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Song title:      Ne Me Quitte Pas
Original Album:  Songs

Words and Music by Regina Spektor
Copyright © 2002 Regina Spektor
Published by - (self-released)

Transcribed by Gavin Chart (contactus@gartfrets.net)


NOTES:
This is the original version of the song, just piano,
It has an extra verse compared to the 2012 version "Don't Leave Me".


INTRO:
Chords:
C x32010
F x33211
G 320033

[play: | C | F | C | G |]


VERSE:
C           F                  C                 G                    C
Down on Bowery they lose their ballads and their lipped-mouths in the night
              F                        C                 G
And stumbling through the street, they say, "Sir, do you got a light?
    C              F                    C                 G
And if you do then you're my friend and if you don't then you're my foe
    C            F        C             G
And if you are a deity of any sort then please don't go"


CHORUS1:
C            F
Ne me quitte pas, mon cher
G            C
Ne me quitte pas, ah ah ah

C            F
Ne me quitte pas, mon cher
G            C
Ne me quitte pas


VERSE:
Chords:
C x32010
F x33211
G 320033

C             F                C                  G
Down on Lexington they walk in new shoes stuck to ageing feet
    C                    F            C             G
And close their eyes and open and not recognize the ageing street
    C               F  
And think about the things were right
     C                   G
When they were young and veins were tight
    C              F                  C                   G
And if you are the Ghost of Christmas Past then won't you stay the night?


CHORUS2:
C            F
Ne me quitte pas, mon cher
G            C
Ne me quitte pas


VERSE:
Chords:
C x32010
F x33211
G 320033

C              F                 C                  G
Down in bronxy Bronx the kids go sledding down snow-covered slopes
    C             F                C            G
And frozen noses, frozen toes, the frozen city starts to glow
    C                   F                C                 G
And yes, they know that it will pass and yes they know New York will thaw
    C            F             C                G
But if you are a friend of any sort, then play along and catch a cold


[repeat CHORUS1]  [x2]


BRIDGE:
C            F            G            C
I love Paris in the rain, I love Paris in the rain
C       F       G      C
I love, I love, I love in the rain

C            F            G            C
I love Paris in the rain, I love Paris in the rain
C       F       G      C
I love, I love, I love in the rain

C       F       G      C
I love, I love, I love in the rain


VERSE:
Chords:
C x32010
F x33211
G 320033

C             F                    C                 G
Down in Paris they walk fast, that is unless they're walking slow
    C             F               C              G
And in cafés they look away, that is unless they look right in
    C              F                C             G
And in the gardens I get lost, that is unless I'm getting found
    C              F                 C                  G
And if you are the ghost of New York City then won't you stick around?


[repeat CHORUS1]  [x2]


[repeat BRIDGE]

    C       F       G      C
And I love, I love, I love in the rain...
C       F      G            C
I love, I love in the rain, in the rain
C         F            G            C
Oh I love in the rain, in the rain, in the rain

C            F   G  C
Ne me quitte pas
Ne me quitte pas
Ne me quitte pas


[play: | C | F | G | C |]

[end on C]