In Paris

In Paris
Elton John / Bernie Taupin
from the musical “Lestat” (2005)

D-Gm (x4)

D	       Gm
Listen to me, let me speak of
D		  C
Wondrous works of art
     Bb			Eb
That dwell within that fabled city
    G		  A7
Its architecture fills my heart

D		Gm
Let me tell you I have seen
      D		      C
Where great ideas are born
   Bb	      Eb
Illuminating all the darkness
G		A7
In the corners of the world

F	   G7
Ask of me, I will tell you
Eb		    A7
Let your conscience be your guide
      Dm	      E7
There's nothing but a hellhole here
       Am		G
While Paris waits, your virgin bride

Gm
Is it true, were you once 
C/G            F
A pupil of the great Mozart
Fm		     Cm
It's true, but I was hopeless then
D7	     G
Clumsy as a horse and cart

Gm
Could it be I dreamt so long
C/G		F
To act upon the stage and sing
Fm		      Cm
The footlights smoking at my feet
   E7		      A
As curtains rise like velvet wings

D	      Gm
Come with me, let me show you
   D  		  C
The opera and the comedy
    Bb		   Eb
The Latin Quarter where the girls
    G		      A7
Are raven haired and fancy free

D			Gm
You'll play the dashing rogues
	  D		   C
And infiltrate the grand salons
    Bb		   Eb
And walk in wonder through the Louvre
   G		    A7
Across the Seine to the Sorbonne

  F		  G7
In cafes we will feed our heads
Eb		  A7
With absinthe and philosophy
   Dm		    E7
Engage the students of Voltaire
   Am		  G
And damn the aristocracy

    C			    F
In Paris the bells of Notre Dame ring out
   G			      F           C
In Paris we'll trade our soft voices for shout
 C7			    D7
I'll not rest until the ramparts of that city
      Gm		    Am
Stand before us bright and clear
D	     Eb			      Cm		 D7
Penniless in Paris is better than the life we're leading here
Bb		F
In Paris we'll search for fame
G		   C
In Paris we'll be born again
   C7			      D7
And though the streets aren't paved with gold
    Gm			Am
In Paris we'll put our trust
    D		    Eb
For Paris, she was made for us
Cm             D        Gm
Paris, she was made for us
   Ab		 Eb   D		Gm
In Paris we will liberate our souls

D-Gm (x2)

    D			Gm
I've heard that there's infernal noise
    D			   C
The stench and cut-throats out to rob
    Bb			Eb
The hungry crowds that fill the street
      G		  A7
Where anarchy consumes the mob

   D		     Gm
And so there is, and in this life
        D		 C
There's always two sides to a coin
	Bb	      Eb
There's no adventure without danger
     G			    A7
It's lions not sheep we're off to join

     F		    G7
We'll rent a room above the din
Eb		    A7
Somewhere along the Boulevard
    Dm		    E7
And find employment on the stage
     Am		        G
The unwashed mass we'll disregard

   Gm
And what of Marie Antoinette
   C/G		   F
She dances at the Palais Royal
  Fm		   Cm
Along with all the common folk
  D7			G
I hear they call her 'Louis Whore'

Gm
My friend the Monarchian Gods
    C/G		     F
Are out of touch and out of vogue
   Fm		    Cm
But can men live without belief
E7		 A
Change is coming so I'm told

D		 Gm
Fashion there is everything
    D		     C
But still there is a call to science
    Bb		     Eb
It's time of reason, not suspicion
   G		      A7
All nations worldwide look to France

   D			   Gm
And bright you'll shine, a brand new star
    D		    C
And I will play the violin
      D		    Gm
We'll take the city by the throat
    D		  C
And revel in it's glorious sin

F		   G7
Ring us, wine us, raise a toast
Eb		  A7
To the eighteenth century man
  Dm		   E7
We are the vintage of an era
Am	       G
Golden sons of Abraham

repeat chorus

D - Eb - Cm - D - Gm - Ab - Eb - D - Gm