Cest la vie Chords

KeyAm CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays739

Cest la vie by Emerson, Lake and Palmer is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Am. It uses the chords Am, G, F, Dm, B and E. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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Am
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  			 C'est la (Am) vie, have your (G) leaves all turned to brown 
Will you (F) scatter them (G) around you, (Am) C'est la vie 
Do you (Am) love, and then (G)how am I to know 
If you (F) don't let your love (G) show for me, (Am) C'est la vie 

(Dm) O-oh, c'est la (Am) vie, (Dm) O-oh, c'est la (Am) vie 
Who (Dm) knows, who (B) cares for (E) me, C'est la (Am) vie 
(Am - G) 
In the night, do you light a lover's fire 
Do the ashes of desire for you remain 
Like the sea there's a love to deep to show 
Took a storm before my love flowed for you, C'est la vie 
      
(Am - G) 
Like a song, out of tune and out of time 
All I needed was a ryhme 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 

    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante