Notre Dame Burns

Dm
Emman-u-elle was Quasi’s bell
Am
without her chimes time can’t tell
E
Gargoyles clinging on for life
Am
Notre Dame Burns 'not the Bard’s wife’

C
Town criers holler in the street
G
communion wine for those they meet
D
All for one and one for all
E
"last of the toasted eucharists call”

              Chorus.

G
From Eiffel Tower, I looked on
Em
A 1,000 years of history gone
C
It’s looking like a Moulin Rouge
D
Was this Allah’s subterfuge

Dm
Cinderella was at the pyre
Am
collecting embers for her squire
E
Ashen crosses on the head
Am
remind us of our glorious dead

C
No acts of god in a secular state
G
but no doubt t'was a crime of hate
D
Rosary beads out of reach
E
no one here, at us to preach

            Chorus.

G
From Eiffel Tower, I looked on
Em
A 1,000 years of history gone
C
It’s looking like a Moulin Rouge
D
Was this Allah’s subterfuge

Dm
Statues icons steeples fall
Am
sanctimonious people call
E
But-tresses begin to bend
Am
yellow vests they’ll appre(hend)

C
Roasted pigeons on the spit
G
Victor Hugo’s fire was a lit
D
People coming form Rive Gauche
E
par-ce-que, c'est la plus proche

                Chorus.

G
From Eiffel Tower, I looked on
Em
A 1,000 years of history gone
C
It’s looking like a Moulin Rouge
D
Was this Allah’s subterfuge

Dm
That’s not far from San Michel
Am
it's 'where do you go to my lovely’s' dwell
E
Shakespeare & Co will sell more books
Am
almost in Seine, from where it looks

C
Notre Dame Burns you shouldn’t smoke
G
are cigarette warnings just a joke
D
Gauloises Gitanes, roll your own
E
turned you into another Joan

               Chorus.

G
From Eiffel Tower, I looked on
Em
A 1,000 years of history gone
C
It’s looking like a Moulin Rouge
D
Was this Allah’s subterfuge

Repeat.

C
Notre Dame Burns, you shouldn't smoke
D
are cigarette warnings just a joke
G
Gauloises Gitanes, roll your own
E
turned you into another Joan*.

                 Chorus.

G
From Eiffel Tower, I looked on
Em
A 1,000 years of history gone
C
It’s looking like a Moulin Rouge
D
Was this Allah’s subterfuge

                 Repeat
G
From Eiffel Tower, I looked on
Em
A 1,000 years of history gone
C
It’s looking like a Moulin Rouge
D
Was this Allah’s subterfuge





Finn Mac Eoin ©
April 16th 2019
Paris.



References in song explained.

The main bell at Notre Dame is
called Emmanuelle.

There is a famous Scottish poet/bard
called Robert Burns.

Joan is a reference to Joan of Arc
also burned at the stake.