Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Verse 1:
N.C. C majorC
Outside of Gare du Nord
G+G
Bound for the Pyrenees
B minorBm
A augmentedA voice calling all aboard
D MajorD
Rings in your ear
C majorC
You draw the curtain back
G+G
You place your hat on your knees
B minorBm
You empty your pockets
D MajorD
To prove you were here
Chorus:
C majorC G+G
It's your trip abroad
C majorC G+G
It's the girl you were
C majorC B minorBm
It's the face of God
D MajorD
Staring back at you
C majorC G+G
It's your father's smile
C majorC G+G
You thought you forgot
C majorC B minorBm E minorEm D MajorD
It is everything that brought you here
Verse 2:
N.C. C majorC
The sign on Gare Saint-Lazare
G+G
Pointing to Normandie
B minorBm
The girl from the factory
D MajorD
You've known for a week
C majorC
Holding her hand in yours
G+G
Together you count to three
B minorBm
And there in the last frame
D MajorD
She kisses your cheek
Chorus:
C majorC G+G
It's when she says yes
C majorC G+G
It's the next ten years
C majorC B minorBm
It's the loneliness
D MajorD
When she disappears
C majorC G+G
When the booth goes bright
C majorC G+G
It's what you can't see
C majorC B minorBm E minorEm D MajorD
It is everything that brought you here
C majorC
to me
Bridge:
G+G
What happens when the booth goes bright?
C majorC
Where do you go when you're out of view?
G+G
What's the use in trying to hide?
C majorC
Or tearing yourself in two
G+G
When you leave yourself behind
E minorEm D MajorD
Every piece becomes another clue
Verse 3:
C majorC G+G
Pull the curtain tight
C majorC G+G
And adjust the seat
C majorC B minorBm
Lean into the light
D MajorD
Don't forget to breathe
C majorC G+G
When the booth goes bright
C majorC G+G
So bright you can't see
C majorC D MajorD E minorEm D MajorD
I'll see everything that brought you here
C majorC
to me