2
2 3 0 5 2 1
2 x x x 0 2
0 1 2 3 x x
Break :
A)
C D Em G
x x x x
5 7 8 x
5 7 9 12
5 7 9 12
3 5 7 10
x x x x
A)
C7M Dsus9 Em7 G
0 0 3 3
0 3 3 3
0 2 0 0
2 0 2 0
3 x 2 2
x x 0 3
La fin reprend les accords du couplet, avec un rythme bossa nova.
