{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":72406,"song":"He Went To Paris","artist":"Waylon Jennings","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/72406-he-went-to-paris-chords-by-waylon-jennings/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/72406?type=chord","rating":4.80614,"votes":26,"content":"#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#\r\n#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #\r\n#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #\r\n#------------------------------------------------------------------------------##\r\n******************* HE WENT TO PARIS ********************\r\n\r\nperformed by Waylon Jennings.\r\n\r\n\r\nVerse 1:\r\n[tab]         [ch]A[/ch]                                        [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\tHe went to Paris lookin' for answers to questions[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]E7[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]\r\n\tThat bothered him so[/tab]\r\n\r\n\tHe was impressive,young and agressive\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]E7[/ch]\r\n\tSavin' the world on his own[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]A[/ch]\r\n\tWarm summer breezes,French wine and cheeses[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]E7[/ch]\r\n\tPut his ambition at bay[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]A[/ch]\r\n\tThe summers and winters scattered like splinters[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]E7[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]\r\n\tAnd four or five years slipped away[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nVerse 2:\r\n[tab]         [ch]A[/ch]                                       [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\tHe went to England,played the piano,and married[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]E7[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]\r\n\tAn actress named Kim[/tab]\r\n\r\n\tThey had a good life,she was a good wife\r\n[tab]             [ch]D[/ch]                          [ch]E7[/ch]\r\n\tAnd bore him a young son named Jim[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]A[/ch]\r\n\tAll of the answers and all of the questions[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]D[/ch]                       [ch]E7[/ch]\r\n\tHe locked in his attic one day[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]A[/ch]\r\n\t'Cause he liked the quiet clean country livin'[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]E7[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]\r\n\tAnd twenty more years slipped away[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nVerse 3:\r\n[tab]         [ch]A[/ch]                                           [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\tWar took his baby,Bombs killed his lady and left him[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]E7[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]\r\n\tWith only one eye[/tab]\r\n\r\n\tHis body was battered,his whole world was shattered\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]                        [ch]E7[/ch]\r\n\tAll he could do was just cry[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]\r\n\tWhile the tears were fallin' he was recallin'[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]E7[/ch]\r\n\tAnswers that he never found[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]A[/ch]\r\n\tSo he hopped in a freighter,skidded the ocean[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]E7[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\n\tAnd left England without a sound[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nVerse 4:\r\n[tab]         [ch]A[/ch]                                                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\tNow he lives in the islands,fishes the pilin' and drinks[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]E7[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]\r\n\tHis Green label each day[/tab]\r\n\r\n\tWriting his memoirs,losin' his hearin'\r\n[tab]                [ch]D[/ch]                           [ch]E7[/ch]\r\n\tBut he don't care what most people say[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]A[/ch]\r\n\tAfter eighty-six years of perpetual motion[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]D[/ch]                         [ch]E7[/ch]\r\n\tIf he likes you he'll smile and say[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]A[/ch]\r\n\t\"Jimmy,some of it's magic,probably tragic,[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]E7[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]\r\n\tBut i had a good life all the way\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]            [ch]A[/ch]                                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\tHe went to Paris lookin' for answers to questions[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]E7[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]\r\n\tThat bothered him so[/tab]\r\n\r\nThanks to Brian Michalowski for the lyrics and for the chords.\r\nPerret Charles-Amir : perret@diva.univ-mlv.fr","plain_text":"#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#\n#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #\n#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #\n#------------------------------------------------------------------------------##\n******************* HE WENT TO PARIS ********************\n\nperformed by Waylon Jennings.\n\n\nVerse 1:\n\n\n\n\tHe was impressive,young and agressive\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVerse 2:\n\n\n\n\tThey had a good life,she was a good wife\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVerse 3:\n\n\n\n\tHis body was battered,his whole world was shattered\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVerse 4:\n\n\n\n\tWriting his memoirs,losin' his hearin'\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThanks to Brian Michalowski for the lyrics and for the chords.\nPerret Charles-Amir : perret@diva.univ-mlv.fr","chords":["A","D","E7"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"E7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,0,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,0,1,0,0]}}}