Lyr/Chords Req: The Grande Affaire (Ralph McTell)

Subject: Ralph McTell - Tthe Grand Affair
From: Bugsy
Date: 13 Apr 00 - 07:32 AM

Can anyone please post me the chords for The Grand Affair, I suppose in C. I've got the words, I'm just having a bit of trouble with a couple of the chords.

Hope someone can help.

Cheers

Bugsy

Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Ralph McTell - Tthe Grand Aff
From: GUEST,musicman
Date: 13 Apr 00 - 01:55 PM

Bugsy, I've got the record at home... I'll take a listen and see what I can figure out for you... should be able to post in the next day or two.....

Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Ralph McTell - Tthe Grand Aff
From:
Date: 13 Apr 00 - 07:29 PM

Let me know if you have any problems finding the chords, I'm sure I've got them somewhere. [e-mail]

Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Ralph McTell - Tthe Grand Aff
From: Bugsy
Date: 17 Apr 00 - 01:41 AM

Just got back from a few days away. Still no luck with the chords. Can anyone help please???

Cheers

Bugsy

Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Ralph McTell - Tthe Grand Aff
From: Musicman
Date: 17 Apr 00 - 05:29 AM

Ok bugsy, here goes:

3/4 time and I'll give you the chords as 1 per bar..... like so... |C|Am|...or, |C./B|Am./G|... means play the C chord, on the third beat sound a B note in a run down to the Am, then G note run down etc..... Showing a |G/B| means playing a G chord with the B in the bass.... also, the asteric |*| means to repeat the previous bar. Hope this all makes sense... I'm not including the words, but you should be able to follow one bar at a time.....

Verse: |C|Em|Am|*|C|Em|Am|*|
|Dm|Dm/f|G|G Am G/b|C|G#dim/G#|Am|
|G|C|B7|Em|F|*|
|C.C/b|Am.Am/G|F|*|C.C/b|Am.Am/G|F|*|
C.C/b|Am.Am/G|F|G|C|G|C|*| (repeat for verse)

(after second verse) |G/b|:Am|G#dim|F:| (repeat 3x) then |G| to last verse as above....

Hope this works for you..... play along with the recording and you should be able to follow it....

the G#dim chord is a guess..... needs something with a G# in the bass, and it's the closest I could come up with at 2:30am....

enjoy, it's a great song...

Musicman

Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Ralph McTell - Tthe Grand Aff
From: Bugsy
Date: 17 Apr 00 - 05:59 AM

Musicman, You're a treasure!

I'll give this a go and let you know how I get on.

Cheers

Bugsy

Subject: ADD: The Grande Affair (Ralph McTell)
From: Joe Offer
Date: 06 Apr 18 - 12:42 AM

I found the lyrics at one of "those" Websites: https://www.letras.mus.br/ralph-mctell/764171/
I found a recording, and I have verified and corrected the lyrics.


THE GRANDE AFFAIRE
(Ralph McTell)
As recorded by Ralph McTell on "Affairs of the Heart" (2010).

Take a bus; who needs a car?
We'll eat here; take this seat near the door.
I'm not hungry much now; are you?
Is it OK if I share yours with you?
I got no money and I think I believe that you knew.
Remember the moon on the wall; didn't she shine?
The taste of the sheets and the feel of the wine.
Wasn't I glad that you was mine
In the Grande Affaire?

Take a boat, maybe a plane,
Anywhere now, 'cept Greece or Spain.
For sure, I know where I am,
I see canals; this is Amsterdam.
I got friends here and they know; they can say who I am.
Remember the room without any view?
Frightened of meeting someone that we knew,
No farewells or how-do-you-dos
In the Grande Affaire.

I stay in the best hotels,
And there's white-coated waiters attend me,
And I look at the beautiful girls.
Do they really believe they can bend me?

I drive now; seldom, I walk.
I can speak French, but I'd rather not talk.
Which suit will I wear tonight?
Take out the brown, but in the end, wear the white.
After shade stepping out, stepping into the light.
Remember the moon on the wall; didn't she shine?
The year was all wrong so we sent back the wine.
Wasn't you glad that you was mine
In the Grande Affaire?


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NT08VzrXMQ