He Went To Paris

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 aA)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 aA)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 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