ALL A F#m Try to catch our eye D E Show something that we haven't seen A F#m And make us feel alive D E Beyond boredom and vanity A F#m And when I see the skies D E Remind me what it's like to be A F#m A person stuck in time D E That's searching for identity A E So help me please F#m E A Impress me A E F#m Find me in Montmartre D A High above the madness of Paris A Step inside G A Take a break from reality A E F#m Selling our philosophies D A Bored with being bourgeoisie MORISOT N.C Paris takes itself too seriously DEGAS N.C Montmartre's the only part of the city that gets me BERNARD A Government's reinventing the wheel PISSARRO D Still digging up bits of the Bastille ALL E F#m Time to admit this country's a circus DEGAS A There were too many Louis MORISOT F#m Too many Napoleons ALL D E Too many choices for future historians A E F#m At least in Montmartre we get lost on E purpose A E If you wanted God there's Notre Dame F#m D We deal in something different than psalms D E Found in the passage between brains and heart E Montmartre is for art A F#m Try to catch our eye D E Show something that we haven't seen A F#m And make us feel alive D E Beyond boredom and vanity A F#m And when I see the skies D E Remind me what it's like to be A F#m A person stuck in time D E That's searching for identity A E So help me please F#m E A Impress me THEO A D Galleries are gravity A E Artists find their way to Goupil & Cie A They say Theo, Theo F#m Theo van Gogh A Before you go A Let me know F#m E What you think of my paintings D A That's the daily serenade ALL D A 'Cause selling artwork is your trade THEO A F#m A E Paris, the city of light A E What do you have for me tonight MORISOT (Spoken) N.C Well, here's a new portrait DEGAS (Spoken) N.C Get in line! TOULOUSE and BERNARD (Spoken) N.C Take a look! THEO A E Please friends, one at a time DEGAS (Spoken) A A café EMELIE (Spoken) A A farmer DEGAS F#m A still life with fruit so fresh you can E smell it MORISOT (Spoken) N.C It's cutting edge DEGAS (Spoken) N.C It's avant-garde ALL D E Worthy of the Grand Boulevard A Theo, Theo F#m A Do you think you can sell it? THEO D They wish that I could help but still the A answer's no D F#m E I can't take a chance against the status quo D F#m Not everyone gets hung up with the chosen few THEO and ALL E When will I break through? A E Won't you help me please SEGATORI F#m E A Undress me THEO (Spoken) N.C A tempting offer, as always, Madame Segatori SEGATORI N.C Come come Theo, we both know they are not here to behave E A They came to Montmartre to drink my wine F#m A To get tangled in something clandestine E A Treat the Champs-Élyssés for cabaret E B For bohemia without the beret E B You were people minding manners E B Lower rents and lower standards GAUGUIN (Spoken) N.C Hey MORISOT (Spoken) N.C Not that low SEGATORI B F#m G B To spend a franc on a late night tryst VINCENT N.C Save a few coins for my canvas? SEGATORI N.C C'est va? ALL A E F#m Find us in Montmartre D A Pissing all our worries away SEGATORI A G A At Le Tambourin cafe A D Who knows what tomorrow will bring D Until then SEGATORI and THEO A E We want the same thing ALL N.C To seize the day N.C To find our way N.C To understand N.C To find a man N.C To ease the pain N.C To entertain GAUGUIN N.C To forget about the past few centuries ALL N.C To make history N.C For curiosity N.C C'est la vie! SEGATORI E To be free ALL F# To be free THEO D E Sure as the passage of the river Seine D The future will be forged with brushes, F#m pencils, and pens THEO and ALL D If Paris is the world, Montmartre is E Bethlehem A And art is our amen B G#m Try to catch our eye E F# Show something that we haven't seen B G#m And make us feel alive E F# Beyond boredom and vanity B G#m And when I see the skies E F# Remind me what it's like to be B G#m A person stuck in time E F# That's searching for identity B F# So help me please G#m F# B Impress me B F# Help me please G#m E B Impress me B F# Help me please G#m E B Impress me
