Capo 5
[Intro]
(barre the F,G, and A)
(One strum) C D F F... F
or
F.G.A...Dm.C.A (strumming "barred A" right into verse)
[Verse 1]
A (/barre A) D
The way I see it he said, you just can't win it,
G
Everybody's in it for their own gain; you can't please 'em all,
F A
There's always somebody calling you down,
D
I do my best and I do good business,
G
There's a lot of people asking for my time,
They're tryin' to get ahead;
C A
they're tryin' to be a good friend of mine
[Chorus]
A F
I was a free man in Paris,
G
I felt unfettered and alive,
C Asus4 D
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
but for the work I've taken on,
C Asus4 D A
stokin' the star maker machinary behind the popular songs.
[Instrumental]
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,
G
Lately I wonder what I do it for; if I had my way,
C
I'd just walk through those doors, and wan-der,
A
down the Champs Elysees;
D G
going cafe to cabaret, thinking
how I'd feel when I find,
C A
that very good friend of mine
[Chorus]
A F
I was a free man in Paris,
G
I felt unfettered and alive,
C Asus4 D
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
but for the work I've taken on,
C Asus4 D A
stokin' the star maker machinary behind the popular songs.
[Outro]
A C D F C D G A
