Paris 1919 Ukulele chords by John Cale

Chords with lyrics

• Difficulty: Beginner

Tuning: G C E A (G C E A)

Refrain:
C
D# D C
G# A# C
D# D C


🎸 Verse 1:
C        Em    Am   G
She makes me so unsure of myself
C       Em       Am      G
Standing there but never ever talking sense
F         C
Just a visitor you see
    F       C
So much wanting to be seen
   F      C     Dm        G
She'd open up the doors and vaguely carry us away

     C     Em    Am    G
It's the customary thing to say or do
   C      Em        Am   G
To a disappointed proud man in his grief
    F        C
And on Fridays she'd be there
    F       C
But on Mondays not at all
   F    C         Dm        G
Just casually appearing from the clock across the hall

🎸 Chorus:
     C      Em     Am    G
You're a ghost la la la la la la la la la
     C      Em     Am    G
You're a ghost la la la la la la la la la
    F        C
I'm the church and I've come
    F        C
To claim you with my iron drum
D#    D       C
La la la la la la la la la la

Refrain:
C
D# D C
G# A# C
D# D C

🎸 Verse 2:
  C        Em    Am    G
The Continent's just fallen in disgrace
    C        Em      Am      G
William William William Rogers put it in its place
     F       C
Blood and tears from old Japan
    F       C    F
Caravans and lots of jam and maids of honor
C       Dm       G
Singing crying singing tediously

🎸 Chorus:
     C      Em     Am    G
You're a ghost la la la la la la la la la
     C      Em     Am    G
You're a ghost la la la la la la la la la
    F        C
I'm the bishop and I've come
    F        C
To claim you with my iron drum
D#    D       C
La la la la la la la la la la


🎸 Verse 3:
C     Em       Am  G
Efficiency efficiency they say
    C         Em        Am   G
Get to know the date and tell the time of day
    F      C
As the crowds begin complaining
    F       C
How the Beaujolais is raining
    F    C        Dm     G
Down on darkened meetings on the Champs Elysées


🎸 Chorus:
     C      Em     Am    G
You're a ghost la la la la la la la la la
     C      Em     Am    G
You're a ghost la la la la la la la la la
    F        C
I'm the church and I've come
    F        C
To claim you with my iron drum
D#    D
La la la la la la la la la la
     C      Em     Am    G
You're a ghost la la la la la la la la la
     C      Em     Am    G
You're a ghost la la la la la la la la la
    F        C
I'm the church and I've come
    F        C
To claim you with my iron drum
D#    D
La la la la la la la la la la
     C      Em     Am    G
You're a ghost la la la la la la la la la
     C      Em     Am    G
You're a ghost la la la la la la la la la
    F        C
I'm the church and I've come
  F         C
To claim you with my iron drum
D#     D          C
La la la la la la la la la la