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From: Jean Marc Orliaguet 
 Subject: TAB : Ballade de Melody Nelson ( Serge Gainsbourg )
 Date: Thu, 15 Jun 1995 02:20:36 +0200 (MET DST)
                   Ballade de Melody Nelson ( Serge Gainsbourg 1971 )
 Transcribed by Jean-Marc Orliaguet
 ( jmo@fy.chalmers.se , 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
 
 
 
                jmo@fy.chalmers.se , http://fy.chalmers.se/~jmo