Free Man In Paris chords by Joni Mitchell
Guitar chords with lyrics
- Tuning: open D
These are the (easy) chords for Free Man in Paris (Joni's version anyway).
Free Man in Paris
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Words and Music by Joni Mitchell
A D
The ..
C G
Everybody's ..
F A
There's..
D
I do ..
C
There's ...
G
They're..
F A
they're ..
Chorus
F
I ..
G
I ..,
C Asus4
There ..
A
and ...
F
You ..
G C
but ..
Asus4 D A
stokin' ..
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 ..
C G
Lately ..
F A
I'd ..
D
down ..
C
going ..
G
how ..
F A
that ..
Chorus:
End instrumental bit ...
A C D F C D G A
Free Man in Paris - Joni Mitchell
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tabbed by Howard Wright
spxhaw@uk.ac.cf.thor
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
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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
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D----------7--------------------------------7-------------------
A----------7--------------------------------7-------------------
F#---------7--------------------------------8--------------------
D----------7--------------------------------7-------------------
A----------7--------------------------------9-------------------
D----------7--------------------------------7-------------------
'The ..
D----5----------------------------------------------5-----------
A----5----------------------------------------------5-----------
F#---6----------------------------------------------5------------
D----5----------------------------------------------5-----------
A----7----------------------------------------------5-----------
D----5----------------------------------------------5-----------
in ..
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 s...
D---------------------------5-------------------------------5---
A---------------------------5-------------------------------5---
F#--------------------------6-------------------------------5----
D---------------------------5-------------------------------5---
A---------------------------7-------------------------------5---
D---------------------------5-------------------------------5---
there's ..
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 ...
Chorus
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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 ..
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 ...
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 ..
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 ..
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
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Chorus
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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 Last updated:
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