Palermo chords by Peter Cincotti

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: F

Difficulty: Intermediate

Verse 1:

F                                    Bb
She's the kind of beautiful that you wish you never saw
F                        C
But another minute isn't breaking any laws.
Dm                           Bb                    F         C
The clock is ticking, but it doesn't matter 'cause I'm not moving.

Verse 2:

F                          Bb
She looks at me and then I open like a shell.
F                         C
She touches me and all my plans go straight to hell.
Dm                                Bb                     F      C
I'm fighting a war with something bigger than myself and I'm losing.

Chorus:

Dm       C            Bb            F            Gm             F            C
Palermo, Palermo! I'm caught in her stare and my heart shoots a flare in the sky.
           Dm            C          Bb           F              Gm         C           F
And as the flames in the air blow, I'm leaving I swear though I can't kiss Palermo goodbye.


Dm Bb F C (x2)

Verse 3:

F                          Bb
I feel as though I drank a thousand jugs of wine,
F                            C
Like the world could end tonight and I'd be fine,
Dm                            Bb                    F      C
Like every star that's in the Universe aligns, when I hold her.

Verse 4:

F                       Bb
I shake it off and tell myself to get a grip.
F                        C
This road I'm walking on I can't afford to slip,
Dm                          Bb                           F      C
But then the perfect broken English leaves her lips, and it's over.

Chorus:
Dm       C            Bb            F            Gm             F            C
Palermo, Palermo! She plays with her hair and my heart shoots a flare in the sky.
           Dm            C          Bb           F              Gm         C           F
And as the flames in the air blow, I'm leaving I swear though I can't kiss Palermo goodbye.

Dm Bb F C Dm Bb

  F          C         Dm
Can't kiss Palermo goodbye.

Bb F C Dm Bb F C

Bridge:

F
Maybe it's her soft Sicilian skin.
Bb                       F
Maybe it's the Mediterranean.
Gm         Bb
Maybe I am just being naive,
C                Am            C
But she makes me never want to leave.

Chorus:

Dm       C            Bb            F            Gm             F            C
Palermo, Palermo! She's keeping me there as my heart shoots a flare in the sky.
           Dm            C          Bb           F              Gm         C           F
And as the flames in the air blow, I'm leaving I swear though I can't kiss Palermo goodbye.

    Dm       C            Bb             F              Gm             F            C
Oh, Palermo, Palermo! Oh, I don't have a prayer when my heart shoots a flare in the sky. (In the sky!)
           Dm            C          Bb           F              Gm
And as the flames in the air blow, I'm leaving I swear though I can't kiss Palermo
  Bb         C            F   Bb F C Dm Bb
I can't kiss Palermo, goodbye.
  F                     C    Dm Bb F C     Dm  Bb F
I can't kiss Palermo goodbye!          Oh, no!