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Free Man In Paris

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Joni Mitchell

Version
studio
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inthisworld
Tone
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Slide
A -> La
Video
Chords
	 
[Intro]
7/8

| C D F* | C G A |

3/8 4/4

| C D F* | C G | A | % |

[Verse]
A
"The way I see it", he said,
D/A
"You just can't win it ...
C/G
Everybody's in it for their own gain
G
You can't please them all
F A
There's always somebody calling you down
D/A
I do my best and I do good business
C/G
There's a lot of people asking for my time
G
They're trying to get ahead
F A %
They're trying to be a good friend of mine
[Chorus]
F/C
I was a free man in Paris
G C
I felt unfettered and alive
Asus4 D
There was nobody calling me up for favors
A
And no one’s future to decide
F/C
You know I'd go back there tomorrow
G C
But for the work I've taken on
Asus4 D
Stoking the star-maker machinery
A
Behind the popular song
[Instrumental]
| Em9 | A | Em9 | A |

7/8

| C D F* | C G A |

3/8 4/4

| C D F* | C G | A | % |

[Verse]
A
I deal in dreamers
D/A
And telephone screamers
C/G
Lately I wonder what I do it for
G
If I had my way
F A
I'd just walk through those doors and wander
D/A
Down the Champs-Élysées
C/G
Going café to cabaret
G
Thinking how I'll feel when I find
F A %
That very good friend of mine
[Chorus]
F/C
I was a free man in Paris
G C
I felt unfettered and alive
Asus4 D
There was nobody calling me up for favors
A
And no one’s future to decide
F/C
You know I'd go back there tomorrow
G C
But for the work I've taken on
Asus4 D
Stoking the star-maker machinery
A
Behind the popular song["]
[Instrumental]
| Em9 | A | Em9 | A |
[Outro]
7/8
C D F* C G A
7/8
C D F* C G A
3/8
C D F* C G A