I Don't Speak French
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G
I met a girl named Gabrielle
She was dressed in black and young as hell
C
She took me to her domicile
D
Invited me to stay a while
G
She fed me breakfast and fed me wine
And later on we took the time
C
To explore each others areas
D Em
Run into a language barrier
G
It can be so frustrating
C Am
The way we insist on communicating
C D
But I do not parley-vous you
G
I don't speak French
C D G
But somehow I've gotten on her good side
C D G
Oh! I don't speak French
C D G
But there's only one thing on her mind.
Oh I.
G
Voulez-vous mon ami
Bonsoir, baby
C
Is all I know how to say right now
D
But you can bet I'm learning how
G
'Cos where I'm from the thing to do
Is to paint yourself red, white and blue
C
How about you?
D Em
Can you say you do the same thing too
G
I'm just your average Yankee
C Am
Trapped in a world of French hanky-panky
C D
But I do not parlez-vous you
G
I don't speak French
C D G
But I've got a shit load of Euros
C D G
Oh I! I don't speak French
C D G
But that doesn't matter to French girls.
C D G
Oh I. Come on!
C D G C D G
There's a plane on the ground at JFK
C
For me it waits
D
To carry me away to you
G
The things we did
The things we didn't do
C
Oh Gabrielle
D Em
I learnt so much from you
G
You taught me how to surrender
C Am
Instinctual behavior from a time you don't remember
C D
But thank God the allies crushed the Nazis on the 6th of November
G
I don't speak French
C D G
But somehow I've gotten on a good time
C D G
Oh I! I don't speak French
C D G
But there's only one thing on her mind.
C D G
Oh yeah! I don't speak French
C D G
But that doesn't matter to French girls
C D G
Oh I! I don't speak French
C D G
'Cos it's useless most places in the world.
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