Emmylou Harris – You Never Can Tell Cest La Vie (Guitar)

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As recorded by Emmylou Harris (From the 1976 Album LUXURY LINER) For easier chord fingerings put a capo at 1st fret and transpose -1 step or like Emmylou Harris at 3rd fret and transpose -3 steps. [Intro] F Bb [Verse 1]
Bb
It was a teenage wedding

Bb
And the old folks wished them well

Bb
You could see that Pierre

                          F
Did truly love the mademoiselle

F
And now the young monsieur and madame

F
Have rung the chapel bell

F
"C'est la vie", say the old folks

                              Bb
It goes to show you never can tell
[Verse 2]
Bb
They furnished off an apartment

Bb
With a two room Roebuck sale

Bb
The coolerator was crammed

                             F
With T.V. dinners and ginger ale

F
But when Pierre found work

F
The little money coming worked out well

F
"C'est la vie", say the old folks

                              Bb
It goes to show you never can tell
[Verse 3]
Bb
They had a hi-fi phono

Bb
Boy, did they let it blast

Bb
Seven hundred little records

                       F
All rocking rhythm and jazz

F
But when the sun went down

F
The rapid tempo of the music fell

F
"C'est la vie", say the old folks

                              Bb
It goes to show you never can tell
[Guitar Solo] Bb F Bb [Verse 4]
Bb
They bought a souped-up jitney

Bb
It was a cherry-red '53

Bb
They drove it down to New Orleans

                            F
To celebrate their anniversary

F
It was there that Pierre
Was wedded to the lovely mademoiselle
F
"C'est la vie", say the old folks

                              Bb
It goes to show you never can tell
[Verse 5]
Bb
It was a teenage wedding

Bb
And the old folks wished them well

Bb
You could see that Pierre

                          F
Did truly love the mademoiselle

F
And now the young monsieur and madame

F
Have rung the chapel bell

F
"C'est la vie", say the old folks

                              Bb
It goes to show you never can tell
[Outro]
Bb              F
"C'est la vie", say the old folks

                              Bb
It goes to show you never can tell

                F
"C'est la vie", say the old folks

                              Bb
It goes to show you never can tell
F Bb