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[Intro] G C C C7 F G7 G F G G C C C7 F C G C G C G [Verse]
CCall it a Gjourney of Cmemories A journey to bring back the Ftime Through G7those days of wild aGbandon When a Fyoung man was in his Gprime
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CCall it a Ghopeless Cfantasy Trying to capture some long lost Fdreams When you fell for the dark eyed CCreole girl Who Gcame from New OrCleans G C G
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CTake in the GLatin CQuarter The search for a familiar Fname But G7Paris has changed since you Gleft her And Fnothing much looks the Gsame
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CFifi's cafGé is now a Cstrip club With the Arabian Dancing FQueens But not one can compare with the CCreole girl Who Gcame from New OrCleans G C G
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PerChaps it was Gtoo much to Cwish for Sometimes it's best to move Fon But G7just for the sake of Gmemories I'll take a Fdrink for the days long Ggone
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And I Cwent into the GCafé CChanson And watched the world from tobacco stained Fscreens And I thought of the dark eyed CCreole girl Who Gcame from New OrCleans
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"CBonsoir monGsieur", said the Cwaitress "And what can I get for Fyou?" I said, "G7Excuse me for asking this Gquestion But you reFmind me of someone I Gknew"
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She Claughed as Gif I was Ccrazy This young girl just out of her Fteens But she looked like the dark eyed CCreole girl Who Gcame from New OrCleans G C G
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CI stayed 'til the Gbar had Cemptied And we shared a bottle of Fwine I said, "I'm G7just trying to capture a Gmemory Of Flove in a different Gtime"
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She said, "CMaybe you Gthink of my Cmother We look so much alike it Fseems She was known as the dark eyed CCreole girl Who Gcame from New OrCleans"
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How I Floved the dark eyed CCreole girl Who Gcame from New OrCleans