Key: D
Introduction:
D D/C# D/B
The summer air was soft and warm
D/A G
The feeling right, the Paris night
D/F# Em Em/D
Did its best to please us
A E/G# A2/F# E
And strolling down the Elysee
A A7/G D/F# A/E
We had a drink in each café - e
D
And you
D A/C# D/B D/A
You talked of politics, philosophy
G D/F# G6 A
And I smiled like Mona Lisa
Em7 Em6
We had our chance
C7M/E Em A4 A A2 A
It was a fine and true romance
A D F#m G
I can still recall our last summer
A D F#m G
I still see it all
A D F#7 Bm
Walks along the Seine, laughing in the rain
A G
Our last summer
A7 D4
Memories that remain
D D/C# D/B
We made our way along the river
D/A G
And we sat down in the grass
D/F# Em Em/D
By the Eiffel tower
A E/G# A2/F# E
I was so happy we had met
A A7/G D/F# A/E D
It was the age of no regret, oh, yes
D A/C# D/B D/A G
[link] Those crazy years, that was the time
D/F# G6 A
Of the flower-power
Em7 Em6 C7M/E Em
But underneath we had a fear of flying
Em7 Em6 C7M/E Em
Of getting old, a fear of slowly dying
Em7 Em6 C7M/E Em A4 A A2 A
We took the chance like we were dancing our last dance
A D F#m G
I can still recall our last summer
A D F#m G
I still see it all
A D F#7 Bm
In the tourist jam, round the Notre Dame
A G
Our last summer
A7 D4 D
Walking hand in ha - and
A D F#m G
Paris restaurants - our last summer
A D F#m G
Morning croissants
A D F#7 Bm
Living for the day, worries far away
A G
Our last summer
A7 D4
We could laugh and play
D D/C# D/B
And now you' re working in a bank
D/A G
The family man, the football fan
D/F# Em Em/D
And your name is Harry
A/C#
How dull it seems
E A G F#m A
Yet you' re the hero of my dreams
A D F#m G
I can still recall our last summer
A D F#m G
I still see it all
A D F#7 Bm
Walks along the Seine, laughing in the rain
A G
Our last summer
A7 D4 D
Memories that rema - in
A D F#m G
I can still recall our last summer
A D F#m G
I still see it all
A D F#7 Bm
In the tourist jam, round the Notre Dame
A G
Our last summer
A7 D4 D
Walking hand in ha - and
A D F#m G
Paris restaurants - our last summer
A D F#m G
Morning croissants
A D F#7 Bm
We were living for the day, worries far away
A G
Our last summer
A7 D4
We could laugh and play
(fade out during last chorus)