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PARIS – Joshua Kadison
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Ok so I decided to go with capo on first, to try to make the chords as
simple as possible. Almost succeeded. What makes it tricky is the
modulations in the song. Try these chords, see how they work for you.
Have fun.
Standard tuning
Capo on first fret!
INTRO
VERSE1
Ezra was an old man, he lived by the sea
Watching himself getting older, with no family
And Cassie was a pretty one, a bar tender by trade
She had a daughter with big green eyes, she called her Jade
PRE-CHORUS
They met each other in the park while Jade was on a swing
On a bench underneath a tree, they talked about everything
And she said, "Sometimes I get so scared, but I don't know why"
She reached for the old man's hand and she began to cry
And he said
CHORUS
"It ain't no crime, it ain't no crime
Everybody gets a little bit lonely sometimes
It ain't no crime, it ain't no crime
Everybody gets a little bit lonely sometimes"
INTERLUDE
VERSE2
Then he said, "I was gonna be a painter, gonna paint my masterpiece
I spent my whole life dreamin', now they're my only memories
And I was gonna live in Paris, France, now my body's fallin' apart
I could be a Pablo Picasso if delusion were an art"
PRE-CHORUS
And she said, "That sounds lovely, Paris, France
Just sayin' those words kinda makes me wanna dance
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Do you wanna dance?"
CHORUS
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It ain't no crime, it ain't no crime
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Everybody gets a little bit lonely sometimes
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It ain't no crime, it ain't no crime
Everybody gets a little bit lonely sometimes
INTERLUDE
VERSE3
They'd meet there every Sunday in the park at noon
Ezra would get there early to buy Jade a red balloon
And Cassie'd tell him all about her awful luck with men, she'd say
"Wish I could find a guy like you but they'll never make you again"
PRE-CHORUS
And Jade would fall asleep on Ezra's lap there in the park
While Cassie'd still be talkin' a long time after dark
CHORUS
Mmmmmmh, mmmmmmh
Everybody gets a little bit lonely sometimes
BRIDGE
One Sunday afternoon, no Ezra, no red balloon
Just a friend of his who said, "Ezra passed away
And he wanted me to bring this letter to you today"
Well, it was two tickets to Paris
And a note that read, "Thank you for the dance
My dearest Cassie, you were my Paris, France"
CHORUS
It ain't no crime, it ain't no crime
Everybody gets a little bit lonely sometimes.
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