Rome To Paris Chords

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[Verse 1]
[F]A s[C]mal[G]l t[C]own in Georgia
was [G]my childhood [C]home
For its [F]three rivers and [C]seven hills
its exotic name was [G]Baroque
My [C]daddy tuned pianos
and my [G]mother made all my [C]clothes
And [F]I would've done a[C]nything
to get [G]the hell out of [C]Rome
And I said, [F]take me [C]away,
I can't [F]stand another [C]day
Of this old mill town,
it ain't nothin' but a purple [G]cage
Said there's [F]gotta be more than [C]this
And if [F]I had me one w[C]ish
I'd go all the way from [G]Rome to [C]Paris[G][C]
I married a soldier the day I
[G]turned sixteen years [C]old
He was ship[F]ping off to [C]another world,
a land so shiny and [G]gold
[C]I was just a child with big dreams,
though I [G]thought I was [C]grown
And I [F]spent all autumn pick[C]ing cotton
to [G]buy my true [C]soul
And I said [F]take me [C]away,
I can't [F]stand another [C]day
Of this red quicksand they call Georgia [G]play
I said there's [F]gotta be more than [C]this
And I blew [F]my mother a [C]kiss
And I went all the way
from [G]Rome to [C]Paris[G][C][F][C][G][C]
When [F]I touched down
on that [C]foreign ground
It was [G]harder than I could have [C]known
His [F]tender touch turned a [C]fist of rage
And his [G]tainted blood ran [C]cold
And that golden gown I toiled for
Seemed [G]like the dirty [C]joke
I'd [F]come all the way [C]across the ocean
And nev[G]er got out of [C]Rome
So I said [F]take me [C]away,
I can't [F]stand another [C]day
Of his drinking, carrying on and acting [G]crazy
It must be [F]something I [C]missed,
I didn't [F]bargain for [C]this
When I went all the way
from [G]Rome to [C]Paris
But one [F]day, one [C]day,
I'm [F]gonna get [C]away
And I'll take myself from [G]Rome to [C]Paris
I'll go all the way from [G]Rome [G]to [C]Paris you