Raining In Paris
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Intro: F - C - G
C
Midnight comes in
Am G
Paris and as
C
I light my cigarette
Am G
The rain it hits my face
C
So I start walking
Am G
Toward the Ferris wheel
C
From my hotel on
Am G
Champs-Élysées
Em Am F
For now I am alone
Em Am G
I might always be alone
F C
My heart is in the city of love
G
But it's raining in Paris
F C
What good is a heart of gold
G
With nobody to share it with
F C
It's coming down, it's coming down
Am G F
My head can hardly bare it
F G
My heart is in the city of love
F
But it's raining in Paris
F|- C - G
Am G C
So let it rain on me
Am G
See my heart's on fire
C
But I always got cold feet
Am G F C G
Love never really did anything for me
Am G C
Try telling that to this goddamn city
Am G C
And if the storm should stop
Am G C
I'd ask you to dance on some cliche mountain top
Am G F C G
We'd share straws at your favorite coffee shop
Am G
But life it ain't no romance novel
F C
My heart is in the city of love
G
But it's raining in Paris
F C
What good is a heart of gold
G
With nobody to share it with
F C
It's coming down, it's coming down
Am G F
My head can hardly bare it
F G
My heart is in the city of love
F
But it's raining in Paris
C
I met a man
Am G
Who sold umbrellas
C
and just five dollars
Am G
saved me from all that rain
Em Am F
For now I am alone
Em Am G
I think I like being alone
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