Ella Fitzgerald – I Love Paris (Guitar)

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Key: G / Gm
From the album Ella Fitzgerald sings the Cole Porter Songbook
Recent horrific events got me remembering how much I loved Paris. This version of Ella Fitzgeralds incudes the recitative section which is in the original, but is often missed out. Passing chords in () are optional In the recitative play single arpeggio chords where marked. [Introduction] G Em Am6 D7 G6 Am7 D7 Ebdim7 [Recitative]
      G                         Am
Every time I look down on this timeless town

        D7      Ebdim7      G      
Whether blue or gray be her skies

        G           E7                Am7         D7                     
Whether loud be her cheers or whether soft be her tears

         Cm6       D7  G   Edim    
More and more do I realize that      
[Verse 1]
Gm
I love Paris in the spring time

Gm                  D7
I love Paris in the fall

D7
I love Paris in the winter when it drizzles

D7  Cm   D7           Gm        
I   love Paris in the summer when it sizzles

G                 
I love Paris every moment

( G      D7 G   D7  Am7 ) D7
  Every mom-ent of the    year

C
I love Paris

G                 C    G
Why, oh, why do I love Paris?

D7 (  D6  D7  D6   D7 )  G
Be - cause my love is    near
[Instrumental] Gm Gm D7 D7 D7 Cm D7 Gm G ( G D7 G D7 Am7 ) D7 C G C G D7 ( D6 D7 D6 D7 ) G Cm6/G [Verse 2]
Gm
I love Paris in the spring time

Gm                  D7
I love Paris in the fall

D7
I love Paris in the winter when it drizzles

D7 Cm   D7           Gm        
I  love Paris in the summer when it sizzles

G
I love Paris every moment

( G      D7 G   D7  Am7 ) D7
  Every mom-ent of the    year

C
I love Paris

G                 C    G
Why, oh, why do I love Paris?

D7  Em7 D7  Em7 D7 G        
Because my love is near
[Outro] Edim7 Eb7 D7 Gm