Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
ALL:
A augmentedA F# minorF#m
Try to catch our eye
D MajorD E MajorE
Show something that we haven't seen
A augmentedA F# minorF#m
And make us feel alive
D MajorD E MajorE
Beyond boredom and vanity
A augmentedA F# minorF#m
And when I see the skies
D MajorD E MajorE
Remind me what it's like to be
A augmentedA F# minorF#m
A augmentedA person stuck in time
D MajorD E MajorE
That's searching for identity
A augmentedA E MajorE
So help me please
F# minorF#m E MajorE A augmentedA
Impress me
A augmentedA E MajorE F# minorF#m
Find me in Montmartre
D MajorD A augmentedA
High above the madness of Paris
A augmentedA
Step inside
G+G A augmentedA
Take a break from reality
A augmentedA E MajorE F# minorF#m
Selling our philosophies
D MajorD A augmentedA
Bored with being bourgeoisie
MORISOT:
N.C
Paris takes itself too seriously
DEGAS:
N.C
Montmartre's the only part of the city that gets me
BERNARD:
A augmentedA
Government's reinventing the wheel
PISSARRO:
D MajorD
Still digging up bits of the Bastille
ALL:
E MajorE F# minorF#m
Time to admit this country's a circus
DEGAS:
A augmentedA
There were too many Louis
MORISOT:
F# minorF#m
Too many Napoleons
ALL:
D MajorD E MajorE
Too many choices for future historians
A augmentedA E MajorE F# minorF#m
At least in Montmartre we get lost on
E MajorE
purpose
A augmentedA E MajorE
If you wanted God there's Notre Dame
F# minorF#m D MajorD
We deal in something different than psalms
D MajorD E MajorE
Found in the passage between brains and heart
E MajorE
Montmartre is for art
A augmentedA F# minorF#m
Try to catch our eye
D MajorD E MajorE
Show something that we haven't seen
A augmentedA F# minorF#m
And make us feel alive
D MajorD E MajorE
Beyond boredom and vanity
A augmentedA F# minorF#m
And when I see the skies
D MajorD E MajorE
Remind me what it's like to be
A augmentedA F# minorF#m
A augmentedA person stuck in time
D MajorD E MajorE
That's searching for identity
A augmentedA E MajorE
So help me please
F# minorF#m E MajorE A augmentedA
Impress me
THEO:
A augmentedA D MajorD
Galleries are gravity
A augmentedA E MajorE
Artists find their way to Goupil & Cie
A augmentedA
They say Theo, Theo
F# minorF#m
Theo van Gogh
A augmentedA
Before you go
A augmentedA
Let me know
F# minorF#m E MajorE
What you think of my paintings
D MajorD A augmentedA
That's the daily serenade
ALL:
D MajorD A augmentedA
'Cause selling artwork is your trade
THEO:
A augmentedA F# minorF#m A augmentedA E MajorE
Paris, the city of light
A augmentedA E MajorE
What do you have for me tonight
MORISOT: (Spoken)
N.C
Well, here's a new portrait
DEGAS: (Spoken)
N.C
Get in line!
TOULOUSE and BERNARD: (Spoken)
N.C
Take a look!
THEO:
A augmentedA E MajorE
Please friends, one at a time
DEGAS: (Spoken)
A augmentedA
A majorA café
EMELIE: (Spoken)
A augmentedA
A majorA farmer
DEGAS:
F# minorF#m
A augmentedA still life with fruit so fresh you can
E MajorE
smell it
MORISOT: (Spoken)
N.C
It's cutting edge
DEGAS: (Spoken)
N.C
It's avant-garde
ALL:
D MajorD E MajorE
Worthy of the Grand Boulevard
A augmentedA
Theo, Theo
F# minorF#m A augmentedA
Do you think you can sell it?
THEO:
D MajorD
They wish that I could help but still the
A augmentedA
answer's no
D MajorD F# minorF#m E MajorE
I can't take a chance against the status quo
D MajorD F# minorF#m
Not everyone gets hung up with the chosen few
THEO and ALL:
E MajorE
When will I break through?
A augmentedA E MajorE
Won't you help me please
SEGATORI:
F# minorF#m E MajorE A augmentedA
Undress me
THEO: (Spoken)
N.C
A augmentedA tempting offer, as always, Madame Segatori
SEGATORI:
N.C
Come come Theo, we both know they are not here to behave
E MajorE A augmentedA
They came to Montmartre to drink my wine
F# minorF#m A augmentedA
To get tangled in something clandestine
E MajorE A augmentedA
Treat the Champs-Élyssés for cabaret
E MajorE BB
For bohemia without the beret
E MajorE BB
You were people minding manners
E MajorE BB
Lower rents and lower standards
GAUGUIN: (Spoken)
N.C
Hey
MORISOT: (Spoken)
N.C
Not that low
SEGATORI:
BB F# minorF#m G+G BB
To spend a franc on a late night tryst
VINCENT:
N.C
Save a few coins for my canvas?
SEGATORI:
N.C
C'est va?
ALL:
A augmentedA E MajorE F# minorF#m
Find us in Montmartre
D MajorD A augmentedA
Pissing all our worries away
SEGATORI:
A augmentedA G+G A augmentedA
At Le Tambourin cafe
A augmentedA D MajorD
Who knows what tomorrow will bring
D MajorD
Until then
SEGATORI and THEO:
A augmentedA E MajorE
We want the same thing
ALL:
N.C
To seize the day
N.C
To find our way
N.C
To understand
N.C
To find a man
N.C
To ease the pain
N.C
To entertain
GAUGUIN:
N.C
To forget about the past few centuries
ALL:
N.C
To make history
N.C
For curiosity
N.C
C'est la vie!
SEGATORI:
E MajorE
To be free
ALL:
F#F#
To be free
THEO:
D MajorD E MajorE
Sure as the passage of the river Seine
D MajorD
The future will be forged with brushes,
F# minorF#m
pencils, and pens
THEO and ALL:
D MajorD
If Paris is the world, Montmartre is
E MajorE
Bethlehem
A augmentedA
And art is our amen
BB G# minorG#m
Try to catch our eye
E MajorE F#F#
Show something that we haven't seen
BB G# minorG#m
And make us feel alive
E MajorE F#F#
Beyond boredom and vanity
BB G# minorG#m
And when I see the skies
E MajorE F#F#
Remind me what it's like to be
BB G# minorG#m
A augmentedA person stuck in time
E MajorE F#F#
That's searching for identity
BB F#F#
So help me please
G# minorG#m F#F# BB
Impress me
BB F#F#
Help me please
G# minorG#m E MajorE BB
Impress me
BB F#F#
Help me please
G# minorG#m E MajorE BB
Impress me