daniel lanois - collection of marie claire

Drop-D tuning

Intro:
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G-|--2----5----7-----7------||*--7h10p7--5---5-7---*||--5tr7-
D-|----------------0---0----||*------------7-------*||-------
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Verse:

riff A
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Marie-Claire, j'ai marche toute la soiree (I walked all evening)
Ton portrait toujours pres de mon coeur (Your picture has always pleased my heart)

riff B
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G-|-7--10--12---12--14--12--10-----------
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Je veux te dire que je t'ai reve tout l'ete (I meant to tell you that I dreamed of you all summer)

riff A
Marie-Claire, s'il te plait, n'est pas peur. (Marie Claire, please, don't be afraid)

Chorus:
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A-|--------3----/5--5----------5---
D-|--0--3----3--/5-----5-----------

I brought you some colours to paint with
On the nights when it's cold outside
And I'll shoot that blue-eyed son of a bitch

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'Cause it's me who'll have you for his bride

Verse 2:
riff A
Marie-Claire, it's no good la vie d'une danseuse (you delicate dancer)
Tous les yeux, they're on you, I can't stand (All eyes are on you, I can't stand it)
riff B
Don't you know that you are my amoureuse (love).

riff C
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Marie Claire, let them all be damned.


Chorus 2:
My hands have bled to the bone
I brought you a drawing to see
Of the cabin made of sticks and stones,
And there you will learn to love me.

Verse 3:
riff A
Marie Claire, j'ai sale beaucoup d' poissons (I salted many fish)
Et les bois du Nord maintenant sont tranquilles (And the woods of the north are now calm)
riff B
Je te promet de ne pas boire la boisson (I promise you I will not drink)
riff C
Oublie le Montreal, la vieille ville. (Forget Montreal, the old city )

Chorus 3:
As I lay you there on the backseat,
All in white there, dans mon char ((in my car))
Take your time Marie Claire and sleep,
As I bring you up to Labrador.


Outro:
adlib along the G, for example
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G-|-2--2/5--5\7---7/12\7--10--5--2--5/12--7/10---0h2/5--7------------
D-|---------------------------------------------------------5h7p5----
A-|---------------------------------------------------------------7--
D-|-0-------------0-------------0--------------0---------------------

then
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B-|-------10----10--------5---5-----5---3--
G-|-10-10----10-------9-9---6---7-7---2----
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