Le Cygne Noir - The Jake Thackray Website

Le Cygne Noir
Jake Thackray with Boris Bergman
Em
Em/D
Viens au Cygne
Noir,
Cmaj7
B7
nous irons oublier.
Em
Am7/B
Que nous n'avons
Dsus4
D Gmaj7
plus rien à
partager,
Cmaj7
B7
Cmaj7 B7
dans la bière et la fumée...
Em
Am
Em
Je veux une autre bière, plus amère,
Am
Em
Am
Tavernier, crois-tu que le tonneau d'eau de vie
Dsus4
D G
nous fasse la nuit.
Em
Am
Em
Faudra que tu me portes, mon ami,
Am
mais qu'importe,
Em
Am
nous n'irons plus chez moi :
Dsus4
Gmaj7
puisqu'elle n'y est pas...
Cmaj7
B7
Elle est loin,
Cmaj7
B7
elle est loin,
(B7)
Em
elle est loin.
Em
chords
Em
transcribed by Mike Chiswell
1st verse
Em
Em/D
Cmaj7
B7
Em
Am7/B
Dsus4
D
Ä
Gmaj7
Ä
just Am7 first verse
2nd verse
Ä
Ä
Ä
Ä
Em
7
12
10
7
Am7/B
Dsus4
D
Ä
7
G
Am
Ä
B7
Cmaj7
Em/D
Em
10
Ä
Ä
7
Ä
Ä
Gmaj7
7
notes
“Le Cygne Noir” is a French translation of Jake’s “The Black Swan” and uses the identical arrangement and chords to
that song.
Em
For the first verse only (up to “lost it all”), I use first position chords, following which I use the inversions : I do it
this way to try and capture the very mellow “stringsy” sound on the full orchestral recording.
There is also a linking piece which the violins play after “now she’s gone”. A basic method to play this is to play
an open Em chord and while it’s sounding out play individual notes on the following frets :
1st string (top E)
2nd string (B)
3rd string (G)
4th string (D)
5th string (A)
6th string (bottom E)
12th / 7th
10th / 8th / 7th / 8th / 5th / open
2nd / open
4th / 5th / 2nd
2nd / open
3rd / 2nd / 3rd / open
and to finish, last time only, an open bottom E string followed by 12th fret harmonics on the 1st/2nd/3rd strings.
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