Que Reste-t'il De Nos Amours - spoken intro arrangement

ibradbur · August 6

Hey, currently playing this with a vocalist and looking to do the spoken verse as in the original by Charles Trenet. Just wondering if any one has worked out chords that work here. Not entirely obvious to me from listening how it translates to guitar. Thanks

wim · August 6

We just do a bunch of minor 251 in rubato for that part, it works

billyshakes · August 6

Jimmy Grant and Eva Slongo play this live a bunch. I found this video that shows the second half (with Sam Farthing and Jimmy both playing). You could cop their chords from this part and try to figure out the first part? Or you might hear what Jimmy plays on their recorded version and split the difference?

Bamboula Ferret sings a great version that includes the verse you are talking about, but it is on the Oe Djouvia album (I couldn't find it streaming anywhere). Fapy plays guitar on it. It is a bit more uptempo and starts with an Andalusian cadence.

trumbology · August 6

Trenet's 1943 recording is something like this:

   Cm - Cm/Bb - Ab6
Ce soir


            G7          Db - Db/C
Le vent qui frappe à ma porte


   Bbm7  Db/Ab      Cm - Cm/Bb - Ab6 - G7
Me parle des amours mortes


                        [G - G+ - G - G7 - G+ - G]
Devant le feu qui s'éteint


   Cm - Cm/Bb - Am7b5 - Ab6
Ce soir


                    Bb            
C'est une chanson d'automne


Ab6     G7#5 G7    C(add9)
Dans la maison qui frissonne


D               Cdim      G - Am7b5 - G7
Et je pense aux jours lointains


C#dim     Dm7 - G7 - Dm7 - G7
Que reste-t-il       de nos amours...

A simpler (and more "ballad-y") approach by Walter Hyatt (1990) is something like this (different key, obvs.)

   Ebm
Ce soir


                        B6
Le vent qui frappe à ma porte


Bb7                 Ebm
Me parle des amours mortes


Gb/Bb  B6            Bb - Bb7
Devant le feu qui s'éteint


   Ebm
Ce soir


Gb/Bb  B6     Ab7      Db          
C'est une chanson d'automne


B       Abm            Eb - Abm7 - Abm6 
Dans la maison qui frissonne


      Eb/G      Eb/Gb     Fm7sus - Bb
Et je pense aux jours lointains


Edim      Fm
Que reste-t-il de nos amours...