Tonalité : G minor
Verse 1
Em
Because,
E
as you've guessed I'm continental
G#m
E
C#m
F#
Romantic and sentimental
B
E
I look on love as something of an art
But I've found that nationalities
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Am
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Have different formalities
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F#
C#m
F#
When dealing with affair
Am
C
B
F#
s of the heart
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Verse 2
F#
Em
Now
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A Spaniard needs a soft guitar
B
Em
And a balcony to climb
While the Portuguese need
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The breeze in the trees
B
Em
But an Englishman needs time
Verse 3
Em
F#
The Italians long for an operatic song
B
Em
Or a soft Sicilian rhyme
While the French fall in love
F#
At the drop of a glove
B
Em
B
Em
But an Englishman needs time
Verse 4
Em
He'll admit to an attraction
Am
But show no reaction
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G
His lips never part in a sigh
Em
E
What goes on in his breast
Em
Am
F
Is completely supressed
Em
B
By the weight of his old school tie
Verse 5
Em
F#
The Viennese need a waltz by Strauss
B
Em
Or a glockenspiel's sweet chime
While the Dutch begin
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With a bottle of gin
B
Em
But an Englishman needs time
Verse 6
Em
A New Yorker's need is
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variety and speed
B
Em
But out West, they are more sublime
At the Hollywood Bowl,
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they need nothing at all
B
But an Englishman needs time
Em
He will meet
Verse 7
G
Em
D
you may be Monday night
G
But unless he's quite unique
He will call you up around
D
Wednesday noon
Em
F#
You'll get flowers Thursday
Em
B
D
week
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Though you'll have to wait
D
He may work up to a date
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But if he's real mad for you
He will tenderly say
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B
"You look smashing today"
C
D
And then invite you to the zoo
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When you think it's all over
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This mad Casanova
D
G
Arrives in a purposeful way
Em
But if he mentions sport
Am
No, it's not what you thought
C
It's to watch him play cricket all day
B
Now in Per
Verse 8
Em
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sia, they need seven veils
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Em
C
For a sultan in his prime
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F#
F
While an Eskimo
Em
D
C#
Needs a whole lot of snow
But an Englishman
Em
Needs time
Verse 9
Now, I love all you Englishmen
But you must admit
They are terribly
C
B
Anglo- Saxon
But after all, it's said and done
And the battle is finally won
Ladies
Let's contemplate
Who wouldn't wait
For an Englishman
Who takes his
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