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French Perfume Chords

Music by: Great Big Sea
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[Intro 1]
[Am][Dm][Em][Am][Dm][Em]
[Am][Dm][Am][Dm]
[Am]

[Verse 1]
It's [Am]of a bold young smuggler
From Fortune he did [G]sail
He rode the waves from St. Pierre
And [C]never [Dm]saw [Am]the jail
He filled her up with contraband
Perfume, smokes and [G]rum
He hoped the fog was thick enough
[C]To make an[G]other [Am]run
You [C]can still see the sight

[Verse 2]
On a [F]winter[C] 's night
Of his [F]wake [C]in the light of the [Am]moon
If [G]the wind turns right
If you [C]don't [G]take [Am]fright
You [Dm]can smell that [Em]French
[Am]perfume
[Dm][Em][Am]

[Verse 3]
But the Mountie boat was waiting
As he crawled up [G]Fordger Bay
And when they hit the spotlight
It [C]was like [Dm]the light [Am]of day

[Verse 4]
He didn't bring her head [Am]round
When they told him to heave [G]to
He opened up the engines
And [C]he ran [G]for Spanish [Am]Room

[Verse 5]
You [C]can still see the sight
On a [F]winter[C] 's night
Of his [F]wake [C]in the light of [Am]the moon
If [G]the wind turns right
If you [C]don't [G]take [Am]fright
[Dm]You can smell that [Em]French perfume
[Am][Dm][Em]

[Verse 6]
[Am]They said
they heard him laughing
With the Mounties closing [G]in
His engines screaming murder
And his face [Am]set i[Dm]n a [Am]grin

[Verse 7]
[Am]The seagulls started lifting
Like an angry banshee [G]choir
He hit the rocks at fifty clicks
And the sky lit up with [Am]fire[Dm]
[Esus4][Am]

[Interlude 1]
[Dm][Am][Dm][Am]

[Verse 8]
It's [Am]of of a bold young smuggler
From Fortune he did [G]sail
He rode the waves from St. Pierre
And he [C]never saw [Am]the jail

[Verse 9]
And [Am]when it's cold and foggy
On the rocks near Spanish [G]Room
They say you hear him laughing
And you smell that [Am]French perfume
[Em]You can still

[Verse 10]
[C]see the sight
On a [F]winter's [C]night
Of his [F]wake [C]in the light of [Am]the moon
If [G]the wind turns right
If you [C]don't [G]take [Am]fright
You [Dm]can smell [Am]that [Em]French perfume

[Verse 11]
[Am]You can [C]still see the sight
On a [F]winter's [C]night
Of his [F]wake in the [C]light of [Am]the moon
If the [G]wind turns right
If you [C]don't [G]take [Am]fright[Dm][Em]
[Am]You can smel[Dm]l that Frenc[Em]h perfume

[Outro 1]
[Am][Dm][Am][Dm][Am]
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