Cest La Vie

F# F# It was a teenage wedding and the old folks wished 'em well F# C#7 C#7 You could see that Pierre did truly love the mademoi - selle C#7 C#7 And now the young monsieur and madam have rung the chapel bell C#7 F# F# C'est la vie say the old folks, it goes to show you never can tell F# F# They finished off an apartment with a two-room Roebuck sale F# C#7 C#7 The coole - rator was jammed with TV dinners and ginger ale (C#7) (C#7) And when Pierre found work, the little money comin' worked out well C#7 F# F# C'est la vie say the old folks, it goes to show you never can tell F# F# They had a hi-fi phono, boy did they let it blast F# C#7 C#7 Seven hundred little records, all blues, rock, rhythm, and jazz C#7 C#7 But when the sun went down, the volume went down as well C#7 F# F# C'est la vie say the old folks, it goes to show you never can tell F# F# They bought a souped-up jitney, it was a cherry red fifty - three F# C#7 C#7 And drove it down to New Orleans to celebrate their anniversa - ry C#7 C#7 It was there where Pierre was wedded to the lovely mademoiselle C#7 F# F# C'est la vie say the old folks, it goes to show you never can tell F# - C#7 - F# F# F# It was a teenage wedding and the old folks wished 'em well F# C#7 C#7 You could see that Pierre did truly love the mademoi - selle C#7 C#7 And now the young monsieur and madam have rung the chapel bell C#7 F# F# C'est la vie say the old folks, it goes to show you never can tell