You Never Can Tell

You Never Can Tell: Chords

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

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They furnished off an apartment with a two room Roebuck sale 
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The coolerator was crammed with TV dinners and ginger ale,
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But when Pierre found work, the little money comin' worked out well 
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"C'est la vie", say the old folks, it goes to show you never can tell 

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

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They bought a souped-up jitney, 'twas a cherry red '53, 
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They drove it down to Orleans to celebrate the anniversary 
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It was there that Pierre was married to the lovely mademoiselle 
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"C'est la vie", say the old folks, it goes to show you never can tell 

Strumentale:
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They had a teenage wedding, and the old folks wished them well 
                                                    SOL  SOL7
You could see that Pierre did truly love the mademoiselle 
            SOL                                            SOL7
And now the young monsieur and madame have rung the chapel bell, 
SOL                                   SOL7                       DO
"C'est la vie", say the old folks, it goes to show you never can tell 

You Never Can Tell: Video

You Never Can Tell (C'est La Vie) è una canzone di Chuck Berry del 1964, scritta dallo stesso mentre si trovava in prigione per tentato crimine sessuale. La storia parla del matrimonio di una giovane coppia e della loro luna di miele a New Orleans. La canzone vanta numerose cover, su tutte quella degli Status Quo, ed è anche stata usata come colonna sonora per il film Pulp Fiction, di Quentin Tarantino.

L'autore del post

Alberto Moneti

33 anni, polistrumentista: pianoforte, chitarra, batteria, clarinetto. Ha conseguito la licenza in teoria musicale e solfeggio presso il Conservatorio Cherubini di Firenze. Dal 1997 è organista presso la Basilica di Santa Maria del Sasso, a Bibbiena (AR).