Gay Paree   © John Palme 1980	        
  
 	D                    G
1. 	I walked down by the river,
	    A                          D
	the river that flows through Paree.
	Em             A
	I stood on the left bank.
	    G            A         D
	You stood on the right and waved at me.

2.	I hung out with hip intellectuals,
	street artists and con men.
	You hung out with the rich bourgeois.
	Never saw you again.

         D               G
refrain: Ooh, la la la.  Ooh, la la.
         A                 D
         Ooh la.  Ooh la.  Ooh la la.
         Em           A
         This life is not for me.
                 G       A     D
         Take me back to gay paree.

refrain:

        Bm            Em
bridge: They say last Saturday
        G                      A
        you were strolling the Champs Elysées
        Bm               Em
        while I sat in a cool cafe
        A            G      A      D
        watching the fire-eater display.

3.	Sunday morning merchants
	offer me croissants.
	But they give me nothing
	for this sorrow in my heart.

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