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Version 1 Version 2[Verses] A D A He went to Paris lookin' for answers to questions that bothered him so. A D E7 He was impressive, young and agressive, savin' the world on his own. D A D E7 But the warm summer breezes, the French wine and cheese put his ambition at bay A The summers and winters scattered like splinters D E7 A And four or five years slipped away. A D A Then he went to England, played the piano, and married an Actress named Kim. A D E7 They had a fine life, she was a good wife and bore him a young son named Jim. D A D E7 And all of the answers and all of the questions he locked in his attic oneday A 'Cause he liked the quiet clean county livin' D E7 A And twenty more years slipped away. F#m A F#m B7 D E7 A A D Well the war took his baby, the bombs killed his lady, and left him with only one (A)eye. A D His body was battered, his whole world was shattered, all he could do was just (E7)cry. D A D E7 While the tears were a-fallin' he was recallin' answers he never found. A So he hopped on a freighter, skidded the ocean D E7 A And left England without a sound. A D Now he lives in the islands, fishes the pilin's and drinks his Green Label each (A)day. A D E7 Writing his memoirs, losin' his hearin', but he don't care what people say. D A D Through eighty-six years of perpetual motion, if he likes you he'll smile, then he'll (E7)say A "Jimmy, some of it's magic, some of it's tragic, D E7 A But I had a good life all the way." A D E7 A And he went to Paris lookin' for answers to questions that bothered him so.