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I was pretty surprised to find that there are so few Madeleine Peyroux songs on 
here at the moment (6!) since I thought she was pretty popular and her songs are 
pretty tab-able. Oh well.
This is my favorite of hers. And it has a relatively standard jazzy chord 
progression. Suggestions for how to play the chords are at the bottom. You can 
actually play these chords in the conventional open string way, but it sounds 
better to me higher up.
Cmaj7J'avoue j'en C6ai bavé pas Dm7vous mon G7amour
Dm7Avant d'aG7voir eu vent de Cmaj7vous mon aC6mour
C7Ne vous déFmaj7plaise
E7En dansant la JavaAmnaise
   Dm7D#dim7  Em7A7#5
Nous nous aimions
Le temps d'D9une chanG9son
À votre avis qu'avons-nous vu de l'amour
De vous à moi vous m'avez eu mon amour
Ne vous déplaise
En dansant la Javanaise
Nous nous aimions
Le temps d'une chanson
Hélas avril en vain me voue à l'amour
J'avais envie de voir en vous cet amour
Ne vous déplaise
En dansant la Javanaise
Nous nous aimions
Le temps d'une chanson
La vie ne vaut d'etre vécue sans amour
Mais c'est vous qui l'avez voulu mon amour
Ne vous déplaise
En dansant la Javanaise
Nous nous aimions
Le temps d'une chanson
---
Beginner way (does not sound too good, but is easy)
Just play D7 and G7 instead of the D9 and G9.
    Cmaj7   C6   Dm7   G7   C7   Fmaj7   E7   AmD#dim7  Em7A7#5
e|-0-----0--1---1--0--0-----0--0--2------0---0--|
B|-0-----1--1---0--1--1-----3--1--1------3---2--|
G|-0-----2--2---0--3--2-----1--2--2------0---0--|
D|-2-----2--0---0--2--2-----0--2--1------0---3--|
A|-3-----3--x---2--3--x-----2--0--x------2---0--|
E|-x-----x--x---3--x--1-----0--x--x------0---x--|
Proper way
In the first two lines the high G is actually contained in every chord, so the 
first two Dm7 are really Dm7sus4 or add4.
You'll also notice that in this chart below, Dm7 is mentioned twice. As I play 
this song I move down the fretboard (towards the machine head) so in the "Nous 
nous aimions" line the Dm7 D#dim7 Em7 progression starts round the 5th fret.
    Cmaj7   C6   Dm7   G7   C7   Fmaj7   E7   Am   Dm7D#dim7  Em7A7#5  D9  G9  
e|-x-----x--x---x--x--x-----7--5--5---5------7---x----x--x--|
B|-8-----8--8---8--8--10----9--5--6---7------8---6----5--3--|
G|-9-----9--10--10-9--7-----7--5--5---5------7---6----5--2--|
D|-9-----7--10--9--8--9-----9--5--7---7------9---5----4--3--|
A|-x-----x--x---10-x--8-----7--x--5---6------7---x----5--x--|
E|-8-----8--10--x--8--x-----x--5--x---x------x---5----x--3--|

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La Javanaise

by Madeleine Peyroux

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Cmaj7

Dm7

Fmaj7

Em7

I was pretty surprised to find that there are so few Madeleine Peyroux songs on

here at the moment (6!) since I thought she was pretty popular and her songs are

pretty tab-able. Oh well.

This is my favorite of hers. And it has a relatively standard jazzy chord

progression. Suggestions for how to play the chords are at the bottom. You can

actually play these chords in the conventional open string way, but it sounds

better to me higher up.

Cmaj7 C6 Dm7 G7

J'avoue j'en ai bavé pas vous mon amour

Dm7 G7 Cmaj7 C6

Avant d'avoir eu vent de vous mon amour

C7 Fmaj7

Ne vous déplaise

E7 Am

En dansant la Javanaise

Dm7 Em7

D#dim7 A7#5

Nous nous aimions

D9 G9

Le temps d'une chanson

À votre avis qu'avons-nous vu de l'amour

De vous à moi vous m'avez eu mon amour

Ne vous déplaise

En dansant la Javanaise

Nous nous aimions

Le temps d'une chanson

Hélas avril en vain me voue à l'amour

J'avais envie de voir en vous cet amour

Ne vous déplaise

En dansant la Javanaise

Nous nous aimions

Le temps d'une chanson

La vie ne vaut d'etre vécue sans amour

Mais c'est vous qui l'avez voulu mon amour

Ne vous déplaise

En dansant la Javanaise

Nous nous aimions

Le temps d'une chanson

---

Beginner way (does not sound too good, but is easy)

Just play D7 and G7 instead of the D9 and G9.

Cmaj7 C6 Dm7 G7 C7 Fmaj7 E7 Am Em7

D#dim7 A7#5

e|-0-----0--1---1--0--0-----0--0--2------0---0--|

B|-0-----1--1---0--1--1-----3--1--1------3---2--|

G|-0-----2--2---0--3--2-----1--2--2------0---0--|

D|-2-----2--0---0--2--2-----0--2--1------0---3--|

A|-3-----3--x---2--3--x-----2--0--x------2---0--|

E|-x-----x--x---3--x--1-----0--x--x------0---x--|

Proper way

In the first two lines the high G is actually contained in every chord, so the

first two Dm7 are really Dm7sus4 or add4.

You'll also notice that in this chart below, Dm7 is mentioned twice. As I play

this song I move down the fretboard (towards the machine head) so in the "Nous

nous aimions" line the Dm7 D#dim7 Em7 progression starts round the 5th fret.

Cmaj7 C6 Dm7 G7 C7 Fmaj7 E7 Am Dm7 Em7 D9 G9

D#dim7 A7#5

e|-x-----x--x---x--x--x-----7--5--5---5------7---x----x--x--|

B|-8-----8--8---8--8--10----9--5--6---7------8---6----5--3--|

G|-9-----9--10--10-9--7-----7--5--5---5------7---6----5--2--|

D|-9-----7--10--9--8--9-----9--5--7---7------9---5----4--3--|

A|-x-----x--x---10-x--8-----7--x--5---6------7---x----5--x--|

E|-8-----8--10--x--8--x-----x--5--x---x------x---5----x--3--|

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