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Free Man in Paris – Joni Mitchell
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Written by: Joni Mitchell
From: "Court and Spark" (1974)
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
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[Chords]
E-A-D-G-B-E
F * x-8-7-5-6-5
Em9 0-2-0-0-0-2 or
0-2-2-0-3-2
Asus4 x-0-2-2-3-0
F/C x-3-x-2-1-1
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[Intro]
| C D F * | C D A |
2/4 4/4
| C D F * | C D | A | % |
[Verse]
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 them all
F A
There's always somebody calling 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/C
I was a free man in Paris
G C
I felt unfettered and ali-ve
Asus4 D
There was nobody callin' me up for favours
A
And no-one’s future to decide
F/C
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 machinery behind the popular songs
[Interlude]
| Em9 | A | Em9 | A |
| C D F * | C D A |
2/4 4/4
| C D F * | C D | A | % |
[Verse]
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 wander
D
Down the Champs Elysees;
C
Going café to cabaret thinking
G
How I'd feel when I find
F A
That very good friend of mine
[Chorus]
F/C
I was a free man in Paris
G C
I felt unfettered and ali-ve
Asus4 D
Nobody callin' me up for favours
A
And no-one’s future to decide
F/C
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 machinery behind the popular songs
[Interlude]
| Em9 | A | Em9 | A |
[Coda]
| C D F * | C D A |
| C D F * | C D A |
2/4
| C D F * | C D | A