Verse 1:
         A                                        D
 	 He went to Paris lookin' for answers to questions 
              E7           A
 	 That bothered him so
             
 	 He was impressive,young and agressive
         D                      E7 
 	 Savin' the world on his own
         D                    A   
 	 Warm summer breezes,French wine and cheeses 
         D                  E7   
 	 Put his ambition at bay
             A                         
 	 The summers and winters scattered like splinters
             D            E7             A  
 	 And four or five years slipped away


Verse 2:
         A                                       D 
 	 He went to England,played the piano,and married
            E7            A
 	 An actress named Kim

 	 They had a good life,she was a good wife 
             D                          E7  
 	 And bore him a young son named Jim
         D                     A    
 	 All of the answers and all of the questions
            D                       E7
 	 He locked in his attic one day
                   A  
 	 'Cause he liked the quiet clean country livin'
              D          E7             A
 	 And twenty more years slipped away


Verse 3:
         A                                           D  
 	 War took his baby,Bombs killed his lady and left him
             E7        A 
 	 With only one eye

 	 His body was battered,his whole world was shattered
         D                        E7      
 	 All he could do was just cry
                   D                A
 	 While the tears were fallin' he was recallin'
            D                   E7  
 	 Answers that he never found
               A 
 	 So he hopped in a freighter,skidded the ocean
             D            E7         A     
 	 And left England without a sound


Verse 4:
         A                                                  D
 	 Now he lives in the islands,fishes the pilin' and drinks
              E7              A
 	 His Green label each day

 	 Writing his memoirs,losin' his hearin'
                D                           E7
 	 But he don't care what most people say
               D                   A
 	 After eighty-six years of perpetual motion
               D                         E7
 	 If he likes you he'll smile and say
                A                  
 	 "Jimmy,some of it's magic,probably tragic,
               D          E7           A   
 	 But i had a good life all the way"

            A                                     D  
 	 He went to Paris lookin' for answers to questions
              E7           A   
 	 That bothered him so