G Bm/F# Em G/D
C G/B Dsus4 D
[Verse 1]
G Bm/F# Em G/D C Am G G
My father always promised us that we would live in France,
G Bm/F# Em G/D C Am D D
we'd go boating on the Seine and I would learn to dance.
Em G/D A/C# A D F#m/C# Bm D/A
We lived in Ohio then, he worked in the mines,
Dm G C Bb G
on his dreams like boats we knew we sail in time.
[Interlude]
C G/B Am G
D D
[Verse 2]
G Bm/F# Em G/D C Am G G
All my sisters soon were gone to Denver and Cheyenne,
G Bm/F# Em G/D C Am Dsus4 D
marrying their grownup dreams, the lilacs and the man.
Em G/D A/C# A D F#m/C# Bm D/A
I stayed behind, the youngest still, only danced alone,
Dm G C Bb G
the colors of my father's dreams faded without a sound.
[Interlude]
C G/B Am G
D D
[Verse 3]
G Bm/F# Em G/D C Am G G
And I live in Paris now, my children dance and dream,
G Bm/F# Em G/D C Am D D
hearing the ways of a miner's life in words they've never seen.
Em G/D A/C# A D F#m/C# Bm D/A
I sail my memories of home like boats across the Seine
Dm G C Bb G
and watch the Paris sun as it sets in my father's eyes again.
[Interlude]
G Bm/F# Em G/D C Am G G
G Bm/F# Em G/D C Am D D
Em G/D A/C# A D F#m/C# Bm D/A
Dm G C Bb
G G C/G G Am/G G Dus4 D
[Verse 4]
G Bm/F# Em G/D C Am G G
My father always promised us that we would live in France,
G Bm/F# Em G/D C C Dsus4 D
we'd go boating on the Seine and I would learn to dance.
Em G/D A/C# A D F#m/C# Bm D/A
I sail my memories of home like boats across the Seine
Dm G C Bb G
and watch the Paris sun as it sets in my father's eyes again.
[Outro]
C G/B Am G
Dsus4 D
