Capo 1 G C G He went to Paris lookin' for answers to questions that bothered him so. G C D7 He was impressive, young and aggressive, savin' the world on his own. C G C D7 But the warm summer breezes, the French wine and cheeses put his ambition at bay G The summers and winters scattered like splinters C D7 G And four or five years slipped away. G C G Then he went to England, played the piano, and married an Actress named Kim. G C D7 They had a fine life, she was a good wife and bore him a young son named Jim. C G C D7 And all of the answers and all of the questions he locked in his attic one day G 'Cause he liked the quiet clean county livin' C D7 G And twenty more years slipped away. G C G Well the war took his baby, the bombs killed his lady, and left him with only one eye. G C D7 His body was battered, his whole world was shattered, and all he could do was just cry. C G C D7 While the tears were a-fallin' he was recallin' answers he never found. G So he hopped on a freighter, skidded the ocean C D7 G And left England without a sound. G C G Now he lives in the islands, fishes the pilin's and drinks his Green Label each day. G C D7 Writing his memoirs, losin' his hearin', but he don't care what people say. C G C D7 Through eighty-six years of perpetual motion, if he likes you he'll smile, and he'll say G "Jimmy, some of it's magic, some of it's tragic, C D7 G But I had a good life all the way." G C D7 G He went to Paris lookin' for answers to questions that bothered him so.
