Joni Mitchell – Free Man In Paris (Guitar Intro)

Drop D (D-A-D-G-B-E)
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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
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- [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