Chords for UB40 - C'est La Vie

Tempo:
100.1 bpm
Chords used:

C#

B

F#

D#m

G#m

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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UB40 - C'est La Vie chords
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[C#m]
[B]
[C#] [B]
[C#] [B]
[C#] [B] [F#]
[C#] A woman came and said to me, he's seen the [B] lady sell her [C#] baby, [G#m] twenty dollars [C#] baby.
And [B] everybody thinks she's [C#] crazy, she's a blind pussy.
[B]
[C#] She made her [B] friends and all her [C#] things, she did the things we never meant to.
Real [B] or a fake, it [C#] is in your teeth.
[D#m] Still [G#m] I'll marry [C#] you.
[B] [F#]
[C#] A woman came and said to me, now listen [B] very carefully,
[C#] if I'm the killing mother, people do it [F] on their [F#] knees.
[C#] I've been through the bloody woods, through the pain of [F#] the sea.
[C#] A woman came [B] [F#]
[C#] and said to me, she's [G#m] had an [B] husband on an [F] island,
but he's [B] on a whistle, [G#m] soldiers [C#] came and shook him,
[D#m] just didn't know what to [F] do.
[C#] A [B] woman came and said to [C#] me, [F#]
[C#] all alone she found her lover,
but [F#] she didn't find her [C#] brother, maybe [G#] she could have her dad.
[B]
[C#] [B] [F#]
[C#] A woman came and said to me, now listen [F#] very carefully,
[C#] if I'm the killing mother, people do it on their knees.
I've been through the bloody woods, through the pain of [B] the sea.
[C#] [B] Still [F] I'll [C#] marry you.
[B]
[F] [C#] [B] [F#]
[G#m] [C#] [F] [B]
[C#] A woman came and said to me, now listen [F#] very carefully,
if [F] I'm the killing mother, people do it [F#] on their knees.
[C#] I've been through the bloody woods, through the pain [B] of the [F#] sea.
If [C#] I'm the killing mother, people do it [F#] on their knees.
[C#] I've been through the bloody woods, through the pain of the [D#m] sea.
[C#] [D#m]
[C#] [B] [D#m]
[C#] [B]
[C#] [B] [F#]
[C#] [D#m]
[C#] [B]
[C#] [C]
[C#] [B] [D#m]
[C#] [B] I'm [C#] a bad kid and bad, [B]
[G#m] [C#] sugar [D#m] coated [C#] moon
I'm a [B] bad [C#] kid and bad, sugar [B] coated
[C#] moon
I'm [B] [D#m]
[C#] a bad [G#m] kid and bad
[D#m]
[C#] I'm a bad kid [D#m]
[G#m] [C#] [B]
[C#] and [G#m] bad
Key:  
C#
12341114
B
12341112
F#
134211112
D#m
13421116
G#m
123111114
C#
12341114
B
12341112
F#
134211112
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Let's start jamming Ub40 - Cest La Vie chords, familiarize yourself with these chords - F#, C#, B and C# in sequence. I suggest starting at a calm pace of 50 BPM, and as you gain confidence, approach the song's BPM of 100. For a balanced pitch, adjust the capo with respect to your voice and the song's key: F# Major.

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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C#m] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _
[C#] _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
[C#] _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
[C#] _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ [F#]
[C#] A woman came and said to me, he's seen the [B] lady sell her [C#] baby, _ _ _ _ [G#m] twenty dollars [C#] baby.
_ _ And [B] everybody thinks she's [C#] crazy, _ she's a blind pussy.
[B] _ _
[C#] _ _ _ _ She made her [B] friends and all her [C#] things, she did the things we never meant to.
Real [B] or a fake, it [C#] is in your teeth.
_ _ [D#m] Still [G#m] I'll marry [C#] you.
_ _ _ [B] _ [F#]
[C#] A woman came and said to me, now listen [B] very carefully,
[C#] if I'm the killing mother, people do it [F] on their [F#] knees.
[C#] I've been through the bloody woods, through the pain of [F#] the sea.
[C#] A woman came _ _ _ _ [B] _ [F#] _
[C#] _ and said to me, she's [G#m] had an [B] husband on an [F] island,
_ _ _ but he's [B] on a whistle, [G#m] _ _ soldiers [C#] came and shook him,
[D#m] just didn't know what to [F] do.
[C#] _ A [B] woman came and said to [C#] me, _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _
[C#] all alone she found her lover,
but [F#] she didn't find her [C#] brother, maybe [G#] she could have her dad.
_ [B] _ _
[C#] _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ [F#]
[C#] A woman came and said to me, now listen [F#] very carefully,
[C#] if I'm the killing mother, people do it on their knees.
I've been through the bloody woods, through the pain of [B] the sea. _
[C#] _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] Still [F] I'll [C#] marry you.
_ _ _ [B] _ _
[F] _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _ [B] _ [F#] _
[G#m] _ _ [C#] _ _ [F] _ _ [B] _
[C#] A woman came and said to me, now listen [F#] very carefully,
if [F] I'm the killing mother, people do it [F#] on their knees.
[C#] I've been through the bloody woods, through the pain [B] of the [F#] sea.
If [C#] I'm the killing mother, people do it [F#] on their knees.
[C#] I've been through the bloody woods, through the pain of the [D#m] sea.
[C#] _ _ _ _ _ _ [D#m] _ _
[C#] _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ [D#m] _
[C#] _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
[C#] _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ [F#] _
[C#] _ _ _ _ _ _ [D#m] _ _
[C#] _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
[C#] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
[C#] _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ [D#m] _
[C#] _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] I'm [C#] a bad kid and bad, _ _ _ [B] _ _
[G#m] [C#] sugar _ _ _ _ [D#m] coated [C#] moon
I'm a _ _ _ [B] bad [C#] kid and bad, _ _ sugar [B] coated _
[C#] moon
_ _ I'm [B] _ [D#m] _
[C#] a bad [G#m] kid and bad
_ _ [D#m] _
[C#] I'm a bad kid _ _ _ _ _ [D#m] _
[G#m] _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _ [B] _
[C#] _ _ and _ [G#m] bad _

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