Black Paris Blues

Cm  Fm G Cm


[Verse]
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walking in the twilight hour    looking for that magic light
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i go to the Left Bank    to feel what is right
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so far away from home    what can i do           with these black   paris blues


[Verse]
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i see the ghost of the past   they always thought they would last
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black americans coming here    freedom    that was clear
   Fm            G       Ab           Eb         Fm                   G             Cm
so far away from home    what can you do         with the black paris   black paris blues

Cm  Fm G Cm  (x4)


[Verse]
Fm                      G                        Cm
walking in the twilight hour    looking for that magic light
  Fm             G               Cm
i go to the Left Bank    to feel what is right
   Fm            G       Ab           Eb                     Fm    G       Cm
so far away from home    what can you do          with these black   paris blues


[Bridge]
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            "blue moon done the one" ,    said Sidney Bechet.
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             listen to the music,  it will show the way.


[Verse]
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i see Brick Top's   Josephine Baker too      i see Chesfer Himes   Richard Wright  with their blues
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i see Dexter Gordon      i see Miles and Diz       i see Memphis Slim   playin’ slim
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i see so many ghosts    from my black past      you know they thought it would last
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what can you do?     with these Black Paris Blues


[Verse]
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Parlez-vous Francais?  can you hear me say?     i feel lost , it is true
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Parlez-vous Francais?  i've lost my way       i can't get back home ,it is true
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Here’s where i'm gonna stay      for my blues i will play
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what can you do?      with these black paris blues


[Outro]
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what can you do?    with these black paris blues    ride them through
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i will always will know it' true     in the black paris blues
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what can you do?        black paris blues     but ride them through
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hey hey hey             black paris blues