Black Paris Blues

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[Verse]
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walking in the twilight hour    
                    Cm
looking for that magic light
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i go to the Left Bank    to feel 
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what is right
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so far away from home    what can
   Eb           Fm               
 i do           with these black 
G       Cm
  paris blues


[Verse]
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i see the ghost of the past   
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they always thought they would last
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black americans coming here    
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freedom    that was clear
   Fm            G       Ab      
so far away from home    what can
     Eb         Fm                
 you do         with the black 
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paris   black paris blues

Cm  Fm G Cm  (x4)


[Verse]
Continues after the ad
Fm                      G    
walking in the twilight hour    
                    Cm
looking for that magic light
  Fm             G               
i go to the Left Bank    to feel 
Cm
what is right
   Fm            G       Ab      
so far away from home    what can
     Eb                     Fm    
 you do          with these black 
G       Cm
  paris blues


[Bridge]
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            "blue moon done the one"
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 ,    said Sidney Bechet.
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             listen to the 
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music,  it will show the way.


[Verse]
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i see Brick Top's   Josephine 
            Cm
Baker too      i see Chesfer Himes  
 Richard Wright  with their blues
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i see Dexter Gordon      i see 
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Miles and Diz       i see Memphis 
Slim   playin’ slim
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i see so many ghosts    from my 
                   Ab        
black past      you know they 
                     Eb
thought it would last
             Fm   G           
what can you do?     with these 
              Cm
Black Paris Blues


[Verse]
Fm                             G 
Parlez-vous Francais?  can you 
               Cm
hear me say?     i feel lost , it is
 true
Fm                          G    
Parlez-vous Francais?  i've lost 
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my way       i can't get back home 
,it is true
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Here’s where i'm gonna stay      
Ab                  Eb
for my blues i will play
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what can you do?      with these 
             Cm
black paris blues


[Other]
Cm           Fm     G           
what can you do?    with these 
           Cm
black paris blues    ride them 
through
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i will always will know it' true 
                       Cm
    in the black paris blues
Fm               G               
what can you do?        black 
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paris blues     but ride them 
through
Fm               G               
hey hey hey             black 
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paris blues
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