from the Damian Chazelle movie, La La Land, starring Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone
[Intro]
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My aunt used to live in Paris.
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I remember she used to come home and
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she would tell us these stories about being abroad, and
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I remember she told us that she jumped into the river, once.
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Barefoot.
[Verse 1]
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She smiled, leapt, without looking
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and tumbled into the Seine.
F C/E Bb/D Bbm/Db
The water was freezing; she spent a month sneezing,
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but said she would do it again.
[Chorus]
Gm7 C7 Dm7
Here's to the ones who dream,
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Foolish as they may seem.
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Here's to the hearts that ache.
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Here's to the mess we make.
[Verse 2]
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She captured a feeling, sky with no ceiling,
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the sunset inside a frame.
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She lived in her liquor and died with a flicker,
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I'll always remember the flame
[Chorus]
Gm7 C7 Dm7
Here's to the ones who dream,
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Foolish, as they may seem.
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Here's to the hearts that ache.
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Here's to the mess we make.
[Bridge]
C7
She told me:
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A bit of madness is key
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to give us new colors to see.
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Who knows where it will lead us?
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And that's why they need us,
[Verse 3]
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So bring on the rebels, the ripples from pebbles
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The painters and poets and plays
[Chorus]
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And here's to the fools who dream,
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Crazy, as they may seem.
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Here's to the hearts that break.
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Here's to the mess we make.
[Outro]
A F#maj7
I trace it all back...to then.
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Her and the snow and the Seine
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Smiling through it, she said she'd do it,
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Again.
