Ballade De Melody Nelson

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Ballade de Melody Nelson ( Serge Gainsbourg 1971 )

Transcribed by Jean-Marc Orliaguet

( [email protected] , http://fy.chalmers.se/~jmo )

Notes : The song is extremely more complex in harmony and rythm than

it sounds.

The time signature is a mixture of 3/4, 4/4 and 5/4,

and it can be heard on the record that pieces of bars were pasted

together, which makes it even more difficult to follow with the guitar.

And the vocals ( in french ) usually start on the 2nd beat,

in syncopated time ...

Intro :

3/4 > . > . > . > . . . > . > . > . > .

e-||--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|

B-||--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|

G-||--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|

D-||--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|

A-||--9-----7-----9-----|--------------------|--------------------|

E-||--------------------|--5-----------5-----|--7-----5-----7-----|

( let ring ) Dmaj7/E

> . . . . . 4/4 > . . . . . . .

e-|--------------------|--2-----------------------|

B-|--------------------|--2-----------------------|

G-|--------------------|--2-----------------------|

D-|--------------------|--0-----------------------|

A-|--------------------|--------------------------|

E-|--0-----------------|--------------------------|

Verse :

F#m

> . . > . . . . > . . > . . . .

e-|-----------2--------------|-----------2--------------|

B-|--2--------------2-----2--|--2--------------2-----2--|

G-|--------2-----------2-----|--------2-----------2-----|

D-|--4-----------4-----------|--4-----------4-----------|

A-|--------------------------|--------------------------|

E-|--------------------------|--------------------------|

Ca, c'est l'histoire

F#m/C# D/F#

> . . > . . . . > . . > . . . .

e-|-----------2--------------|-----------2--------------|

B-|--2--------------2-----2--|--3--------------3-----3--|

G-|--------2-----------2-----|--------2-----------2-----|

D-|--------------4-----------|--4-----------4-----------|

A-|--4-----------------------|--------------------------|

E-|--------------------------|--------------------------|

de, Me-lo - dy Nel -

F#m

> . . > . . . . > . . > . . . .

e-|-----------2--------------|-----------2--------------|

B-|--2--------------2-----2--|--2--------------2-----2--|

G-|--------2-----------2-----|--------2-----------2-----|

D-|--4-----------4-----------|--4-----------4-----------|

A-|--------------------------|--------------------------|

E-|--------------------------|--------------------------|

son

F#m/C# D/F#

> . . > . . . . > . . > . . . .

e-|-----------2--------------|-----------2--------------|

B-|--2--------------2-----2--|--3--------------3-----3--|

G-|--------2-----------2-----|--------2-----------2-----|

D-|--------------4-----------|--4-----------4-----------|

A-|--4-----------------------|--------------------------|

E-|--------------------------|--------------------------|

Qu'a part moi me - me per -

F#m

> . . > . . . . > . . > . . . .

e-|-----------2--------------|-----------2--------------|

B-|--2--------------2-----2--|--2--------------2-----2--|

G-|--------2-----------2-----|--------2-----------2-----|

D-|--4-----------4-----------|--4-----------4-----------|

A-|--------------------------|--------------------------|

E-|--------------------------|--------------------------|

sonne

F#m/A

> . . > . . . . > . . > . . . .

e-|-----------5--------------|-----------5--------------|

B-|--7--------------7-----7--|--7--------------7--------|

G-|--------6-----------6-----|--------6-----------6-----|

D-|--7-----------7-----------|--7-----------7-----------|

A-|--------------------------|--------------------------|

E-|--------------------------|--------------------------|

n'a ja - mais pris dans ses

C#m/G#

> . . > . . . . 3/4 > . . > . .

e-|-----------4--------------|--------------------|

B-|--5--------------5--------|--5--------5--------|

G-|--------6-----------6-----|--------6-----------|

D-|--6-----------6-----------|--6-----------6-----|

A-|--------------------------|--------------------|

E-|--------------------------|--------------------|

bras ca vous e -

D#m/F# D/F#

5/4 > . . > . . . . > . 4/4 > . . > . . . .

e-|-----------2--------------------|-----------2--------------||

B-|--4--------------4--------4-----|--3--------------3--------||

G-|--------3-----------3-----------|--------2-----------2-----||

D-|--4-----------4-----------4-----|--4-----------4-----------||

A-|--------------------------------|--------------------------||

E-|--------------------------------|--------------------------||

tonne mais c'est comme ca

Bridge ( same as the intro ) and then the verses ...

Chords voicing :

F#m : xx4222

F#m/C# : x44222

D/F# : xx4232

F#m : xx7675

C#m/G# : xx6654

D#m/F# : xx4342

Lyrics :

Ca c'est l'histoire

De Melody Nelson

Qu'a part moi-meme personne

N'a jamais pris dans ses bras

Ca vous etonne

Mais c'est comme ca

Elle avait de l'amour

Pauvre Melody Nelson

Ouais, elle en avait des tonnes

Mais ses jours etaient comptes

Quatorze automnes

Et quinze etes

Un petit animal

Que cette Melody Nelson

Une adorable garconne

Et si delicieuse enfant

Que je n'ai con-

Nue qu'un instant.

Oh! Ma Melody

Ma Melody Nelson

Aimable petite conne

Tu etais la condition

Sine qua non

De ma raison

[email protected] , http://fy.chalmers.se/~jmo

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