#PLEASE NOTE: This file represents my impression of how Jonatha Brooke plays this song from listening to the track on her Plumb CD. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. Please email me <marian@aon.at> if you have a different impression of how it should be played. # Created: 2001-02-24 Paris Words & Music by Jonatha Brooke Transcribed by: Marian <marian@aon.at> Tuning: BGEFAD - capo 4th fret B89145 VG-8 pitches: 2 2 2 6 2 -1 (highest to lowest strings) + + + + + + + + Notes: The fret positions are in relation to the capo. I have given only the basic patterns. Although this tuning and these chords work, there is probably a better tuning and an easier way to play this song. Please let me know if you figure out something easier, or come up with a better tuning. + + + + + + + + Intro: [repeat twice] -------0--0----------0--0--------0--0----------0--0--------- ------------------------------------------------------------ -------------0-------------0-------------0------------------ -------2--2----------2--2--------2--2--2-------2--2----2---- -----------------------------------------------------0------ ---0-----------0-------------0-------------0---------------- 1st verse: 002120 x02242 002120 800890 L'Allemande used to visit me in Paris in Paris 002120 x02242 002120 800890 I remember the men I re- member the houses in -------0--0----------0--0--------0--0----------0--0--------- ------------------------------------------------------------ -------------0-------------0-------------0------------------ -------2--2----------2--2--------2--2--2-------2--2----2---- -----------------------------------------------------0------ ---0-----------0-------------0-------------0---------------- Paris 002120 500440 320100 2302xx And he'd come in looking for comfort x77650 800800 x70600 700898 Leave again looking to the left and the right x77997 x67886 Did we see too much x77997 x67886 Say too little 870600 202200 Stepping over every dark thing 870600 202200 would it all be true tomorrow 700898 But, he loves me -------0--0----------0--0--------0--0----------0--0--------- ------------------------------------------------------------ -------------0-------------0-------------0------------------ -------2--2----------2--2--------2--2--2-------2--2----2---- -----------------------------------------------------0------ ---0-----------0-------------0-------------0---------------- -------0--0----------0--0--------0--0----------0--0--------- ------------------------------------------------------------ -------------0-------------0-------------0------------------ -------2--2----------2--2--------2--2--2-------2--2----2---- -----------------------------------------------------0------ ---0-----------0-------------0-------------0---------------- 2nd verse: same patterns as 1st verse 077650 099800 899800 700898 I walk with my head held high and naked in the 077650 099800 899800 700898 sun claiming these streets for my- self 077650 099800 899800 700898 I walk with my head held high and naked in the 077650 099800 899800 700898 sun claiming these streets for my- self a- -------0--0----------0--0--------0--0----------0--0--------- ------------------------------------------------------------ -------------0-------------0-------------0------------------ -------2--2----------2--2--------2--2--2-------2--2----2---- -----------------------------------------------------0------ ---0-----------0-------------0-------------0---------------- gain -------0--0----------0--0--------0--0----------0--0--------- ------------------------------------------------------------ -------------0-------------0-------------0------------------ -------2--2----------2--2--------2--2--2-------2--2----2---- -----------------------------------------------------0------ ---0-----------0-------------0-------------0---------------- 3rd verse: 002120 x02242 002120 800890 I am the unchanging narrative, I don't resolve 002120 x02242 002120 800890 neatly 002120 x02242 002120 800890 And I am the unchained melody, the current of the need 002120 x02242 002120 800890 to survive ..... etc. © 1997 Dog Dream Music, ASCAP