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These Foolish Things

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These foolish things remind me of you [Verse] Eb Cm Fm Bb7 A cigarette that bears a lipstick's traces Eb Cm F9 Bb7 An airline ticket to romantic places Eb9 G# C7 And still my heart has wings... F9 Fm Bb7 These foolish things remind me of you [Verse] Eb Cm Fm Bb7 A tinkling piano in the next apartment Eb Cm F9 Bb7 Those stumbling words that told you what my heart meant Eb9 G# C7 A fairground's painted swings... F9 Bb7 Eb D7 These foolish things remind me of you [B Section] Gm Cm D9 You came, you saw Gm C9 You conquered me Bb Gm Eb F7 When you did that to me Bb7 Bbdim Fm Bb7 I knew somehow this had to be [Verse] Eb Cm Fm Bb7 The winds of March that made my heart a dancer Eb Cm A telephone that rings F9 Bb7 And who`s to answer? Eb9 G# C7 Oh, how the ghost of you clings... F9 Bb7 Fm Bb7 These foolish things remind me of you [Verse] Eb Cm Fm Bb7 The first daffodil and long excited cables Eb Cm F9 Bb7 And candle lights on little corner tables Eb9 G# C7 And still my heart has wings... F9 Bb7 Fm Bb7 These foolish things remind me of you [Verse] Eb Cm Fm Bb7 The park at evening when the bell has sounded Eb Cm F9 Bb7 The `Ile-de-France` with all the gulls around it Eb9 G# C7 The beauty that is spring`s... F9 Bb7 Eb D7 These foolish things remind me of you [B Section] Gm Cm D9 How strange, how sweet Gm C9 To find you still Bb Gm Eb F7 These things are dear to me Bb7 Bbdim Fm Bb7 They seem to bring you near to me [Verse] Eb Cm Fm Bb7 The sigh of midnight trains in empty stations Eb Cm F9 Bb7 Silk stockings tossed aside, dance invitations Eb9 G# C7 Oh, how the ghost of you clings F9 Bb7 Fm Bb7 These foolish things remind me of you... F9 Bb7 Eb These foolish things remind me of you