#--------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents his interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship or research.# #----------------------------------------------------------------------------# Song title: Where Do You Go To, My Lovely? Original Album: - single (Peter Sarstedt) Words and Music by Peter Sarstedt Copyright © 1969 United Artist Records Published by ??? Transcribed by Gavin Chart (contactus@gartfrets.net) NOTES: Timing is 3/4 (waltz time). INTRO: Chords: C/G 332010 G7/B x23033 Em 022000 G6/E xx2003 F x33211 G/D xx0003 G/B x20033 [play: 3/4| C/G | Em | F | G/B | G7/B | | C/G | Em | F | G/B | G7/B | G6/E | G/D |] VERSE1: Chords: C/G 332010 G7/B x23033 Em 022000 G6/E xx2003 F x33211 G/D xx0003 G/B x20033 C/G Em F | G/B | G7/B | You talk like Marlene Dietrich and you dance like Zizi Jeanmaire C/G Em Your clothes are all made by Balmain F | G/B | G7/B | G6/E | G/D | And there's diamonds and pearls in your hair, yes there are VERSE2: Notes: Play as for VERSE1. You live in a fancy apartment off the Boulevard Saint-Michel Where you keep your Rolling Stones records And a friend of Sacha Distel, yes you do VERSE3: Notes: This is an additional verse that would be played live but which was omitted from the single. Chords: C/G 332010 G7/B x23033 Em 022000 G6/E xx2003 F x33211 G/D xx0003 G/B x20033 C/G Em F | G/B | G7/B | You go to the embassy parties, where you speak in Russian and Greek, C/G Em When the young men that move in your circles, F | G/B | G7/B | G6/E | G/D | They hang on every word that you speak, yes, they do! CHORUS: Chords: C/G 332010 G7/B x23033 Em 022000 G6/E xx2003 F x33211 G/D xx0003 G/B x20033 C/G Em F | G/B | G7/B | But where do you go to my lovely when you're alone in your bed? C/G Em Won't you tell me the thoughts that surround you F | G/B | G7/B | G6/E | G/D | I want to look inside your head, yes I do VERSE4: Notes: Play as for VERSE1. I've seen all your qualifications you got from the Sorbonne And the painting you stole from Picasso Your loveliness goes on and on, yes it does VERSE5: Notes: Play as for VERSE1. When you go on your summer vacation, you go to Juan-les-Pins With your carefully designed topless swimsuit You get an even suntan on your back and on your legs VERSE6: Notes: Play as for VERSE1. And when the snow falls you're found in Saint Moritz With the others of the jet-set, and you sip your Napoleon brandy But you never get your lips wet, no you don't [repeat CHORUS] VERSE7: Notes: The second additional verse that would be played live but which was omitted from the single. Chords: C/G 332010 G7/B x23033 Em 022000 G6/E xx2003 F x33211 G/D xx0003 G/B x20033 C/G Em F | G/B | G7/B | You're in between twenty and thirty, a very desirable age, C/G Em F G/B Your body is warm and inviting, but you live on a glittering stage, | G7/B | G6/E | G/D | Yes, you do! VERSE8: Notes: Play as for VERSE1. Your name it is heard in high places. You know the Aga Khan. He sent you a racehorse for Christmas And you keep it just for fun, for a laugh, a-ha-ha-ha VERSE9: Notes: Play as for VERSE1. They say that if you get married, it'll be to a millionaire But they don't realize where you came from And I wonder if they really care, or give a damn [repeat CHORUS] VERSE10: Chords: C/G 332010 G7/B x23033 Em 022000 G6/E xx2003 F x33211 G/D xx0003 G/B x20033 C/G Em F | G/B | G7/B | I remember the back streets of Naples: two children begging in rags C/G Em Both touched with a burning ambition F G/B | G7/B | G6/E | G/D | To shake off their lowly-born tags, so they try VERSE11: Notes: Play as for VERSE1. So look into my face, Marie-Claire, and remember just who you are Then go and forget me forever But I know you still bear the scar, deep inside, yes you do CODA: Chords: C/G 332010 G7/B x23033 Em 022000 G6/E xx2003 F x33211 G/D xx0003 G/B x20033 C/G Em F G/B I know where you go to my lovely when you're alone in your bed C/G Em I know the thoughts that surround you F F | G/B | Because I can look inside your head [play VERSE chords: 3/4| C/G | Em | F | G/B | | C/G | Em | F | G/B | G7/B | G6/E | G/D |] [end on C/G]