Paris

Music by Elton John
Lyrics by Bernie Taupin
Available on the album Leather Jackets

Gb

C           C/E           F            Eb
Nobody left in the airport lounge
                             Bb
They cleaned the ashtrays
            F         Eb
TV's just wound down
                         F
I've got to wait till morning
                        Eb
I've got to last the night
            Db
I've only got one book
               Bbm             C
To see me through my flight

                        F
But when I get to Paris
                          Eb Db
We'll paint all our portraits
                        Ab
In brush-strokes of yellow
                     Eb
And christen the canvas
                   Abm
The left bank is crying
                     Bbm
For colour to crown it
                         Db     Gb/Db Db
Like the roof of a palace
                      Ab
We'll drink in the amber
                  Gb
When I get to Paris

You were the best of Montmartre Street life
You signed the tablecloth
Art has its price
It's so hard to hold on
To the ghost of your breed
It takes ambition
To call the colours you need

                             F
I've got to wait till morning
                           Eb
I've got to last the night
                Db
I've only got one book
                    Bbm       C
To see me through my flight

Gb
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