Key: G minor•
Verse 1
Gm
Because,
G
as you've guessed I'm continental
Bm
G
Em
A
Romantic and sentimental
D
G
I look on love as something of an art
But I've found that nationalities
A
Cm
B
Have different formalities
Bm
A
Em
A
When dealing with affair
Cm
Eb
D
A
s of the heart
D
Verse 2
A
Gm
Now
A
A Spaniard needs a soft guitar
D
Gm
And a balcony to climb
While the Portuguese need
A
The breeze in the trees
D
Gm
But an Englishman needs time
Verse 3
Gm
A
The Italians long for an operatic song
D
Gm
Or a soft Sicilian rhyme
While the French fall in love
A
At the drop of a glove
D
Gm
D
Gm
But an Englishman needs time
Verse 4
Gm
He'll admit to an attraction
Cm
But show no reaction
F
Bb
His lips never part in a sigh
Gm
G
What goes on in his breast
Gm
Cm
Ab
Is completely supressed
Gm
D
By the weight of his old school tie
Verse 5
Gm
A
The Viennese need a waltz by Strauss
D
Gm
Or a glockenspiel's sweet chime
While the Dutch begin
A
With a bottle of gin
D
Gm
But an Englishman needs time
Verse 6
Gm
A New Yorker's need is
A
variety and speed
D
Gm
But out West, they are more sublime
At the Hollywood Bowl,
A
they need nothing at all
D
But an Englishman needs time
Gm
He will meet
Verse 7
Bb
Gm
F
you may be Monday night
Bb
But unless he's quite unique
He will call you up around
F
Wednesday noon
Gm
A
You'll get flowers Thursday
Gm
D
F
week
Bb
Though you'll have to wait
F
He may work up to a date
Bb
But if he's real mad for you
He will tenderly say
Eb
D
"You look smashing today"
Eb
F
And then invite you to the zoo
Bb
When you think it's all over
Eb
This mad Casanova
F
Bb
Arrives in a purposeful way
Gm
But if he mentions sport
Cm
No, it's not what you thought
Eb
It's to watch him play cricket all day
D
Now in Per
Verse 8
Gm
A
sia, they need seven veils
F
Gm
Eb
For a sultan in his prime
Bb
A
Ab
While an Eskimo
Gm
F
E
Needs a whole lot of snow
But an Englishman
Gm
Needs time
Verse 9
Now, I love all you Englishmen
But you must admit
They are terribly
Eb
D
Anglo- Saxon
But after all, it's said and done
And the battle is finally won
Ladies
Let's contemplate
Who wouldn't wait
For an Englishman
Who takes his
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