Paris
Leather Jackets
PARIS
Year: 1986
Album: LEATHER JACKETS
Writers: Elton John\ Bernie Taupin
Gb
C C4\E F Eb
Nobody left in the airport lounge
Bb
They cleaned the ashtrays
F Eb
TV's just wound down
F
I've got to wait till morning
Eb
I've got to last the night
Db
I've only got one book
Bbm C
To see me through my flight
F
But when I get to Paris
Eb Db
We'll paint all our portraits
Ab
In brush-strokes of yellow
Eb
And christen the canvas
Abm
The left bank is crying
Bbm
For colour to crown it
Db Gb\Db Db
Like the roof of a palace
Ab
We'll drink in the amber
Gb
When I get to Paris
C C4\E F Eb
You were the best of Montmartre Street life
Bb
You signed the tablecloth
F Eb
Art has its price
F
It's so hard to hold on
Eb
To the ghost of your breed
Db
It takes ambition
Bbm C
To call the colours you need
(CHORUS)
(INSTRUMENTAL)*
(CHORUS)
F
I've got to wait till morning
Eb
I've got to last the night
Db
I've only got one book
Bbm C
To see me through my flight
Gb
Paris, Paris, Paris, Paris
*Instrumental solo is as follows:
RH: A C# D D D E F F C* D C Bb (Eb Eb Eb Eb Bb)chord C F E E D C F C D Bb F(chord) D Eb(chord)
LH:C E F Bb (Eb Eb Eb Eb Bb)chord Bb F Eb