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Thread #72960   Message #1261594
Posted By: GUEST,Bill Kennedy
01-Sep-04 - 10:01 AM
Thread Name: Help: Translate phrase into French
Subject: Lyr/Chords Add: C'EST SI BON (Hornez/Betti/Seelen)
C'est Si Bon
Words & Music by Andre Hornez & Henry Betti
English lyric by Jerry Seelen
Recorded by Louis Armstrong, 1949


C#m7-5 Cm7-5 Bm7 Bm7-5 E7       E7/9 E7       A      D9 Bm7-5 A
"C'est   si bon" --             lovers say that in France

          Fdim         Bm7 Bm7-5 E7
When they thrill to romance;

             Bm7-5 E7 A6    Cdim E7/9
It means that it's so good.


C#m7-5 Cm7-5 Bm7 Bm7-5 E7       E7/9 E7    A   D9 Bm7-5 A
C'est   si   bon --          so I say   it to you

          Fdim         Bm7 Bm7-5 E7
Like the French people do

            Bm7-5 E7 A
Because it's oh, so good.



Bridge:


A7    F            Dm7       CM7/6 CM7
Ev'ry word, ev'ry sigh, ev'ry kiss, dear,

         B7         Bm7   Bm7-5      E7
Leads to only one thought, and it's this, dear:


C#m7-5 Cm7-5 Bm7 Bm7-5 E7         E7/9 E7    A    D9 Bm7-5 A
It's    so   good,          nothing else can replace

          Fdim       Bm7 Bm7-5 E7
Just your slightest embrace

                Em7    F#7
And if you only would

      Bm7 Dm7                   AM7
Be my own    for the rest of my days,

A                   A7    Bm7-5 E7
I will whisper this phrase,



First Time:

   Bm7-5    E7/9 E7 A Edim E7
My darling, c'est si bon.



Last Time:

   Bm7-5    E7/9 E7 A D9   A6
My darling, c'est si bon.