Chords for Bette Midler - La Vie en Rose

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_ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
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Good [B] heavens, look at this crowd.
Stretched out before me [Em] like the Dead Sea.
_ _ [E] _ _ The counterculture. _
Looks more like the under [C]-the-counter culture to [Db] me.
_ It really is a thrill to be here, I tell ya.
A thrill to parade these tired old bums
in front of the very people who made rock and roll respectable.
_ _ _ [B]
Even cherished as part of the American way.
Ain't that right, Mr.
Leary?
Hey, hey, [Db] hey, hey, what do you think? _ _ _ _
Not on my Velveeta cheese. _ _ _ _
Did [Bb] you ever hear anybody [Em] talk like me?
Nobody, right?
Really, nobody talks like you.
_ Talk too [E] fast. _
Usually they say [Em] I talk too fast,
but you know, since I've been in LA, I have [B] slow_ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ Such an exciting town.
_ _ [Em] Oh, there's all those places to go and restaurants and people to see.
My, my. _ _
All those parties, parties to throw, all those ballets to tip.
_ _ _ _ _ [Gb] Are we going or amongst the living tonight? _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Can't decide whether it's all me, right?
[Em] Never been with a woman who presumes before.
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[Bb] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
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Hold me close and hold me [Am]
fast.
_ This magic [Dm] spell you cast.
[F] This is [Abm] love you [C] own, _ Rosa.
_ _ _ [Gm] When you kiss me [C] heaven's side. _
Though I [Gm] close my eyes.
I see [Bb] love [F] you own, [Gm] Rosa.
_ [C] _ [F] When _ you press me to your [Am] heart.
I'm in a world apart.
A world _ of [Bb] roses blue. _
_ _ [Bbm] _ _ And when you _ speak [F] angels fly from above.
_ _ [G] _ _ Everyday _ words seem [Gm] to turn into [F] _
love _ [C] _ _ [Db] songs.
[F] _ _
Give [C] your heart [F] and soul to me.
Maybe it [Gm] will _ be [Bb] love [C] you [F] own, _ Rosa. _ _ _ _ _ _
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[G] _ _ [C] _ [F] When _ [C] you press [Dm] me to your [F] heart.
I'm in a _ [Dm] _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ world of roses [Gm] blue. _
_ _ And when you [Bbm] speak _ _ [G] angels fly [F] _ _ _
from [Ab] above.
_ Everyday [G] words seem to [Gm] turn into [F] love _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ songs.
Give your heart and [B] soul to me.
[F] _ Maybe it will [Bb] _
_ be [C] love _ _ you own, _ _ [Db] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ [F] _ _
_ Rosa. _ _ _ _ _
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