Learn French with Joe Dassin Champs Elysées song!

Every year, the two hendred trees of Avenue des Champs-Elysées in Paris become the framework for a unique set of illuminations running the whole 2½ kilometres from the Arc de Triomphe to Place de la Concorde, an ingenious lighting arrangement of scintillating festoons and tree-rings made of red, green, and blue. Learning the Champs Elysées song of Joe Dassin can bee an excellent way to learn French and celebrate one of the nicest avenue of the world! Just try this easy and pedagogique song before your next trip to Paris…

LES CHAMPS-ELYSÉES by Joe Dassin (1969)


Je me baladais sur l'avenue,
Le coeur ouvert à l'inconnu,
J'avais envie de dire "bonjour"
A n'importe qui.
N'importe qui -
Et ce fut toi -
Je t'ai dit
N'importe quoi,
Il suffisait de te parler pour t'apprivoiser.

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Aux Champs-Elysées,
Aux Champs-Elysées,
Au soleil, sous la pluie,
A midi ou à minuit -
Il y a tout ce que vous voulez aux Champs-Elysées.
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Tu m'as dit: "J'ai rendez-vous
Dans un sous-sol avec des fous
Qui vivent la guitare à la main
Du soir au matin".
Alors je t'ai accompagnée,
On a chanté,
On a dansé,
Et l'on n'a même pas pensé à s'embrasser.

Aux Champs-Elysées,
Aux Champs-Elysées,
Au soleil, sous la pluie,
A midi ou à minuit -
Il y a tout ce que vous voulez aux Champs-Elysées.
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Hier soir deux inconnus,
Et ce matin, sur l'avenue -
Deux amoureux, tout étourdis
Par la longue nuit.
Et de l'Étoile à la Concorde,
Un orchestre à mille cordes,
Tous les oiseaux du point du jour
Chantent l'amour.

Aux Champs-Elysées,
Aux Champs-Elysées,
Au soleil, sous la pluie,
A midi ou à minuit -
Il y a tout ce que vous voulez aux Champs-Elysées.

Aux Champs-Elysées,
Aux Champs-Elysées,
Au soleil, sous la pluie,
A midi ou à minuit -
Il y a tout ce que vous voulez aux Champs-Elysées.A Paris

A bientot à Paris! Maxime

Album Les Champs-Elysées (1969) Joe Dassin. Paroles: Pierre Delanoë; paroles originales et musique: Mike Wilsh et Mike Deighan


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