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[Estrofa]G C GHe went to Paris lookin' for answers to questions that bothered him so.G C D7He was impressive, young and aggressive, savin' the world on his own.C G C D7But the warm summer breezes, the French wine and cheeses put his ambition at bayGThe summers and winters scattered like splintersC D7 GAnd four or five years slipped away.[Estrofa]G C GThen he went to England, played the piano, and married an Actress named Kim.G C D7They had a fine life, she was a good wife and bore him a young son named Jim.C G C D7And all of the answers and all of the questions he locked in his attic one dayG'Cause he liked the quiet clean county livin'C D7 GAnd twenty more years slipped away.[Estrofa]G C GWell the war took his baby, the bombs killed his lady, and left him with only one eye.G C D7His body was battered, his whole world was shattered, and all he could do was just cry.C G C D7While the tears were a-fallin' he was recallin' answers he never found.GSo he hopped on a freighter, skidded the oceanC D7 GAnd left England without a sound.[Estrofa]G C GNow he lives in the islands, fishes the pilin's and drinks his Green Label each day.G C D7Writing his memoirs, losin' his hearin', but he don't care what people say.C G C D7Through eighty-six years of perpetual motion, if he likes you he'll smile, and he'll sayG"Jimmy, some of it's magic, some of it's tragic,C D7 GBut I had a good life all the way."[Outro]G C D7 GHe went to Paris lookin' for answers to questions that bothered him so.