Paris Joshua Kadison
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PARIS ? Joshua Kadison
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Tabbed by: Kengus
Ok so I decided to go with capo on first, to try to make the chords as
simple as possible. Almost succeeded. What makes it tricky is the
modulations in the song. Try these chords, see how they work for you.
Have fun.
Standard tuning
Capo on first fret!
INTRO
[Cadd9] [Am7] [F] [Dm7] [G]
[Cadd9] [Am7] [F] [Dm7] [G]
VERSE1
[Cadd9] Ezra was an old man, he [Am7]lived by the sea
[F]Watching himself getting older[Dm7], with no fami[G]ly
And [Cadd9]Cassie was a pretty one, a [Am7]bar tender by trade
[F] She had a daughter with big green eyes[Dm7], she called her [G]Jade
PRE-CHORUS
[Am] They met each other in the park while [F]Jade was on a swing
[C] On a bench underneath a tree, they [G]talked about everything
And she said,[Am] "Sometimes I get so scared,[F] but I don't know why"
[C] She reached for the old man's hand[G] and she began to cry
And[Am] he[G/B] said
CHORUS
[C] "It ain't no [G/B]crime,[Am] it ain't no [F]crime
[C] Every[G/B]body gets a [Am]little bi[G]t [F]lonely somet[G]imes
[C] It ain't no [G/B]crime,[Am] it ain't no c[F]rime
[C] Everybody gets a [G]little bit [F]lonely sometimes"
INTERLUDE
[Cadd9] [D]
VERSE2
Then he said, "[D]I was gonna be a painter, gonna [Bm7]paint my masterpiece
I [G]spent my whole life dreamin', now they're my [Em7]only memor[A]ies
And [D]I was gonna live in Paris, France, now my [Bm7]body's fallin' apart
I could be a[G] Pablo Picasso if de[Em7]lusion were an [A]art"
PRE-CHORUS
And [Bm]she said, "That sounds lovely,[G] Paris, France
[D] Just sayin' those words kinda[A] makes me wanna dance
[Bm] Do you[Asus2/C#] wanna dance?"
CHORUS
[D] It ain't n[Asus2/C#]o crime, [Bm] it ain't no c[G]rime
[D] Ever[Asus2/C#]ybody gets a [Bm]little b[A]it [G]lonely somet[A]imes
[D] It ain't n[Asus2/C#]o crime, [Bm] it ain't no c[G]rime
[D] Everybody gets a [A]little bit [G]lonely sometimes
INTERLUDE
[D] [E]
VERSE3
They'd [E]meet there every Sunday in [C#m]the park at noon
[A]Ezra would get there early to buy [F#m]Jade a red ball[B]oon
And [E]Cassie'd tell him all about her[C#m] awful luck with men, she'd say
[A] "Wish I could find a guy like you but they'll [F#m]never make you a[B]gain"
PRE-CHORUS
And [C#m]Jade would fall asleep on Ezra's l[Asus2]ap there in the park
[E] While Cassie'd still be talkin' a [B]long time after [C#m]dark[B/D#]
CHORUS
[E] Mmm[B/D#]mmmh,[C#m] mmmmm[A]mh
[E] Every[B/D#]body gets a [C#m]little b[B]it [A]lonely somet[E]imes
BRIDGE
[B] One Sunday afternoon, no [C#m]Ezra, no red balloon
Just a [A]friend of his who said, "Ezra passed [F#m]away
And he [F#m]wanted me to bring this [G#m]letter to you to[A]day"
Well, it was[B] two tickets to [C#m]Paris
And a [A]note that read, [G#m]"Thank you for the [F#m]dance
[Amaj7] My dearest Cassie, [B]you were my Paris, Fr[A]ance"[B]
CHORUS
[E] It ain't no [B/D#]crime,[C#m] it ain't no [A]crime
[E] Every[B/D#]body gets a [C#m]little b[B]it [A]lonely [B]somet[E]imes.
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