From: J.P.Wilks@cs.bham.ac.uk (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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Words and Music by Joni Mitchell
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: spxhaw@thor.cf.ac.uk (Howard Wright (Hman))
Free Man in Paris - Joni Mitchell
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tabbed by Howard Wright
spxhaw@uk.ac.cf.thor
Tuning : open D
From low to high that is - D A D F A D
So you can leave your A and D strings - all the others go down either
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
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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
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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
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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
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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
