Leanna Firestone - Google Translate / poppies

[INTRO]
Amaj7

Amaj7 F#m E Dmaj7
You took Spanish in high school, but I took French
A
So when you’re tired and delirious at almost 2am
D
You type sentences into Google Translate

And then you send them to me
A D E
“Je pense que Lea est tres jolie”
F#m E D E
I don’t think you know just how much it means to me
F#m A
To watch you try to call me pretty
D E A
In a language I know that you can’t speak

You told me you didn’t remember sh*t from Spanish class
Bm E Dmaj7 E
You didn’t know how you passed but you did
A
So even if I wanted to call you pretty back in your high school
Bm D Bm Dmaj7 Em7
Foreign language neither one of us would know what I said
E F#m
So I’ll stick to French
E D
Je pense que tu es tres jolie aussi
F#m E
I think you’re pretty too
Dmaj7 F#m
In a language that you still don’t speak
E
Then I said

Je t’aime
D
Je t’aime

Je t’aime
F#m
Over and over again
E
A confession in French
D E A
Because I knew you wouldn’t know what it meant

G F#m A
And I know that you don’t fall as easily as I do
G F#m A C#m A
So I won’t press my luck, and say it in words you’ll understand
G F#m
I’m too scared that if I tell you
A
I love you (I love you)
C#m
Te Amo (Te Amo)
G F# E A
I’d never get to hear you call me tres jolie again

Dmaj7
You took spanish in high school, but I took french
A
I’m in college now and it’s been four years since then
Dmaj7 D
But I knew exactly what you said when you had sent
A D A F#m E A
“Je pense que Lea est tres jolie”, you copied and you pasted
D F#
But it meant everything to me
E F# Dmaj7 Amaj7
To watch you try to call me pretty in a language you can’t speak