Chords for Jonathan Richman on french TV 1982

Jonathan Richman and I'm back in your life [Gb] now on [E] Ooba Ooba.
J'aime les danseuses Tahitiennes.
Ils ne savent pas qui est le meilleur.
Ils ne pratiquent pas.
You know, they don't need much more than the wind to dance, you know, Levant, oui, comme ça.
Well, so I like [Abm] these guys at Tahitian, so we have this song for you now [Fm] called the Tahitian Hop. _ _ _ _ _ _
You know, they [Dm] really bop [Bb] _ at [C] the Tahitian [F] Hop.
You know, they never stop [Bb] once they start [C] to bop.
Just a [Ab] tease and a breeze, [F] that's all they need to [Dm] bop.
[Bb] Well, that's at the [C] Tahitian [Gm] Hop.
You [Ab] know, they never stop.
[F] Ah, ah, [Bb] ah, [F] Tahitian, that's right, _ Tahitian.
Well, [Bb] at the [F] Tahitian Hop. _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ They don't [Dm] care who's the best.
[Bbm]
Not at the Tahitian Hop, because they tickle more and they argue less.
What's they [C] bob?
[Bb] Just the [E] t's and [Ab] palm trees, grass skirts and that, like these, [Bb] you know.
That's at [C] the Tahitian hop.
[Ab] That's where they [F] never stop.
_ Ah, [Bb] ah, ah, ah, [F] Tahitian.
Ah, ah, ah, ah, yeah.
Ah, [Bb] ah, ah, ah, Tahitian hop.
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Fm] _ My [Dm] friend is Captain Joe.
He's gone to the [C] Tahitian hop.
[F] I said, [Ab] hey Joe, tell me about [Bb] the [Ab] way they bob.
Well, you see, [Bbm] Jonathan, they tickle more and they laugh much more.
You see, that's why I like to watch them dance down there.
Is that right?
Yes, it is.
That's at the [C] Tahitian hop, you know.
[Gm] That's where [F] they never stop.
Ah, ah, ah, ah, _ Tahitian.
Ah, [C] ah, ah, ah, yeah.
Ah, ah, [Bb] ah, ah, _ [F] Tahitian hop.
I _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ like [Ab] _ almost anything better than them.
For example, cabaret?
For example, right here.
This was fun.
I mean, this was, I could look [C] right at the audience [Ab] much more directly.
_ _ Like, cabarets I would probably, any place where there, which is made for music and for
entertainment _ and not so much for aggression.
I have nothing against aggression.
It's just that it's not my line of work.
I feel closer to that than I do to say what people now call the cabaret.
I call it rock music because I don't play rock music.
I play old, old time rock and roll, which _ _ to me does not mix with rock clubs.
To me, the two haven't got much to do with each other at all.
[Ab] The closest though I could categorize myself would be old time rhythm and blues.
But actually, even when I do my little things which involve other countries, Egypt, Tahiti,
it still has boom, boom, boom, [F] boom.
Like, I don't do anything [Gb] in a Tahitian style, [Abm] for example.
Or in an Egyptian style because I don't know about them.
[Gb] I listen to almost anything [Ab] by _ Maurice Chevalier, for example.
He's just someone, I like him so much just because [Gb] when I hear his voice, it would just
make me smile inside because I knew how much he loved life.
Like, I could just feel joy [Ab] in it.
Like, I've also been a Charles Aznavour fan for years.
Like, I've seen him play years [G] ago.
_ _ [Gb] And someone sent me a Charles Trenet record and I've been listening and enjoying [F] that too.
Well, Antoine, I think it's about time we stop [Ab] talking and I'll sing you a few of my
new songs over [Ab] there in the garden, you know. _ _
Hello, this is a special request from Antoine.
This next one is a tune that I wrote years ago called Abdul and Cleopatra.
Now, some people think, oh, isn't that cute?
The desert, Abdul and Cleopatra.
They missed the point.
Remember that last song I just sang?
You know, about are you feeling good, well, better?
Well, this next song applies to that because I was feeling miserable when I wrote Abdul and Cleopatra, folks.
It's true.
I was feeling very bad.
_ Sounds like a fun song and it is, but _ just because I was feeling miserable didn't [F] mean I necessarily
had to make the rest of the world miserable in this instance.
So we present this [G] song called Abdul and Cleopatra.
_ And it has that special [C] _ Mediterranean [D] feeling. _ _
_ _ _ [Ab] _ [Bm] _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [Gb] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
_ Abdul [E] has not seen his _ [Dm] Cleopatra.
It's [C] been well over now a year.
[Ab] How I wonder where she's at.
[G] How I wish the old girl were [Fm] here.
Make no mistake, Abdul yearns for _ Cleopatra.
[Ab] Abdul takes her or takes no one.
[C] He sings, _ Abdul wants Cleopatra.
_ _ She's still [G] the one.
_ [Bm] _ _ [Abm] Now, Abdul loves _ _ [D] Cleopatra.
Abdul [C] grateful just to [Bb] know the [D] old girl.
Even [Ab] though he wonders where she's at.
As he wanders around this world, _ [C] Abdul yearns for _ [D] Cleopatra.
Abdul [Ab] takes her or takes no one.
[F] Well, [G] _
Abdul wants [E] Cleopatra. _ _
She's still the [G] one.
_ _ [Abm] _ _
Guitar!
[Em] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ [D] _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ [D] _ _ _
[G] Out in the desert.
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Abdul [Em] misses _ _ [D]
Cleopatra.
Don't worry about Abdul, though.
[C] He knows his [F] time will [D] come.
He'll [Ab] be ready for wherever Cleopatra be at.
He'll be so strong like bull, not so dumb.
And _ [C] Abdul yearns for _ Cleopatra.
[G] Abdul [Ab] takes her or takes no one.
He sings now, hear him sing.
[C] _ _ Abdul [D] wants _ _ [C] Cleopatra.
She's [D] still the one.
Still [C] the one.
I want [D] my _ _ Cleopatra.
[Ab] Ooh, cause she's [D] still the one.
[G] After all these years, I still [D] insist on Cleopatra.
[Ab] Why?
Because that girl [C]
is_
She's [Ab] still the one I [G] want.
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[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _