He Went To Paris

[Intro ] (A) He went to Paris lookin' for answers To (D) questions that bothered him (A) so He was impressive, young and aggressive (D) Savin' the world on his (E7) own But the (D) warm summer breezes The (A) French wines and cheeses (D) Put his ambition at (E7) bay The (A) summers and winters Scattered like splinters And (D) four or five (E) years slipped a(A)way Then (A) he went to England, played the piano And (D) married an actress named (A) Kim They had a fine life, she was a good wife And (D) bore him a young son named (E7) Jim And (D) all of the answers To (A) all of the questions (D) Locked in his attic one (E7) day 'Cause (A) he liked the quiet clean country livin' And (D) twenty more (E) years slipped a(A)way Well the (A) war took his baby, the bombs killed his lady And (D) left him with only one (A) eye His body was battered, his whole world was shattered And (D) all he could do was just (E7) cry While the (D) tears were a-fallin' (A) he was recallin' (D) Answers he never (E7) found So he (A) hopped on a freighter, skidded the ocean And (D) left England (E7) without a (A) sound Solo Now he (A) lives in the islands, fishes the pilin's And (D) drinks his Green Label each (A) day Writing his memoirs, losin' his hearin' But he (D) don't care what most people (E7) say Through (D) eighty-six years of (A) perpetual motion If he (D) likes you he'll smile and he'll (E7) say "Jimmy, (A) some of it's magic, some of it's tragic But I (D) had a good (E) life all the (A) way" (A) He went to Paris lookin' for answers To (D) questions that bothered him (A) so