C'est La Vie

Words & Music by Edward R. White & Mack Wolfson
Recorded by Sarah Vaughan, 1958


 D         F#m      Bm7  Bm7/E   AM7       D9       AM7
John's in love with Joan,       Joan's in love with Jim,

D        F#m       Bm7     E7-9        A     C#m7-5    F#7
Jim's in love with someone      who's not in love with him,

 Bm7     Bm7/E   E7-9      A  F#7  D9    Bm7-5 E7-9     A    F#7
What was meant to be, must be -- c'est la vie, c'est la vie.


D        F#m    Bm7 Bm7/E  AM7     D9       AM7
Life's a funny thing      when it comes to love;

D         F#m     Bm7   E7-9      A         C#m7-5   F#7
You don't always conquer     the one you're dreaming of

Bm7    Bm7/E   E7-9   A  F#7  D9     Bm7-5 E7-9      A    F#7
As they say in old Paree,    c'est la vie, c'est la vie


  D9      Dm6            A    D9       Dm6           A         
Those who fall in love agree, it's the unsolved mystery

C#7    C#7/G#    Cdim(IV) C#7      F#m
If your  big ro - mance   can - not be,

  B7               Cdim   B7    E    Cm7-5    E7
You'll find someone new, cher - ie


D          F#m   Bm7 Bm7/E  AM7       D9     AM7
There goes happy Joe  --   here's the reason why:

D       F#m     Bm7       E7-9     A       C#m7-5 F#7
He just found a sweetheart,    but no one's gonna cry

Bm7       Bm7/E     E7-9      A   C#m7-5  F#7  
Though he stole her love from me --

 D9      E7-9  E7/6   C#m7-5   F#7
C'est la vie, c'est la vie, 

D9      Bm7-5 E7-9      D9  A    
C'est la vie, c'est la vie. 



 
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