Mitchell Joni - Free Man In Paris, аккорды

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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