MICHELLE
(Lennon-McCartney)
1965
Following the most startling song on Rubber Soul, Paul's "Michelle" comes
across as a pretty, if rather trite, love song. For the French lyrics he
contacted Ivan Vaughn - the school friend responsible for introducing him to
John Lennon. Ivan was now married to a French language teacher. She
provided him with "sont les mots qui vont tres bien ensemble", a translation
of the previous line, "these are words that go together [very] well".
"Michelle" is probably the most famous song on the album - versions by the
Sandpipers and British duo David and Jonathan all had chart success. David
and Jonathan were really Roger Cook and Roger Greenaway, who would become
two of Britain's most prolific and successful songwriters of the early
seventies.
Fm C
F Db Eb Dm C Fm C
Michelle ma belle these are words that go together well, my Michelle
(Oo)
F Db Eb Dm C
Michelle ma belle sont les mots qui vont tres bien ensemble
(Oo)
Fm C
Tres bein ensemble
(Oo)
Fm
I love you, I love you, I love you
F# Db C Fm C Fm
That's all I want to say until I find a way
(Oo)
Db Bbm C
I will say the only words I know that you'll understand
F Db Eb Dm C
Michelle ma belle sont les mots qui vont tres bien ensemble
Fm C
Tres bein ensemble
(Oo)
Fm
I need to, I need to, I need to
F# Db C Fm C Fm
I need to make you see oh what you mean to me
(Oo)
Db Bbm C
Until I do I'm hoping you will know what I mean
F Bbm
I love you
(Oo)
Instrumental
Eb Dm C Fm C
(Oo)
Fm
I want you, I want you, I want you
F# Db C Fm C Fm
I think you know by now I'll get to you somehow
(Oo)
Db Bbm C
Until I do I'm telling you so you'll understand
F Db Eb Dm C
Michelle ma belle sont les mots qui vont tres bien ensemble
Fm C
Tres bien ensemble
Fm C7 Fm Bb Fm Bbm C
And I will say the only words I know that you'll understand
Fm C7 F
My Michelle
(Mm)
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