Biography:
John Cale, OBE (born 9 March 1942) is a Welsh musician, composer, singer-songwriter and record producer. He was a founding member of the experimental rock band The Velvet Underground in early 1965. Though best known for his work in rock music, Cale has worked in various genres including drone and classical. Since departing from the Velvet Underground in 1968 he has released over thirty albums. Of his solo work, he is perhaps best known for his 1973 album 'Paris 1919' and the song of the same name
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Other songs:
- All I Want Is You
- Amsterdam
- Andalucia
- Antarctica Starts Here
- Bamboo Floor
- Barracuda
- Big White Cloud
- Bring It On Up
- Buffalo Ballet
- Cable Hogue
- Changes Made
- Charlemagne
- Childs Christmas In Wales
- China Sea
- Chinese Envoy
- Coral Moon
- Dancing Undercover
- Dying On The Vine
- Fear Is A Mans Best Friend
- Gideons Bible
- Graham Greene
- Half Past France
- Hallelujah
- Hanky Panky Nohow
- Hedda Gabler
- Helen Of Troy
- I Keep A Close Watch
- Im Not The Loving Kind
- Macbeth
- Magic And Lies
- Mr Wilson
- My Maria
- Paris 1919
- Perfect
- Please
- Set Me Free
- Ski Patrol
- So What
- Sylvia Said
- Taking It All Away
- Taking Your Life In Your Hands
- The Endless Plain Of Fortune
- The Man Who Couldnt Afford To Orgy
- You Know More Than I Know
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I've loved this song for a long time, so melancholy and mysterious.
With Music For A New Society being re-released today, it seemed like a good time to sit down and learn it.
These chords are based on the original album version, not the remake on M:FANS. Haven't listened to that one
enough to know if anything's different.
The little melody that plays in the intro and during the choruses may not be totally right here.
I play in Open Gm tuning, so with a capo on the 2nd fret, I can simply play the melody
(which is just four notes, basically: CC-D-EEE-D-C, CC-D-EEE-D-C-B) while droning an open Am chord.
Based on the sounds of the chords, I believe Mr Cale probably played the original in some sort of open tuning.
This is my best attempt at the chord names that would approximate it in standard, but if anybody can do better
please do!
Intro/chorus x2:
Am - Amadd4 - A5 - Amadd4 - Am
Am - Amadd4 - A5 - Amadd4 - Am G
F C
She was a princess, much lower than people thought
F C
A master of nothing, a mistress of something she thought
Chorus x2
F
She could talk about things that never mattered ever
C
From one person's miserable life after another
F
She could talk to the French and Germans at will
C G
They'd never listen.. They never will
Chorus
The chinese envoy was here, the chinese envoy was here but left
Chorus
The chinese envoy was here but left
F C
Calling out her name you'd be surprised at what came
F C
Galloping out of the darkness just like furniture
F C
We'd have lost it all if it hadn't been for Cardinal Richelieu And all his courtiers
Chorus
The chinese envoy was here, the chinese envoy was here but left
Chorus
The chinese envoy was here but left
G F
in his broken hearted pagoda.
With Music For A New Society being re-released today, it seemed like a good time to sit down and learn it.
These chords are based on the original album version, not the remake on M:FANS. Haven't listened to that one
enough to know if anything's different.
The little melody that plays in the intro and during the choruses may not be totally right here.
I play in Open Gm tuning, so with a capo on the 2nd fret, I can simply play the melody
(which is just four notes, basically: CC-D-EEE-D-C, CC-D-EEE-D-C-B) while droning an open Am chord.
Based on the sounds of the chords, I believe Mr Cale probably played the original in some sort of open tuning.
This is my best attempt at the chord names that would approximate it in standard, but if anybody can do better
please do!
Intro/chorus x2:
Am - Amadd4 - A5 - Amadd4 - Am
Am - Amadd4 - A5 - Amadd4 - Am G
F C
She was a princess, much lower than people thought
F C
A master of nothing, a mistress of something she thought
Chorus x2
F
She could talk about things that never mattered ever
C
From one person's miserable life after another
F
She could talk to the French and Germans at will
C G
They'd never listen.. They never will
Chorus
The chinese envoy was here, the chinese envoy was here but left
Chorus
The chinese envoy was here but left
F C
Calling out her name you'd be surprised at what came
F C
Galloping out of the darkness just like furniture
F C
We'd have lost it all if it hadn't been for Cardinal Richelieu And all his courtiers
Chorus
The chinese envoy was here, the chinese envoy was here but left
Chorus
The chinese envoy was here but left
G F
in his broken hearted pagoda.
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