Free Man In Paris

(início)

From: J.P.W* (Julie P Wilks)
These are the (easy) chords for Free Man in Paris (Joni's version anyway).
Free Man in Paris
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          A                              D
The way I see it he said, you just can't win it,
            C                                              G
Everybody's in it for their own gain; you can't please 'em all,
               F                       A
There's always somebody putting you down,
                           D
I do my best and I do good business,
                        C
There's a lot of people asking for my time,
                          G
They're tryin' to get ahead;
                  F                   A
they're tryin' to be a good friend of   mine,
Chorus
        F
I was a free man in Paris,
       G
I felt unfettered and alive,
C                  Asus4
There was nobody callin' me up for favours
            A
and no-ones future to decide,
             F
You know I'd go back there tomorrow
            G                   C
but for the work I've taken on,
            Asus4          D                A
stokin' the star maker machinary behind the popular songs.
Instrumental bit ... (mix it about a bit!)
Em9  A  Em9  A  Em9 A
C D F   C D G A  C D F  C D G A
Verse 2:
          A                        D
I deal in dreamers and telephone screamers,
         C                                    G
Lately I wonder what I do it for; if I had my way,
         F                                A
I'd just walk through those doors, and wan-der,
                  D
down the Champs Elysees;
              C
going cafe to cabaret, thinking
                         G
how I'd feel when I find,
     F                   A
that very good friend of   mine
Chorus:
End instrumental bit ...
A  C D F  C D G A
From: * (Howard Wright \(Hman\))

                                                tabbed by Howard Wright
                                                *
Tuning : open D
a semitone or a tone.
NOTE: For the verse and chorus I'll just put down the chord shapes once
each time the chord changes. Check out the record for details on strumming

Carry on strumming that chord at the seventh fret for a few bars.....

'The way I see it' he said 'you just can't win it, everybody's

    in it for their own gain you can't please them all there's always

   somebody shooting you down. I do my best and I do good business

  there's a lot of people asking for my time trying to get ahead

   trying to be a good friend of  mine

I was a free man in paris I felt unfettered and alive     there was

  nobody calling me up for favours and noone's future to decide

you know I'd go back there tomorrow but for the work I've taken on

   stoking the star-maker machinery behind the popular song

Repeat this last line once
(p=pull off)
Then play the intro again, and into the second verse

I deal in dreamers and telephone screamers
lately I wonder what I do it for, if I had my way
I'd just walk out the door and wander
Down the Champs Elysees
Going cafe to cabaret
Wandering how I'd feel when I find that very good friend of mine

repeat the last tab line of the chorus, as before, then go back
to the intro bit.
Play this four times, and that's it !
Howard