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                        
The way I see it he said, you just 
      D
can't win it,
            C                  
Everybody's in it for their own 
                            G
gain; you can't please 'em all,
               F                   
There's always somebody putting you
    A
 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                
they're tryin' to be a good friend 
   A
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   
stokin' the star maker machinary 
             A
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                     
I deal in dreamers and telephone 
   D
screamers,
         C                         
Lately I wonder what I do it for; 
           G
if I had my way,
         F                         
I'd just walk through those doors, 
       A
and wan-der,
Continues after the ad
                  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 \(Hman\))
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            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-----
A----7---9---12---12-12-12-12-----
F#---6---8---11---11-11-11-11-----
D----5---7---10---10-10-10-10-----
A---------------------------------
D---------------------------------

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

D|10--0----5--0----7---7-7---7-7---7-7----| 
A|10--0----5--0----7---7-7---7-7---7-7----| 
F|10--0----5--0----7---7-7---7-7---7-7----| 
D|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----------------------
A----------7----------------------
F#---------7----------------------
D----------7----------------------
A----------7----------------------
D----------7----------------------

D|----------7---------------------| 
A|----------7---------------------| 
F|----------8---------------------| 
D|----------7---------------------| 
A|----------9---------------------| 
D|----------7---------------------| 

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

D|------------------5-------------| 
A|------------------5-------------| 
F|------------------5-------------| 
D|------------------5-------------| 
A|------------------5-------------| 
D|------------------5-------------| 

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

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

D|-------------------------7-------|
A|-------------------------7-------|
F|-------------------------8-------|
D|-------------------------7-------|
A|-------------------------9-------|
D|-------------------------7-------|

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

D|--------------------------5-----| 
A|--------------------------5-----| 
F|--------------------------5-----| 
D|--------------------------5-----| 
A|--------------------------5-----| 
D|--------------------------5-----| 

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

D|7--------7--7--7--7-------------------| 
A|7--------7--7--7--7-------------------| 
F|7--------8--7--8--7-------------------| 
D|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------------------------
A--------3------------------------
F#-------3------------------------
D--------3------------------------
A--------3------------------------
D--------3------------------------

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

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

D|---------------5------------7----|
A|---------------5------------7----|
F|---------------5------------7----|
D|---------------5------------7----|
A|---------------0------------7----|
D|----------------------------7----|

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

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

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

D|--------------5-----------7------|
A|--------------5-----------7------|
F|--------------5-----------7------|
D|--------------5-----------7------|
A|--------------0-----------7------|
D|--------------------------7------|

   stoking the star-maker machinery 
behind the popular song

D--------4-------4---------7-----
A--------5-------5---------7-----
F#---5---5---5---5---5-----7-----
D----5---5---5---5---5-----7-----
A----0---0---0---0---0-----7-----
D--------------------------7-----

D|7-7--7-7------| 
A|7-7--7-7------| 
F|8p7--8p7------| 
D|7-7--7-7------| 
A|9p7--9p7------| 
D|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