Dm              Em4
Paris in 21, at 21
Cm               G7/4
Paris in 21, at 21
Bbm             F7/4 Dm
Paris in 21, at 21
                    Eb  Dm
Sweet mirrired illusions,
                    A7/4  Dm
Keeping on rolling along
                          F7    Bb7+
Between the past and the present
                      Em7     A7 F9
All that's felt in an old song
                               F F9
Then lovers were younger than I
                       F         F9
They never let their chance go by
                             F      Em4
They believed what we would call a lie

A7/4 A A7/4 A

(chorus)
           Bb7
Would have been there
             F
But I wasn' born
           Bb7     C7             F
Would have had the time of my life
           Bb7
Would have sinned there
          Am
'Cause that's when sin
         Dm
Was cheating on your wife
           Bb7              C7         F A7 Dm
Not like today, it's all, o.k., olé, olé
                      F7 Bb7+
Sweet mirrored illusions
                    Em4 A7 Dm
On an old mirrored bed
               F7  Bb7+
In a hotel in Paris
                     Em4 A7
Wishing time wasn't dead
F7               
Took a train instead of speed

Took Colette and Proust to read
                                            Em4
Let down my guard and made friends with Loy Reed

(Repeat Chorus)

Cm                G7/4
Paris in 21, at 21
Bbm               F7/4 Dm
Paris in 21, at 21
  Ebm               Gb  B7+
Sweet mirrored illusions
              Bb Ebm  
They all end here
                 Gb      B7+
Some settle for champagne
                 B7/4 Bb Gb
Some hunger for beer

Boats sail for distant shores

You always want what isn't yours

Off to see the wizard because
Bb7/4     Bb     Bb7/4 Bb Bb7/4 Bb
Because, just because
                           B7
Because would have been there
       Gb
But I wasn't born
       B7          Db7        Gb
Would have had the time of my life
            B7
Would have sinned there
          Bbm                               Eb7
'Cause that's when sin was cheating on your wife
                   B7+         Gb
Would have been there, but I wasn't born
           Abm       Db7          Gb
Would have been the toast of the town
            B7
Would have sinned there
        Bbm               Db7 Gb
'Cause that's when sin was...

(fad out)