Paris
View chords used in this chart
Capo 1
Intro
G D/F# Em D C D
verse 1
G D/F# Em D C D
She said hello, she was letting me know
G D/F# Em D C D
We shared friends in Soho
G D/F# Em D
She is a pain in the nose
C D
And I'm a pain in women's clothes
G D/F# Em D C D
And you're a walking overdose in a great coat
Pre Chorus
C D G Em
And so she wrote a plan for it, on the back of a fag packet
C D
She had to leave because she couldn't hack it
G Em
Not a lot of noise and too much racket
C D G D/F# Em D
I think I've spent all my money on your friends, oh
[Refrão]C D G D/F# Em D
But how I'd love to go to Paris again
C D G D/F# Em D C D
Oh, how I'd love to go to Paris again
verse 2
G D/F# Em D
Mr. Serotonin Man, lend me a gram
C D
You call yourself a friend?
G D/F# Em D
I got two left feet and I'm starting to cheat
C D
On my girlfriend again
G D/F# Em D
I caught a pinky in her nose
C D
As the crowd cheered for an overdose
G D/F# Em D C D
And I dont suppose you know where this train goes
Pre Chorus
C D
There was a party that you had to miss
G Em
Because your friend kept cutting her wrists
C D
Hyperpoliticized sexual trysts
G Em
"Oh, I think my boyfriend's a nihilist"
C D G D/F#
I said "Hey kids we're all just the same
Em D
What a shame"
[Refrão] C D G D/F# Em D
Ya know, how I'd love to go to paris again
C D G D/F# Em D C D
And how I'd love to go to Paris again
verse 3
G D/F# Em
Oh stop being an asshole
D C D
And counting my eye rolls
G D/F# Em D C D
And like pistols in the snow
G D/F# Em D
Keeping paying the tab on my half
C D
Man you putting me up on a shelf
G D/F#
Well I believed you're clean
Em D C D
But only i've seen your fist for myself
Pre Chorus
C D
And then she pointed at a bag of her dreams
G Em
In a well posh magazine
C D
I said "I'm done, babe. I'm out of the scene,"
G Em
But I was picking up from Bethnal Green
C D G D/F# Em D
She said I've been romanticising heroin
[Refrão] C D G D/F# Em D
And oh how I'd love to go to Paris, to paris again
C D G D/F# Em D
And how I'd love to go to Paris again
C D G D/F# Em D
And how I'd love to go to Paris again
C D G D/F# Em D
And how I'd love to go to Paris again
How to play Paris
Use the controls above to change the key and text size. Follow the highlighted chords while listening, then practice each section slowly before playing at the original tempo.
What is the starting chord?
The first identified chord is G. You can transpose without leaving the page.
Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
Yes. The chord progression works on acoustic guitar, electric guitar and keyboard. Adapt the voicings to your instrument and level.