From New York to L.A.

(Patsy Gallant)

A.k.a, "Mon Pays", Gilles Vigneault, popular in Quebec. The French-Canadian lyrics
have nothing in common with the "NY to LA", though Patsy Gallant sang both.

The music to this great old disco rave do not seem to be available
in any form, anywhere in the world. It is more a piano/vocal driven number.

The following is my own work. It is perhaps not the best, but I use OLGA a lot,
and wish to make a contribution.

The tune begins with a piano riff around the following chords:
Bm7 Em Am7 D7

Then, the intro:

In my [G]mind, there's a [Bm] face, on my [C]lips [D] there's a[G] name.

In my [A]life theres not [C#m] place for the [D] man [E] that I [A] love.
'cuz I'm [G] livin my [Bm] just to [C] sing and [B7] be free

From [G]NY to L[Bm]A from [C]LA [D] to [G]NY...

The next bit is a rave using G and C that is hard to transcribe,

but fairly easy to play along with.

Then, similarly...

I'm a [G]star in N[Bm]Y, I'm a [C]star [D]in L[G]A

In my [A]life theres not [C#m] place for the [D] man [E] that I [A] love.
'cuz I'm [G] livin my [Bm] just to [C] sing and [B7] be free.

(cheezy note: You can give a bit of the original feel of the tune by playing the B7

as a position 7 bar chord, and hammering from B to C (fret 7 to 8) on the low E

string)

The next part is a change of pace:

[Bb]The city life the flashing [Dm] lights, the busy streets, the [Gm] fancy
cars,
the booze and drugs and all the [Cm]clubs,
everyone's a shining [F]star
[Bb]But so inviting to my [Dm]eyes, I can only be [Cm]surprised
by all the sounds and sights I [Gm]see
I thought all this was meant for [D]me
[D]But was it really meant for me?

The song then goes back and forth between the above styles.

I do enjoy this fine old tune, and would appreciate any comments, improvements,
or sheet music in any form, if you have it available for sale.

Animal D.H.

For those interested in the discography of the French-Canadian version,

http://site.ifrance.com/leparolier/textes/monpays.htm