Frenchman For The Night Chords
Frenchman For The Night by Jimmy Buffett is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, Cmaj7, Dm, G7, F, Em, F6, G6, G, Am7, Cmaj9, Gm7 and A7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
verse 1
C Cmaj7 C Cmaj7
From his driftwood castle
C Cmaj7 Dm
Comes a song I've heard before
G7 F
A scratchy gramophone cuts to the bone
Em Dm C Cmaj7
"La Vie En Rose" arpeggios
C Cmaj7 C Cmaj7
So the dream begins
C Cmaj7 Dm
And the song is amplified
G7 F
Buy the Beaujolais, on Bastille day
Em Dm C
He dances in the tide
Chorus
F6 G6
By the light of the moon
C G Am7
He's a Frenchman for the night
G F6 G7
By the light of the moon
C Cmaj9 C Cmaj9
It'll be all right
verse 2
C Cmaj7 C Cmaj7
Well it takes him back
C Cmaj7 Dm
To the days of love and war
G7 F
And the girl he knew with eyes of blue
Em Dm C
Waiting on the shore
C Cmaj7 C Cmaj9
If he'd only known
C Cmaj7 Dm
How the years would fly on by
G7 F
Such a simple crime, he's run out of time
Em Dm C
So he reaches for the sky
Chorus
F6 G6
By the light of the moon
C G Am7
He's a Frenchman for the night
G F6 G7
By the light of the moon
C Cmaj9 C Cmaj9
It'll be all right
Bridge
Gm7
Blame it on the Champs Elysees
A7
Blame it on a tune
Dm
Blame it on the stroke of Monet
F6 G7
But you can't escape the moon
F6 G7
But you can't escape the moon…
Instrumental
C Cmaj7 C Cmaj7
C Cmaj7 Dm
G7 F
Em Dm C
verse 3
C Cmaj7 C Cmaj9
He sees the stars above
C Cmaj7 Dm
As the floor to heavens light
G7 F
While the angels taunt "C'est une nuit blanche"
Em Dm C
He's a Frenchman for the night
Chorus
F6 G6
By the light of the moon
C G Am7
He's a Frenchman for the night
G F6 G7
By the light of the moon
C Cmaj9 C Cmaj9
It'll be all right
Verse
C Cmaj7 C Cmaj7
From his driftwood castle
C Cmaj7 Dm
Comes a song I've heard before
G7 F
A scratchy gramophone cuts to the bone
Em Dm C Cmaj7
"La Vie En Rose" arpeggios
Chorus
F6 G6
By the light of the moon
C G Am7
He's a Frenchman for the night
G F6 G7
By the light of the moon
C Cmaj9 C Cmaj9
It'll be all right
Chorus
F6 G6
By the light of the moon
C G Am7
He's a Frenchman for the night
G F6 G7
By the light of the moon
C Cmaj9 C Cmaj9
It'll be all right