When Paris Was A Woman Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[A][Am][D][G][C][F]
[Am][Em][C][F][Em][D][Am]
[Em][B][Em]
[C][D][F#dim][Am]
[B](Cel

[Verse 1]
[Em]lo intro)
(Basonova intro)

[Verse 2]
Afternoons on the Rue de [Em]Flores[Am]
In the [Em]flat [A]that I shared with Ger[Am]trude
We served tea and got [C]drunk
on con[B]versa[F#]tions
With [C]the lost generation
[Am]she [Bsus4]found.[B]

[Verse 3]
Heming[Em]way, Picasso and Matis[C]se[Am]
[C]Janet [A]Flanders and Sylvia
[Em]Beac[Am]h.
We were searching for un
[C]known [Am]des [Bm]tinat[F#]ions
We were des[F#dim]perate to
[Bsus4]reach.[B]
We [said au revoir?], [lyrics in brackets are disput[Am]able ..]

[Verse 4]
We carved [Am]our dreams,
To in[Gm]vent the world, it seems,
As life un[Fm]raveled at the seams,
But [Bm]oh[E]

[Verse 5]
....
When [Em]Paris was a wo

[Verse 6]
[Am]man,
When Paris [G]was a wo[F]man,
When Paris [Em]was a wom[Dm]an,
She [Esus4]loved so [E]wel[F]l.[F#dim][B]
All [Em]the smoke and opinions
would [C]fly![Em]
Life was art, art was [F#m]life, or [Em]else [Am]die ..
So we cared for [G]each word
and every [F#sus4]col or[F#]
Like a [C]bug on the web
[Bsus4][to expla[B]in]

[Verse 7]
As [Em]the days blended into the night[C]s,
How [Am]we sav[Em]oured our city
[Am]of lights -
And we knew it [G]wouldn't last [F#sus4]forever,
[F#]But my god w[F#dim]hat a ride![B]

[Verse 8]
When [Bsus4]Paris was[Am] a w[B]oman,[Am]
When Paris [G]was a wo[F]man,
When Paris was a wo[Dm]man,
She [Esus4]loved so [E]well.[F][Dm]
She [D]loved [Dm]so well.
[G]My Gertrude

[Verse 9]
-
She was my shepherdess,
My [Dm]Pyrenees.
With eagle eyes,
a [F]mountain [F#m]range was she.
She [Am]sore [C]loved me.
We [Am]sore [B]loved.

[Verse 10]
When [B]Paris was a wo[Em]man[C][Em][Am]
[C]
[F#sus4][F#][C][F#dim][B]
...
(Guitar solo)

[Verse 11]
[Am]The escapades,
[Em]The [Am]rigolos.
The [Gm]geniuses,
[Dm]The [Gm]gigolos.
The leg[Fm]acy we left ...
[F]Who knows?

[Verse 12]
But [Bm]oh .[E]..

[Verse 13]
[E]When Par[Em]is was a[Am] woman,
[B][Bb][Am]
When Paris [G]was a wo[F]man,
When Paris was a [Em]wo ma[Dm]n,
She [Esus4]loved so [E]well.[F]
[Am]She [D]loved so w[G]ell.
We [E]loved.

[Verse 14]
When [Am]Par i[E]s was a wo[Am]man,
[B][Am]
When Paris [G]was a wo[F]man,
When Paris [Am]was a wom[Dm]an,
She [Esus4]loved so [E]wel[E]l.[Am]
[E][Am][E]