Cest La Vie Chords & Tabs
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Greg Lake: C¥est La Vie
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From: Emerson, Lake & Palmer: Works
Transcription by: Christian Streicher
info@c-streicher.de
Bergkirchen/Germany, December 1998
Credits: Sami Saarnio for his Freeware version of Nutchords
Tuning: EADGBE (Standart)
Comments: Play on a 6-String Guitar with Plectrum (Pic)
Single tick every string, do not play chords
Vary the rythm with the Lyrics and allow the strings
to tune out into the beginning of the next verse
(Sounds more complicated that it really is, just try )
Chords: Emadd9 074000
D xx0232
G6-5sus 332010
F# 244322
B7 x24242
Am x02210
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*** Intro:
( Emadd9 )
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------0---0-----|-------0---0-----|-------0---0-----|-------0---0-----|-------|
----4-------4---|-----4-------4---|-----4-------4---|-----4-------4---|-------|
--7-----------7-|---7-----------7-|---7-----------7-|---7-----------7-|-------|
0---------------|-0---------------|-0---------------|-0---------------|-------|
*** 1st Verse:
C¥est la vie Have your leaves all turned to brown
( Emadd9 ) ( D )
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-----------------0-------|---------0-------|-----3---3-------|-----3---3------|
---------------0---0-----|-------0---0-----|---2-------2-----|---2-------2----|
-------------4-------4---|-----4-------4---|-0-----------0---|-0-----------0--|
-----------7-----------7-|---7-----------7-|-----------------|----------------|
---------0---------------|-0---------------|-----------------|----------------|
Will you scatter them around you C¥est la vie
( G6-5sus4) ( F# ) ( B7 )
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-----------------1------------2---|----------------4---4-----------4----------|
---------------0------------3-----|--------------2-------2-------2------------|
-------------2------------4-------|------------4-----------4---4--------------|
-----------3------------4---------|----------2---------------2----------------|
---------3------------2-----------|-------------------------------------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/e/emerson_lake_and_palmer/cest_la_vie_tab.html ]
Do you love And then how am I to know
( Emadd9 ) ( D )
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---------------0---0-----|-------0---0-----|---2-------2-----|---2-------2----|
-------------4-------4---|-----4-------4---|-0-----------0---|-0-----------0--|
-----------7-----------7-|---7-----------7-|-----------------|----------------|
---------0---------------|-0---------------|-----------------|----------------|
If you don¥t let you love show for me C¥est la vie
( G6-5sus4) ( F# ) ( B7 )
-------------------0----------------2-|--------------2---------------2--------|
-----------------1----------------2---|------------4---4-----------4----------|
---------------0----------------3-----|----------2-------2-------2------------|
-------------2----------------4-------|--------4-----------4---4--------------|
-----------3----------------4---------|------2---------------2----------------|
---------3----------------2-----------|---------------------------------------|
*** Refrain:
Oh ................. C¥est la vie
( Am ) ( Emadd9 )
--------0-------------------0---------|---------0-------|---------0-----------|
------1---1---------------1---1-------|---------0-------|---------0-----------|
----2-------2-----------2-------2-----|-------0---0-----|-------0---0---------|
--2-----------2-------2-----------2---|-----4-------4---|-----4-------4-------|
0---------------0---0---------------0-|---7-----------7-|---7-----------7-----|
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Oh ................. C¥est la vie
( Am ) ( Emadd9 )
--------0-------------------0---------|---------0-------|---------0-----------|
------1---1---------------1---1-------|---------0-------|---------0-----------|
----2-------2-----------2-------2-----|-------0---0-----|-------0---0---------|
--2-----------2-------2-----------2---|-----4-------4---|-----4-------4-------|
0---------------0---0---------------0-|---7-----------7-|---7-----------7-----|
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Who knows, who cares, for me
( Am ) ( F# ) ( B7 )
--------0---------------------2-------|-------------2-----------2-------------|
------1---1-----------------2---2-----|-----------4---4--------4--------------|
----2-------2-------------3-------3---|---------2-------2-----2---------------|
--2-----------2---------4-----------4-|-------4-----------4--4----------------|
0---------------0-----4---------------|-----2---------------2-----------------|
--------------------2-----------------|---------------------------------------|
C¥est la vie
( Emadd9 )
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--------------0---0-----|-------0---0-----|-------0---0-----|-------0---0-----|
------------4-------4---|-----4-------4---|-----4-------4---|-----4-------4---|
----------7-----------7-|---7-----------7-|---7-----------7-|---7-----------7-|
--------0---------------|-0---------------|-0---------------|-0---------------|
*** 2nd Verse:
(Chords are same as 1st Verse)
Like a song, Out of tune and out of time
All I needed was a rhyme for you, C¥est la vie
Do you give, Do you live from day to day
Is there no song I can play for you, C¥est la vie
*** Refrain (repeat)
*** Ending: Finish with a flashiolett at 12th B & E
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