Key: G
Introduction: G C G C G
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st Fret
My father always promised us
C G
We would live in France
We'd go sailing on the Seine
C D Em
And I would learn to dance
A
We lived in Ohio then
D Dm
And he worked in the mines
G
On his dreams, like boats, we knew
C Bb G
We would sail in time___
All my sisters soon were gone
C G
To Denver and Cheyenne
Marrying their grownup dreams
C D Em
The lilacs and the man
A D
I stayed behind the youngest
Dm
And only danced alone
G
The colours of my father's dreams
C Bb G
Faded without a sound
And now I live in Paris
C G
And my children dance and dream
Hearing the story of a miner's life
C D Em
In words they've never seen
A
I sailed my memories of old
D Dm
Like boats across the Seine
G
And I watched the Paris sun
C Bb G
Set in my father's eyes again
My father always promised us