Free Man In Paris

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
=================



          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
Intro
----- 

D----5---7---10---10-10-10-10------10--0----5--0----7---7-7-7-7--| 
A----7---9---12---12-12-12-12------10--0----5--0----7---7-7-7-7--| 
F#---6---8---11---11-11-11-11------10--0----5--0----7---7-7-7-7--| 
D----5---7---10---10-10-10-10------10--0----5--0----7---7-7-7-7--| 
A----------------------------------10--0----5--0----7---7-7-7-7--| 
D----------------------------------10--0----5--0----7---7-7-7-7--| 

D---5---7---10---10-10-10-10-----10--0----5--0----7---7-7---7-7---7-7----| 
A---7---9---12---12-12-12-12-----10--0----5--0----7---7-7---7-7---7-7----| 
F#--6---8---11---11-11-11-11-----10--0----5--0----7---7-7---7-7---7-7----| 
D---5---7---10---10-10-10-10-----10--0----5--0----7---7-7---7-7---7-7----| 
A--------------------------------10--0----5--0----7---7-7---7-7---7-7----| 
D--------------------------------10--0----5--0----7---7-7---7-7---7-7----| 

Carry on strumming that chord at the seventh fret for a few bars.....
Verse 1
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D----------7--------------------------------7---------------------| 
A----------7--------------------------------7---------------------| 
F#---------7--------------------------------8---------------------| 
D----------7--------------------------------7---------------------| 
A----------7--------------------------------9---------------------| 
D----------7--------------------------------7---------------------| 

'The way I see it' he said 'you just can't win it, everybody's
D----5----------------------------------------------5-------------| 
A----5----------------------------------------------5-------------| 
F#---6----------------------------------------------5-------------| 
D----5----------------------------------------------5-------------| 
A----7----------------------------------------------5-------------| 
D----5----------------------------------------------5-------------| 

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

D----5-----------------------7-----------------------------7-------| 
A----5-----------------------7-----------------------------7-------| 
F#---6-----------------------7-----------------------------8-------| 
D----5-----------------------7-----------------------------7-------| 
A----7-----------------------7-----------------------------9-------| 
D----5-----------------------7-----------------------------7-------| 

   somebody shooting you down. I do my best and I do good business
D---------------------------5-------------------------------5-----| 
A---------------------------5-------------------------------5-----| 
F#--------------------------6-------------------------------5-----| 
D---------------------------5-------------------------------5-----| 
A---------------------------7-------------------------------5-----| 
D---------------------------5-------------------------------5-----| 

  there's a lot of people asking for my time trying to get ahead
D-------------10-----------------7--------7--7--7--7-------------------| 
A-------------12-----------------7--------7--7--7--7-------------------| 
F#------------11-----------------7--------8--7--8--7-------------------| 
D-------------10-----------------7--------7--7--7--7-------------------| 
A--------------------------------7--------9--7--9--7-------------------| 
D--------------------------------7--------7--7--7--7-------------------| 

   trying to be a good friend of  mine

Chorus
------ 

D--------3-------------------------5-----------------5-------------| 
A--------3-------------------------5-----------------5-------------| 
F#-------3-------------------------5-----------------6-------------| 
D--------3-------------------------5-----------------5-------------| 
A--------3-------------------------5-----------------7-------------| 
D--------3-------------------------5-----------------5-------------| 

I was a free man in paris I felt unfettered and alive     there was
D---------7------------------7-------------------5------------7----| 
A---------7------------------7-------------------5------------7----| 
F#--------7------------------8-------------------5------------7----| 
D---------7------------------7-------------------5------------7----| 
A---------7------------------9-------------------0------------7----| 
D---------7------------------7--------------------------------7----| 

  nobody calling me up for favours and noone's future to decide
D-------------3----------------------------------5--------------5--| 
A-------------3----------------------------------5--------------5--| 
F#------------3----------------------------------5--------------6--| 
D-------------3----------------------------------5--------------5--| 
A-------------3----------------------------------5--------------7--| 
D-------------3----------------------------------5--------------5--| 

you know I'd go back there tomorrow but for the work I've taken on
D---------------7-------------7-----------------5-----------7------| 
A---------------7-------------7-----------------5-----------7------| 
F#--------------7-------------8-----------------5-----------7------| 
D---------------7-------------7-----------------5-----------7------| 
A---------------7-------------9-----------------0-----------7------| 
D---------------7-------------7-----------------------------7------| 

   stoking the star-maker machinery behind the popular song

D--------4-------4---------7-----7-7--7-7------| 
A--------5-------5---------7-----7-7--7-7------| 
F#---5---5---5---5---5-----7-----8p7--8p7------| 
D----5---5---5---5---5-----7-----7-7--7-7------| 
A----0---0---0---0---0-----7-----9p7--9p7------| 
D--------------------------7-----7-7--7-7------| 


Repeat this last line once

(p=pull off)

Then play the intro again, and into the second verse

Verse 2
-------- 

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

Chorus
------ 

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