You Never Can Tell Chords

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You Never Can Tell by Status Quo is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, G, G7 and F. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			         C 
It was a teenage wedding and the old folks wished them well 
                                             G 
You could see that Pierre did truly love the mademoiselle 
            G7 
And now the young monsieur and madame have rung the chapel bell 
                                                               C 
C'est la vie, say the old folks, it goes to show you never can tell 

               C 
They furnished off an apartment with two rooms by themselves 
                                                      G 
The coolerator was crammed with TV dinners and ginger ale 
         G7  
But when Pierre found work the little money coming worked out well 
                                                               C     F G 
C'est la vie, say the old folks, it goes to show you never can tell 

           C 
They had a hi-fi phono, boy did they let it blast 
                                                     G 
Seven hundred little records, all rockin' rhythm and jazz 
             G7 
But when the sun went down, the rapid tempo of the music fell 
                                                              C 
C'est la vie say the old folks, it goes to show you never can tell 

              C 
They bought a souped up jittny, was a cherry red fifty three 
                                                          G 
They drove it down to Orleans to celebrate their anniversary 
       G7 
It was there where Pierre was wedded to the lovely Mademoiselle 
                                                              C 
C'est la vie say the old folks, it goes to show you never can tell 

         C 
It was a teenage wedding and the old folks wished them well 
                                             G 
You could see that Pierre did truly love the mademoiselle 
            G7 
And now the young monsieur and madame have rung the chapel bell 
                                                               C 
C'est la vie, say the old folks, it goes to show you never can tell 
    	

Chord diagrams

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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).
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Metronome

100 BPM Andante