INTRO | C D F | C D A | | C D F |2/4 C D |4/4 A | % | VERSE 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 them all F A There's always somebody calling 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 C I felt unfettered and ali-ve Asus4 D There was nobody callin' me up for favours A And no-one's 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 machinery behind the popular songs INTERLUDE | Em9 | A | Em9 | A | INTRO | C D F | C D A | | C D F |2/4 C D |4/4 A | % | VERSE 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 wander 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 F I was a free man in Paris G C I felt unfettered and ali-ve Asus4 D Nobody callin' me up for favours A And no-one's 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 machinery behind the popular songs INTERLUDE | Em9 | A | Em9 | A | CODA | C D F | C D A | | C D F | C D A | | C D F |2/4 C D | A