Cowboy From Rue St Germaine
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Afinação: E A D G B ECapotraste: Sem capotraste
[Verse 1]
C
It was two hundred bucks ago, I saw Paris,
Dm G
I liked the city and the city liked me,
Dm G Dm G
I was out on my own and I thought I was free,
Dm G C
But I kept on thinking of home.
C
It was late nights, the left bank,
And lots of french wine,
It was Oo La La stuff like that,
Dm G
Right down the line,
Dm G Dm G
But somebody kept on crossing my mind,
Dm G C
And that’s why I’m heading for home.
[Chorus]
C
So Louis the King if you’re up in the sky,
Dm G
Tell Marie Antoinette I said goodbye,
Dm G Dm G
The cowboy from Rue St Germaine’s gonna fly,
Dm G C
Back to his darling at home.
[Instrumental]
C Dm G Dm G Dm G C
C
Well the winters may come, and the winters may go,
Dm G
It might be the statues and me in the snow,
Dm G Dm G
How I’d love to be with you but darling oh no,
Dm G C
It’s time I was headed for home.
[Chorus]
C
So Louis the King if you’re up in the sky,
Dm G
Tell Marie Antoinette I said goodbye,
Dm G Dm G
The cowboy from Rue St Germaine’s gonna fly,
Dm G C
Back to his darling at home.
[Bridge]
Am F C
It was two nights upstairs in a demi-couchette,
F C G
With a mademoiselle who said she’d make me forget,
C F Em F
But the memory of you, oh, it’s still with me yet,
G C
And that’s why I’m headed for home.
[Chorus]
C
So Louis the King if you’re up in the sky,
Dm G
Tell Marie Antoinette I said goodbye,
Dm G Dm G
The cowboy from Rue St Germaine’s gonna fly,
Dm G C
Back to his darling at home.
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