Our Last Summer is a song by the Swedish group ABBA from their 1980 album, Super Trouper. The song reminisces about a summer romance in Paris. Björn Ulvaeus wrote the lyrics, drawing inspiration from his own experiences of youthful travel.
Key: D
D
D/C#
D/B
The summer air was soft and warm
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G
The feeling right, the Paris night
D/F#
Em
Em/D
Did its best to please us
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A2/F#
E
And strolling down the Elysee
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A7/G
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A/E
We had a drink in each café - e
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And you
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A/C#
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D/A
You talked of politics, philosophy
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And I smiled like Mona Lisa
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Em6
We had our chance C7M/E
Em
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A2
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It was a fine and true romance
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I can still recall our last summer
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F#m
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I still see it all
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F#7
Bm
Walks along the Seine, laughing in the rain
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G
Our last summer
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D4
Memories that remain
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D/C#
D/B
We made our way along the river
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G
And we sat down in the grass
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Em
Em/D
By the Eiffel tower
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E
I was so happy we had met
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It was the age of no regret, oh, yes
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[link] Those crazy years, that was the time
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A
Of the flower-power
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Em6
C7M/E
Em
But underneath we had a fear of flying
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Em6
C7M/E
Em
Of getting old, a fear of slowly dying
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Em6
C7M/E
Em
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A2
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We took the chance like we were dancing our last dance
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G
I can still recall our last summer
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F#m
G
I still see it all
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D
F#7
Bm
In the tourist jam, round the Notre Dame
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G
Our last summer
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D4
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Walking hand in ha - and
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D
F#m
G
Paris restaurants - our last summer
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F#m
G
Morning croissants
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D
F#7
Bm
Living for the day, worries far away
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G
Our last summer
A7
D4
We could laugh and play
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F#7
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A
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D/F#
A7
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A7(4)
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And now you're working in a bank
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The family man, the football fan
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Em
Em/D
And your name is Harry
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How dull it seems
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G
F#m
A
Yet you're the hero of my dreams
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F#m
G
I can still recall our last summer
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D
F#m
G
I still see it all
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D
F#7
Bm
Walks along the Seine, laughing in the rain
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G
Our last summer
A7
D4
D
Memories that rema - in
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D
F#m
G
I can still recall our last summer
A
D
F#m
G
I still see it all
A
D
F#7
Bm
In the tourist jam, round the Notre Dame
A
G
Our last summer
A7
D4
D
Walking hand in ha - and
A
D
F#m
G
Paris restaurants - our last summer
A
D
F#m
G
Morning croissants
A
D
F#7
Bm
We were living for the day, worries far away
A
G
Our last summer
A7
D4
We could laugh and play (fade out during last chorus)