Et Maintenant (What Now My Love)

"Et Maintenant", known in English as "What Now My Love", is a 1961 French song by Gilbert Bécaud with words by Pierre Delanoë. This page has the Et Maintenant chords and a backing track you can slow down, speed up and transpose.

Who wrote "Et Maintenant"

Gilbert Bécaud wrote the music and Pierre Delanoë the French words, a man's despair after his lover leaves, set to a slow bolero rhythm. Carl Sigman wrote the English words, and the song was recorded by a long list of singers in both languages.

Recordings that made it a standard

• Gilbert Bécaud (1961) — the original.
• Shirley Bassey (1962).
• Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass (1966).