Chordproc: Joni Mitchell : Blue

Capo VI

Intro

G

D7

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Verse 1

G

D7

Em

I am on a lonely road and I am travelling, travelling travelling travelling.

F

C

D7

G

Looking for something; what can it be?

G

D7

Em

Oh, I hate you some, I hate you some, I love you some.

F

C

D7

G

Oh, I love you, when I forget about me.

Bridge 1

Em

D

I want to be strong, I want to laugh along,

Em

D

I want to belong to the living.

Em

D

By the light, I want to get up and jive,

Em

G

I want to wreck my stockings in some jukebox dive.

Chorus 1

G

D

Do you want, do you want, do you want to dance with me, baby?

F

Do you want to take a chance, on maybe finding some,

Em

D

Dsus4

F

Sweet romance with me baby? Now come on.

Verse 2

G

D7

Em

All I really, really want our love to do,

F

C

D7

G

Is to bring out the best in me, and in you too.

G

D7

Em

All I really, really want our love to do,

F

C

D7

G

Is to bring out the best in me, and in you.

Bridge 2

Em

D

I want to talk to you, want to shine through you,

Em

D

I want to renew you, again and again.

Em

D

Cause applause; life is our cause,

Em

G

When I think of your kisses, my mind seesaws.

Chorus 2

G

D

Do you see, do you see, do you see how you hurt me, baby?

F

Em

D

Dsus4

F

So I hurt you too, then we both get; so blue...

Verse 3

G

D7

Em

I am on a lonely road and I am travelling,

F

C

D7

G

Looking for the key to set me free.

G

D7

Em

Oh, the jealousy, the greed is the unravelling, it's the unravelling,

F

C

D7

G

And it undoes all the joy that could be.

Bridge 3

Em

D

I want to have fun, I want to shine like the sun,

Em

D

I want to be the one that you want to see.

Em

D

I want to knit you a sweater, I want to write you a love letter,

Em

G

D

I want to make you feel better, make you feel... free.

F

Em

Hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm, I want to make you feel, free,

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Dsus4

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G

Want to make you feel free.

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E7sus4

D/e

A

D/a

My old man, he's a singer in the park

D

E7sus4

He's a walker in the rain

D/e

A7sus4

Am7

He's a dancer in the dark

D

A7sus4

A7

D/e

We don't need no piece of paper from the City Hall

E7

D

Keeping us tied and true

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E7sus4

D/e

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D/a

A

My old man, keeping away my blues He's my sunshine in the morning He's my fireworks at the end of the day He's the warmest chord I ever heard Play that warm chord, play and stay baby We don't need no piece of paper From the city hall Keeping us tied and true My old man Keeping away my blues

Abm7

But when he's gone

Bbm

Gbmaj7

Me and them lonesome blues collide

Db

The bed's too big

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The frying pan's too wide

D/a

D7

E

D/e

A

D/a

Then he comes home And he takes me in his loving arms And he tells me all his troubles And he tells me all my charms We don't need no piece of paper From the city hall Keeping us tied and true No, my old man Keeping away my blues But when he's gone Me and them lonesome blues collide The bed's too big The frying pan's too wide My old man He's a singer in the park He's a walker in the rain He's a dancer in the dark We don't need no piece of paper From the city hall Keeping us tied and true No, my old man

Tuning: DGDGBD (Open G)

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Am6 x22010

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Gmaj7

Bm6

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G2sus4

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Born with the moon in cancer

Gmaj7

Bm6

Am6

G7sus4

Choose her a name she will answer to

Am6

G

Call her "Green" and the winters cannot fade her

C(v)

Call her "Green" for the children who've made her

Gmaj7

Bm6

Am6

G2sus4

G

Little Green, be a gypsy dancer He went to California Hearing that everything's warmer there So you write him a letter and say her eyes are blue He sends you a poem and she's lost to you Little Green, he's a non-conformer

C(v)

Just a Little Green

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G

Like the color when the spring is born

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Am6

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There'll be crocuses to bring to school tomorrow Just a Little Green Like the nights when the northern lights perform

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Am6

There'll be icicles and birthday clothes

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Am6

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G

And sometimes there'll be sorrow Child with a child pretending Weary of lies you're sending home So you sign all the papers in the family name You're sad and you're sorry but you're not ashamed Little Green, have a happy ending Just a Little Green Like the color when the spring is born There'll be crocuses to bring to school tomorrow Just a Little Green Like the nights when the northern lights perform There'll be icicles and birthday clothes And sometimes there'll be sorrow

Capo I

C

G

The wind is in from Africa, but last night I couldn't sleep

F

C

G

Oh, you know it sure is hard to leave here Carey, but it's really not my home

C

G

My fingernails are filthy, I got beach tar on my feet

F

C

G

And I miss my clean white linen and my fancy French cologne

G

C

Oh Carey get out your cane

C

G

And I'll put on some silver

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C

Oh you're a mean old Daddy, but I like you

C

G

Come on down to the Mermaid Cafe and I will buy you a bottle of wine

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C

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And we'll laugh and toast to nothing and smash our empty glasses down

C

G

Let's have a round for these freaks and these soldiers, a round for these friends of mine

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C

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Let's have another round for the bright red devil who keeps me in this tourist town

C

Come on, Carey, get out your cane

C

G

I'll put on some silver

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C

Oh you're a mean old Daddy, but I like you

C

G

Maybe I'll go to Amsterdam, or maybe I'll go to Rome

F

C

G

And rent me a grand piano and put some flowers 'round my room

C

G

But let's not talk about fare-thee-wells now, the night is a starry dome

F

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And they're playin' that scratchy rock and roll beneath the Matalla Moon

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C

Come on, Carey, get out your cane

C

G

And I'll put on some silver

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G

C

You're a mean old Daddy, but I like you

C

G

The wind is in from Africa, last night I couldn't sleep

F

C

G

Oh, you know it sure is hard to leave here, but it's really not my home

C

G

Maybe it's been too long a time since I was scramblin' down in the street

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Now they got me used to that clean white linen and that fancy French cologne

G

C

Oh Carey, get out your cane

C

G

I'll put on my finest silver

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C

We'll go to the Mermaid Cafe, have fun tonight

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C

I said, Oh, you're a mean old Daddy, but you're out of sight

Bm

Blue

Bm

A

Songs are like tatoos

Em

A

You know I've been to sea before

Em

G

Bm

A

Crown and anchor me, or let me sail away

Em

Bm

A

Hey blue, here is a song for you

Em

A

Em

Ink on a pin, underneath the skin

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Bm

A

An empty space to fill in

G

Bm

Well therere so many sinking now

G

Bm

You've got to keep thinking

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Em

A

Em

You can make it through these waves

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Bm

A

Acid, booze, and ass

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Bm

A

Needles, guns, and grass

Em

A

Lots of laughs, lots of laughs

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Em

G

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A

G

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Bm

Everybody's saying that hells the hippest way to go

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Bm

Well I don't think so

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Bm

But I'm gonna take a look around it though

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Bm

G

Blue, I love you

G

Bm

Em

G

Bm

Em

Bm

A

Blue, here is a shell for you

Em

Inside you'll hear a sigh

A

Em

A foggy lullaby

Bm

There is your song from me

Em

A

Tuning: EBEG#BE

Capo I

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Esus4 : 020100 E** : CCCCCC

F# : 222222 Bsus4 : 797877

A : 555555 Asus4 : 575655

B : 777777 E*** : 000004

C# : 999999 Eadd11 : 000005

Intro

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F#

Sitting in a park in Paris France reading the news and it sure looks bad

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They won't give peace a chance, that was just a dream some of us had

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Stole a lot of lines to sing but I wouldn't want to stay here

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It's too old and cold and settled in its ways here

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Ah but California, California I'm coming home

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I'm gonna see the folks I dig, I'll even kiss a sunset pig

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California I'm coming home

RIFF

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I met a redneck on a Grecian isle, we did the goat dance very well He gave me back my smile but he kept my camera to sell Oh the rogue, the red red rogue, he cooked good omelettes and stews And I might have stayed on with him there, but my heart cried out for you California, Oh California I'm coming home Oh make me feel good rock and roll band, I'm your biggest fan California I'm coming home

RIFF

BRIDGE #1

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E**

Oh it gets so lonely When you're walking

B

And the streets are full of strangers

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D

All the news of home you read just give you the blues

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Just give you the blues So I bought me a ticket I caught a plane to Spain Went to a party down a red dirt road There were lots of pretty people there Reading Rolling Stone reading Vogue They said how long can you hang around I said a week maybe two Just until my skin turns brown and then I'm going home To California, California, I'm coming home Oh, will you take me as I am, strung out on another man California I'm coming home

BRIDGE #2

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F#

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E**

Oh it gets so lonely when you're walking

B

And the streets are full of strangers

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E**

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All the news of home you read more about the war and the bloody changes

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E**

Oh will you take me as I am, will you take me as I am

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Will you, will you take me as I am

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Mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm, take me as I am ......

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Fmaj7

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It's coming on Christmas

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They're cutting down trees

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They're putting up reindeer

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And singing songs of joy and peace

Am

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Oh, I wish I had a river I could skate away on But it don't snow here It stays pretty green I'm going to make a lot of money Then I'm going to quit this crazy scene Oh, I wish I had a river I could skate away on

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I wish I had a river so long

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Am

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Dm7

I would teach my feet to fly

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Fmaj7

Woah, I wish I had a river I could skate away on

C

I made my baby cry

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Am

G

He tried hard to help me You know, he put me at ease And he loved me so naughty Made me weak in the knees Oh, I wish I had a river I could skate away on I'm so hard to handle I'm selfish and I'm sad Now I've gone and lost the best baby That I ever had Oh, I wish I had a river I could skate away on I wish I had a river so long I would teach my feet to fly Woah, I wish I had a river I could skate away on I made my baby say goodby

C

Am

G

It's coming on Christmas They're cutting down trees They're putting up reindeer And singing songs of joy and peace Oh, I wish I had a river I could skate away on

Tuning: EADAAE

Dulcimer part arranged for guitar.

Intro

D

G

Em7

A7sus4

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Dsus2

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A7

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Verse 1

D

A/c#

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Just before our love got lost you said

Bm7

7x705x

I am as constant as a northern star and I said

Em7

D

A/c#

Bm7

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Constantly in the darkness, where's that at?

Asus4

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A5

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If you want me I'll be in the bar

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A/c#

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On the back of a cartoon coaster

Bm7

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In the blue TV screen light

Em7

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D/a

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A/b

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I drew a map of Canada, oh Ca ---- na ---- da

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With your face sketched on it twice

Chorus

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Oh, you're in my blood like holy wine

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It tastes so bitter and so sweet

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A

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Oh I could drink a case of you, darling

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And I would still be on my feet

Intro

Oh I would still be on my feet

Verse 2

D

A

Oh I am a lonely painter

Bm7

I live in a box of paints

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D

I'm frightened by the devil

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Asus2

A

Asus4

A

And I'm drawn to those ones that ain't afraid

D

A

I remember that time you told me

Bm7

You said love is touching souls

Bm7

Surely you touched mine

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D

'Cause part of you pours out of me

A

D/a

A

D/a

A7

In these lines from time to time

Chorus

G

F#m

Oh You're in my blood like holy wine

Em7

A7sus4

D

Dsus4

Dsus2

Taste so bitter and so sweet

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A

Bm7

oh I could drink a case of you darling

G

D

A

Still I'd be on my feet

Asus2

A

D

I would still be on my

Intro

feet

Verse 3

D

A

Bm7

I met a woman, she had a mouth like yours, she knew your life

Bm7

She knew your devils and your deeds and she said

G

D

Go to him, stay with him if you can

A

Asus2

Asus4

A

But be prepared to bleed

Chorus

G

F#m

Oh but you are in my blood you're my holy wine

Em7

A7sus4

You're so bitter

D

Dsus4

D

Dsus2

Bitter and so sweet

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A

Bm7

Oh I could drink a case of you darling

G

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Asus4

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Still I'd be on my feet

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I would still be on

Intro

my feet

Outro

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G

The last time I saw Richard was Detroit in '68

Am

A7

And he told me all romantics meet the same fate someday

Em

Am

G

Cynical and drunk and boring someone in some dark cafe

G

You laugh he said you think you're immune

Am

A7

Go look at your eyes they're full of moon

Em

Am

G

You like roses and kisses and pretty men to tell you all those pretty lies

C

F

Pretty lies when you gonna realize they're only pretty lies

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Am

A7

D7

Only pretty lies just pretty lies

G

He put a quarter in the Wurlitzer and he

Am

A7

Pushed three buttons and the thing began to whirr

Em

Am

And a bar maid came by in fishnet stockings and a bow tie

G

And she said "Drink up now it's getting on time to close"

G

"Richard, you haven't really changed" I said

Am

A7

It's just that now you're romanticizing some pain that's in your head

Em

Am

G

You got tombs in your eyes but the songs you punched are dreaming

C

Listen, they sing of love so sweet, love so sweet

F

When you gonna get yourself back on your feet?

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Asus4

Oh and love can be so sweet Love so sweet

G

Richard got married to a figure skater

A7

And he bought her a dishwasher and a coffee percolator

Em

Am

And he drinks at home now most nights with the TV on

G

And all the house lights left up bright

G

I'm gonna blow this damn candle out

Am

I don't want nobody comin' over to my table I got nothing to talk to anybody about

Em

Am

All good dreamers pass this way some day

G

C

Hidin' behind bottles in dark cafes, dark cafes

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G

Only a dark cocoon before I get my gorgeous wings and fly away

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Asus4

Joni Mitchell : Blue

All I Want

My Old Man

Little Green

Carey

Blue

California

This Flight Tonight

River

A Case Of You

The Last Time I Saw Richard