• Song:

    Les Yeux Ouverts Open Eyes

  • Artist:

    Beautiful South

Nobody seems to have chorded an accurate and simple version of this song or "Dream 
a Little Dream of Me" by the Mamas and Papas, so I did them both. Maybe this will 
help US- Franco relations!

Thanks to Petitangegris for Version 5 (the closest version of "Dream a Little 
Dream of Me"), and Professor Jacques Bereaud of Cornell University for the lyrics, 
compiled by: mulder@wow.com- merci beaucoup!

Les Yeux Ouverts (Open Eyes)
Key: C
Standard Tuning

Fdim: 004545
Ebdim: 002323

C    B7            Fdim      G
Ce souvenir je te le rends
(This memory I'm giving back to you)
   C    B7         A       A7
Des souvenirs, tu sais j'en ai tellement
(These memories, you know I have so many)
   F                        Fm
Puisqu'on reva de jours errants
(Since we dreamed of passing days)
  C             Ebdim                G7
Pas la peine de changer trop
(No need to change too much)

  C    B7                Fdim    G
Ce souvenir je te le prends
(This memory I'm taking from you)
  C    B7            A       A7
Des souvenirs, comme ca j'en ai tout le temps
(Memories like that happen to me all the time)
  F                       Fm
Si par erreur la vie nous separe
(If life mistakenly sets us apart)
 C          G7             C      E7
J'le sortirai d'mon tiroir
(I'll get it from my drawer)

  A      F#m       B#m   E7          
J'reve les yeux ouverts ca m'fait du bien
(I dream with my eyes open, it feels good)
 A    F#m          B#m  E7
Ca ne va pas plus loin
(It does not go any farther)
 A      F#m       B#m     E7            
J'vais pas voir derriere puisque j'aime bien
(I don't look back, since I feel good)
A             Fdim       Ab       G
Vivement demain
(I wish tomorrow would come quick)

C    B7                Fdim    G
Un dernier verre de sherry
(A last glass of sherry)
  C    B7            A       A7
Du sherry mon amant quand je m'ennuie
(Sherry, my love, when I feel sad)
  F                       Fm
Tous les jours se ressemblent a present
(All days look alike to me now)
 C          G7             C     
Tu me manques terriblement
(I miss you so terribly)

Instrumental:
C B7 Fdim G
C B7 A A7
F Fm
C G7 C E7

A      F#m       B#m   E7          
J'reve les yeux ouverts ca m'fait du bien
(I dream with my eyes open, it feels good)
 A    F#m          B#m  E7
Ca ne va pas plus loin
(It does not go any farther)
 A      F#m       B#m     E7            
J'vais pas voir derriere puisque j'aime bien
(I don't look back, since I feel good)
A             Fdim       Ab       G
Vivement demain
(I wish tomorrow would come quick)

C    B7                Fdim    G
Un dernier verre de sherry
(A last glass of sherry)
  C    B7            A       A7
Du sherry mon amant quand je m'ennuie
(Sherry, my love, when I feel sad)
  F                       Fm
Tous les jours se ressemblent a present
(All days look alike to me now)
 C          G7             C     
Tu me manques terriblement
(I miss you so terribly)

C B7 Fdim G
La la la la la la- laaa…

(Repeat and fin!)
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