Free Man In Paris Chords

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                Free Man in Paris – Joni Mitchell
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Written by: Joni Mitchell
From: "Court and Spark" (1974)
 
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Double drop D (D-A-D-G-B-d)
 
Listen to this tab: https://soundcloud.com/maguri/free-man-in-paris
 
  C     D     F             D      C D     G   A
  1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +    1   +   2   +   3   +   4
d|5-----7-----10------------0-----|5-0---(5)--(7)--------------|
B|5-----7-----10------------0-----|5-0----3----5---------------|
G|5-----7-----10------------0-----|5-0----4----6---------------|
D|--------------------------------|-------5----7---------------|
A|--------------------------------|----------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|----------------------------|
  C     D     F             D      C D     G   A
  1   +   2   +   3   +   4   +    1   +   2    1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
d|5-----7-----10------------0-----|5-0---(5)-—-(7)--------------|----------------|
B|5-----7-----10------------0-----|5-0----3----|5---------------|----------------|
G|5-----7-----10------------0-----|5-0----4----|6---------------|----------------|
D|--------------------------------|-------5----|7---------------|----------------|
A|--------------------------------|------------|0---------------|----------------|
D|--------------------------------|------------|----------------|----------------|
 
[Intro] / [Interlude] / [Coda]
       D-A-D-G-B-d
C      x-x-x-5-5-5
D      x-x-x-7-7-7
F      x-x-x-10-10-10
G      x-x-5-4-3(5)
A      x-x-7-6-5(7)
 
[Verse]
       D-A-D-G-B-d
Aadd9  7-7-7-6-0-x
D/A    7-9-7-7-7-7
C/G    5-7-5-5-5-5
G      5-5-5-4-0-0
F/C    10-12-10-10-10-10
 
[Chorus]
       D-A-D-G-B-d
F/C    10-12-10-10-10-10
G      5-x-0-0-0-5
C/G    5-7-5-5-5-5
Asus4  x-0-7-7-5-0
D/A    x-0-7-7-7-0
 
[Link]
       D-A-D-G-B-d
Em9/A  x-0-5-7-7(0)
A      x-0-7-6-5-7
 
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[Intro]
                7/8
| C D F   D | C D G A      |
               3/8   4/4
| C D F   D | C D G | A | % |
 
[Verse 1]
           Aadd9
"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/C                  Aadd9
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/C                | Aadd9 | % |
They're trying to be a good friend of mine
 
[Chorus]
        F/C
I was a free man in Paris
         G              C/G
I felt unfettered and alive
                 Asus4             D/A
There was nobody calling me up for favors
             Aadd9
And no one’s future to decide
             F/C
You know I'd go back there tomorrow
            G               C/G
But for the work I've taken on
            Asus4        D/A
Stoking the star-maker machinery
           Aadd9
Behind the popular song
 
[Link]
| Em9/A | A | Em9/A | A |
 
[Interlude]
                7/8
| C D F   D | C D G A      |
               3/8   4/4
| C D F   D | C D G | A | % |
 
[Verse 2]
          Aadd9
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/C                          Aadd9
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/C                | Aadd9 | % |
That very good friend of mine
 
[Chorus]
        F/C
I was a free man in Paris
         G              C/G
I felt unfettered and alive
                 Asus4             D/A
There was nobody calling me up for favors
             Aadd9
And no one’s future to decide
             F/C
You know I'd go back there tomorrow
            G               C/G
But for the work I've taken on
            Asus4        D/A
Stoking the star-maker machinery
           Aadd9
Behind the popular song[“]
 
[Link]
| Em9/A | A | Em9/A | A |
 
[Coda]
                 7/8
| C D F   D | C D G A      |
                7/8
| C D F   D | C D G A      |
               3/8 
| C D F   D | C D G | A
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