Chansons Françaides - French Songs
"I Wish You Love" is an English remake of a 1943 French song "Que reste-t-il de nos amours" by Léo Chauliac and Charles Trenet. It was introduced by Keely Smith in 1957 with a Billy May arrangement in American rhumba style and was a hit for Gloria Lynne in 1964; both performances can be found on Youtube as well as a swing performance by Nancy Wilson (also with a Billy May arrangement) from 1960. There are lots of other performances as well.
When sung, the AABA 32-bar form is "always" preceded by a 16-bar verse sung ad lib. This presents a problem for iReal Pro users when the the verse and refrain are included in a chord chart. There is, in fact, a chord chart for this tune on the forum that includes both. However, I find this chart hard to use because it is both difficult and unreliable for me to try to start a chord chart somewhere in the middle on my iPad Mini (I also have trouble with selecting bars in edit mode, so maybe it's me or the iPad). Thus, I have re-edited this chord chart to exclude the verse and have presented it below. I have also made some edits to the chord changes and added a tag ending.
I hope you enjoy performing this tune that was so popular in the 1960s. It is too lovely to be forgotten. I perform this tune with the Latin - Cuba: Bolero style at 90 bpm.
I Wish You Love (no verse) - Trenet and Chauliac
Chansons Françaides - French Songs
La marche nuptiale - Georges Brassens
Georges Brassens (French)
Some tune from Brassens with jazzy chords.
Je me suis fait tout petit - Georges Brassens
Chansons Françaides - French Songs
Renaud (28)
Individual songs:
2ème Génération - Renaud Séchan
Adieu minette - Renaud
Banlieue rouge - Renaud Sechan
Chanson pour Pierrot - Renaud Sechan
Dans la tire à Dédé - Renaud Sechan
Dès que le vent soufflera - Renaud Séchan
Dr Renaud Mister Renard - Renaud Sechan
En cloque - Renaud Sechan
Fatigué - Renaud Sechan
Hexagone - Renaud
Je suis une bande de jeunes - Renaud Sechan
La chanson du loubard - Renaud Sechan
La mère à Titi - Renaud Sechan
La pêche à la ligne - Renaud
Le retour de Gérard Lambert - Renaud Sechan
Les autos tamponneuses - Renaud Sechan
Ma Gonzesse - Renaud Sechan
Manhattan Kaboul - Renaud
Manu - Renaud Sechan
Marche à l'ombre - Renaud Sechan
Miss Maggie - Renaud Sechan
Mistral gagnant - Renaud Sechan
Mon Beauf - Renaud Sechan
Mon HLM - Renaud Sechan
Morgane de toi - Renaud
Morts les enfants - Renaud Sechan
Pochtron ! - Renaud Sechan
Société tu m'auras pas - Renaud Sechan