Free Man in Paris

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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