#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## From: [email protected] (Julie P Wilks) These are the (easy) chords for Free Man in Paris (Joni's version anyway). Free Man in Paris ================= 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: [email protected] (Howard Wright \(Hman\)) Free Man in Paris - Joni Mitchell ---------------------------------------- tabbed by Howard Wright [email protected] 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 ----- 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 ------- 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
