Charles Trenet – Beyond The Sea (Guitar Live)

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English-language version of the French song "La Mer" by Charles Trenet (1945). Popularized by Bobby Darin in 1959. Jack Lawrence wrote the English lyrics. There is no intro on the live recording. [Verse 1]
    C    Am   F
Somewhere

G7         C    Am
[tab]    F     G7          C   E7  Am
Somewhere waiting for me

G7       C         Am     F     A7   Dm
My lover stands on golden sands

    G7      E7  Am    F       D7    G    G7
And watches the ships that go sai - ling
[Verse 2]
    C   Am  F
Somewhere

G7         C   Am
Beyond the sea

      F     G7           C   E7  Am
She's there watching for me

G7         C        Am       F     A7   Dm
If I could fly like birds on high

     G7       E7     Am
Then straight to her arms

F      D7 G7 C    B7
I'd go sai - ling
[Bridge]
     E   C#m7  F#m
It's far

B7         E     C#m7
Beyond the stars

     F#m7   B7       E    G#m  C#m7  E
It's near beyond the moon

D7  G    Em   Am7
I   know

D7       G     Em
beyond a doubt

   Am         D7            G   G7  Em  G7
My heart will lead me there soon
[Verse 3]
      C    Am   F
We'll meet

G7         C    Am
Beyond the shore

      F    G7        C    E7  Am
We'll kiss just as before

G7          C    Am       F    A7   Dm
Happy we'll be beyond the sea

    G7   E7 Am   F       Dm7   G   G7   C   G7
And never  again I'll go sai - ling
[Verse 1]
   C   Am   F
La mer

G7            C    Am
Qu'on voit danser

   F    G7         C      E7  Am
Le long des golfes clairs

G7      C         Am
A des reflets d'argent

   F   A7   Dm
La mer

    G       E7  Am
Des reflets changeants

F       D7     G   G7
Sous la plui - e.
[Verse 2]
   C   Am  F
La mer (la mer)

G7         C   Am
Au ciel d'été

   F    G7            C    E7  Am
Confond ses blancs moutons

G7       C        Am
Avec les anges si purs,

   F   A7  Dm
La mer

   G    E7  Am  F    Dm7 G  G7  C  B7
Bergère d'a-zur infi-ni--e.
[Bridge]
E   C#m7  F#m
Voy-ez

B7       E      C#m7
Près des étangs

    F#m    B            E   G#m  C#m7  E
Ces grands roseaux mouillés

D7  G   Em  Am7
Voy-ez

D7          G     Em
Ces oiseaux blancs

   Am  D7           G   G7  Em  G7
Et ces maisons rouillées
[Verse 3]
   C    Am   F
La mer, la mer

G7       C    Am
Les a bercés

   F    G7         C     E7  Am
Le long des golfes clairs

G7           C      Am
Et d'une chanson d'amour,

   F   A7  Dm
La mer

  G     E7  Am    F       D7 G7  C
A bercé mon coeur pour la vi - - e