Postcard from paris chords by 
Jimmy Webb 
N/A
Key: E major•
Intro 1
E
B
C#m
E
A
E
B
C#m
A
Verse 1
E
Dear friend of mine,
C#sus4
C#m
B
the weather's fine
A
E
Today I saw the sur roundings
C#sus4
B
of the Ro man world's decline
G#m
A
And I climbed up those Spanish stairs,
E
you've heard of them, no doubt
C#m
F#sus4
F#
But Rome has lost its glory,
F#m
I don't know what it's about
Bsus4
And I wish you were me
E
When the shadows fall,
C#m
B
A
and all the rushing traf fic still s
Bsus4
E
Wish you were me
C#m
And the bells are ringing on the seven hills
A
I make my way to a small cafe
F#m
I wonder what you did today
Bsus4
B
E
G#m
A
B
I wish you were here
E
Dear one at home
C#m
B
I just flew in from Rome
A
E
Par is is a post card
C#m
C#sus4
All decked out in col or chrome
B
G#m
So I climbed the Eiffel Tower, I,
E
B
I prayed at Notre Dame
C#sus4
F#sus4
But I just can't
F#
find a ro mance,
F#m
and I wonder why I came
Bsus4
And I wish you were here
E
The Champs -Élysées,
C#m
A
lovers walk ing hand in hand
Bsus4
Wish you were here
E
They take one look at me
C#m
and seem to understand
A
This city of light is a lovely sight
F#m
The first bright star I see tonight
Bsus4
B
C#
I wish you were here
F#
And now I write this from the pain
B
Drink ing cheap champagne
Wonder ing how two people
got so far apart
C#sus4
F#
And I wish you were here in London
D#m
F#
B
C#sus4
Where the rain is pouring down
F#
On this airplane heading
D#m
back to New York
B
I'll never leave you alone again,
G#m
C#sus4
I'm coming home but until then,
F#
C#
B
I wish you were here.
F#
D#m
F#
B
I wish you were here.
C#sus4
F#
I wish you were here,
C#
D#m
C#
B
baby
F#
C#
I've been all around
D#m
this great big world
B
all on my own
F#
I wish you were here,
C#
None of it's any good
D#m
C#
B
when you're traveling alone
Wish you were here
F#
You hear people talking all the time
D#m
C#
about that Taj Mahal
B
Wish you were here
F#
When you get up close
C#
D#m
C#
B
it ain't really much of anything at all
F#
I went down to Costa Rica
D#m
B
to a little place called Takeaway Bay,
F#
didn't do much but sit around
C#
D#m
C#
B
and think about you all day.
F#
C#
D#m
Mmm -mmm -mmm -mmm -m m....
C#
B
F#
C#
D#m
C#
Thank
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsE B C#m A C#sus4...
E
B
C#m
A
C#sus4
G#m
F#sus4
F#
F#m
Bsus4
C#
D#m
Capo: 2
Transpose: 0
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