An Englishman Needs Time Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[Em]Because,
as you've [E]guessed I'm continental
[G#m]Romant[E]ic and se[C#m]ntimental[F#]
I look on love [B]as something [E]of an art
But I've found that nationalities
Have [F#]different [Am]formal[G#]ities
[G#m]When d[F#]eali[C#m]ng with affair[F#]
[Am]s of[C] the h[B]ea[F#]rt
[B]

[Verse 2]
[F#]Now[Em]
A Spaniard needs [F#]a soft guitar
And [B]a balcony to c[Em]limb
While the Portuguese need
[F#]The breeze in the trees
But an Englishman [B]needs [Em]time

[Verse 3]
The [Em]Italians long for an oper[F#]atic song
Or a [B]soft Sicilian [Em]rhyme
While the French fall in love
At the drop [F#]of a glove
But an [B]Eng[Em]lishman [B]needs tim[Em]e

[Verse 4]
He'll admit [Em]to an attraction
But show [Am]no reaction
His [D]lips never part in [G]a sigh
What [Em]goes on [E]in his breast
[Em]Is complet[Am]ely supr[F]essed
By the weight [Em]of his old school ti[B]e

[Verse 5]
The [Em]Viennese need a waltz by [F#]Strauss
[B]Or a glockenspiel's sweet [Em]chime
While the Dutch begin
With a bottle [F#]of gin
But [B]an Englishman needs [Em]time

[Verse 6]
A New [Em]Yorker's need is
vari[F#]ety and speed
But [B]out West, they are more sub[Em]lime
At the Hollywood Bowl,
they need [F#]nothing at all
But an Englishman needs [B]time
[Em]He will meet

[Verse 7]
[G]you [Em]may [D]be Monday night
But unless he's quite [G]unique
He will call you up around
Wednes[D]day noon
You'll get [Em]flowers [F#]Thursday
[Em]week[B][D]
Though [G]you'll have to wait
He may work [D]up to a date
But if he's real mad for [G]you
He will tenderly say
"You look [C]smashing [B]today"
And then invite you to [C]the zoo[D]
When you [G]think it's all over
This [C]mad Casanova
Ar[D]rives in [G]a purposeful way
But if he [Em]mentions sport
No, it's not [Am]what you thought
It's to [C]watch him play cricket all day
[B]Now in Per

[Verse 8]
[Em]sia, they need seven veils[F#]
For a [D]sultan in his [Em]prime[C]
While [G]an [F#]Eskimo[F]
[Em]Needs a whol[D]e lot of snow[C#]
But an Englishman
[Em]Needs time

[Verse 9]
Now, I love all you Englishmen
But you must admit
They are terribly
[C]Anglo- [B]Saxon
But after all, it's said and done
And the battle is finally won
Ladies
Let's contemplate
Who wouldn't wait
For an Englishman
Who takes his

[Outro 1]
Time
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