Serge Gainsbourg - Le Poinconneur des Lilas - Guitar Tab

Du chant à la une !

1958 2:43

Listen on Spotify

About Le Poinconneur des Lilas

Written in 1958 and delivered with a cool, sardonic wit, "Le Poinçonneur des Lilas" by Serge Gainsbourg sits in C minor at a steady 120 BPM, giving it a brisk, marching feel that your strumming hand needs to lock into from bar one. The accompaniment is rooted in a crisp, rhythmic pop style, where keeping the pulse even and the chord changes clean matters more than any flashy technique. C minor naturally pulls you toward barre chords, so if your Fm or G7 shapes are still a little loose, this song will expose that quickly. Transitions between the minor chords carry the restless, repetitive mood of the lyric, so any hesitation in the left hand will break the spell. Use the Practice Toolbar to loop the chord progression slowed down until the changes feel automatic, then bring it back up to tempo and focus on keeping your right hand steady throughout.

• The song is in C minor in E Standard tuning, meaning barre chord shapes at the third and fifth positions get a solid workout.
• At 120 BPM the strumming pattern needs a consistent, metronomic feel, so practise with a metronome before adding any dynamic shaping.
• Clean chord transitions, especially into minor subdominant shapes, are the main technical challenge here and reward slow, deliberate repetition.