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Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)
Intro:
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Verse 1:
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Total exhaustion in Paris, in our nook, we were in charge
Didn't our future seem careless? Fleeting, beguiling mirage
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I remember you wasting your time on me, like I deserved your touch, babe
Back when our love was forever, Hemingway, those were the days
Bridge:
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Verse 2:
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You were just one of the statues, I wished we could be at the Louvre
We were a Renaissance novel carefully written by you
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But I cannot play the princess in your breathtaking charade
But oh how I tried to in Paris; lover, remember me that way
Bridge:
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Verse 3:
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I'm sorry I dragged you to Starbucks, I thought you were being too proud
You just wanted a perfect story, I know as I'm reading it now
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Our ghosts sit alone at the café each 6 o'clock at Montmartre
I hid my heart in our nook there, in Paris I'm still in your arms
Verse 4:
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Now here we are back in the village, American just like before
Manhattan's too small for the both of us, and I can't take it anymore
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And I'm trying to be a big fish, babe, but there isn't much room in your pond
But don't write the end of our novel, I won't write the end of our...
Outro:
(arpeggiate last C chord)
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Last Updated: September 10, 2025