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