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Joni Mitchell : Court And Spark
1974


  1. Court And Spark
  2. Help Me
    +1
  3. Free Man In Paris
  4. People's Parties
  5. Same Situation

  6. Car On A Hill
  7. Down To You
  8. Just Like This Train
  9. Raised On Robbery
  10. Trouble Child
  11. Twisted

Court And Spark

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Em7
Em7
A7sus4
Love came to my door with a sleeping roll
D/a
Bm7
And a madman's soul, he thought for sure I'd seen him
Gmaj9
A
Dancing up a river in the dark
C
G
A/e
Looking for a woman to court and spark
A/e
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D/e
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A/e
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D/e
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A/e
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D/e
A/e
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D/e
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Em7
A7sus4
He was playing on the sidewalk for passing change
D/a
Bm7
When something strange happened, glory train passed through him
Gmaj9
A
So he buried the coins he made in People's Park
C
G
A/e
And went looking for a woman to court and spark
A/e
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It seemed like he read my mind
D
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He saw me mistrusting him and still acting kind
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He saw how I worried sometimes
A/d
I worry sometimes
A/d
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Em7
A7sus4
All the guilty people, he said, they've all seen the stain
D/a
Bm7
On their daily bread, on their christian names
Gmaj7
A
I cleared myself, I sacrificed my blues
C
G
A/e
And you could complete me, I'd complete you
A/e
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D/e
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D/e
A/e
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Em7
A7sus4
His eyes were the colour of the sand and the sea
D/a
Bm9
And the more he talked to me, you know, the more he reached me
Gmaj9
A
But I couldn't let go of LA
C
G
A/d
City of the fallen angels


Help Me

Asus2
Amaj7
Em7
Gmaj7
Help me, I think I'm falling in love again
Gmaj7
Fmaj7
When I get that crazy feeling I know I'm in trouble again
I'm in trouble, 'cause you're a rambler and a gambler and a sweet-talking ladies man
Cmaj7
Gmaj7
And you love your lovin'
C
Gmaj7
A
Gmaj7
C
Gmaj7
Not like you love your freedom
Help me, I think I'm falling in love too fast It's got me hoping for the future and worrying about the past 'Cause I've seen some hot, hot blazes come down in smoking ash We love our lovin' Not like we love our freedom
Gmaj7
Didn't it feel good, just sitting there talking Or lying there not talking, didn't it feel good?
Fmaj7
You danced with the lady with a hole in her stocking Didn't it feel good? Didn't it feel good?
Dmaj7
Didn't it feel good?
Gmaj7
Didn't it feel good?
Dmaj7
Didn't it feel good?
Gmaj7
Didn't it feel good?
Help me, I think I'm falling in love with you Are you going to make me go there by myself? That's such a lonely thing to do Both of us flirting around, flirting, and flirting, hurting, too Not like we love our freedom


Free Man In Paris

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The way I see it he said you just can't win it
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G
Everybody's in it for their own gain, you can't please them all
F
A
There's always somebody calling you down
D
I do my best and I do good business
C
There's a lot of people asking for my time
G
They're tryin' to get ahead
F
A
They're tryin' to be a good friend of mine
F/c
I was a free man in Paris
G
C
I felt unfettered and alive
Asus4
D
There was nobody callin' me up for favours
A
And no one's future to decide
F/c
You know I'd go back there tomorrow
G
C
But for the work I've taken on
Asus4
D
A
Stokin' the star maker machinery behind the popular songs
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I deal in dreamers and telephone screamers
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G
Lately I wonder what I do it for, if I had my way
F
A
I'd just walk through those doors and wander
D
Down the Champs Elysee
C
Going cafe to cabaret thinking
G
How I'd feel when I find
F
A
That very good friend of mine
F/c
I was a free man in Paris
G
C
I felt unfettered and alive
Asus4
D
Nobody callin' me up for favours
A
And no one's future to decide
F/c
You know I'd go back there tomorrow
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C
But for the work I've taken on
Asus4
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Stokin' the star maker machinery behind the popular songs
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People's Parties

Tuning: DADF#AD (Open D)
A7sus4 X02100 D 000000 Em7 X22120
Bm7 X20000 D/a X00000 F 333333
C AAAAAA Dmaj9 077777 G 555555
Bm7
Em7
D/a
A7sus4
D/a
A7sus4
G
F
D
Dmaj9
D
G
All the people at this party They've got a lot of style
D
C
They've got stamps of many countries They've got passport smiles
Bm7
Some are friendly, some are cutting
Em7
Some are watching it from the wings
D/a
A7sus4
D/a
Some are standing in the center
A7sus4
Giving to get something
Dmaj9
G
Photo beauty gets attention
D
Then her eye paint's running down
C
She's got a rose in her teeth And a lampshade crown
Bm7
One minute she's so happy
Em7
Then she's crying on someone's knee
D/a
A7sus4
Saying, "Laughing and crying
D/a
A7sus4
You know, it's the same release"
Dmaj9
I told you when I met you
G
I was crazy
D
Cry for us all, beauty
C
Cry for Eddie in the corner Thinking he's nobody
Bm7
And Jack behind his joker
Em7
And stone-cold Grace behind her fan
D/a
A7sus4
D/a
And me in my frightened silence
A7sus4
Thinking I don't understand
Dmaj9
G
I feel like I'm sleeping
D
Can you wake me?
C
You seem to have a broader sensibility
Bm7
I'm just living on nerves and feelings
Em7
With a weak and a lazy mind
D/a
A7sus4
D/a
And coming to people's parties
A7sus4
Fumbling deaf, dumb, and blind
Dmaj9
I wish I had more sense of humor
G
F
D
Keeping the sadness at bay
D
C
Throwing the lightness on these things
Bm7
Em7
D/a
A7sus4
D/a
A7sus4
Laughing it all away Laughing it all away Laughing it all away
G
F
D
Laughing it all away


Same Situation

E/d XX0454
G/a X05433
G/d XX0433
D
E/d
G/d
D
A/d
G/d
C/d
C
G
Again and again the same situation
D/e
E
Am
For so many years
C
G
Tethered to a ringing telephone
D/e
E
Am
In a room full of mirrors
G
D
E/d
A pretty girl in your bathroom
F
D/g
Checking out her sex appeal
C
G
I asked myself when you said you loved me
D/e
E
Am
"Do you think this can be real?"
B/a
E/b
Still I sent up my prayer
D/e
A
Wondering where it had to go
E/a
D/a
A
With heaven full of astronauts
F#m7
D/g
And the Lord on death row
A/b
Bm7
A
While the millions of his lost and lonely ones
D/a
D/g
Call out and clamor to be found
C
G
Caught in the struggle for higher positions
D/e
And their search for love
E
Am
G/a
It sticks around
C
G
You've had lots of lovely women
D/e
E
Am
Now you turn your gaze to me
C
G
Weighing the beauty and the imperfection
D/e
E
Am
To see if I'm worthy
G
D
Like the church, like a cop, like a mother
E/d
F
D/g
You want me to be truthful
C
G
Sometimes you turn it on me like a weapon, though
D/e
E
Am
And I need your approval
B/a
E/b
Still I sent up my prayer
D/e
A
Wondering who's there to hear
E/a
D/a
A
I said, "Send me somebody
F#m7
D/g
Who's strong and somewhat sincere"
A/b
Bm7
A
With the millions of the lost and lonely ones
D/a
D/g
I called out to be released
C
G
Caught in my struggle for higher achievements
D/e
And my search for love
E
Am
G/a
Asus2
It don't seem to cease


Car On A Hill

E9sus4 022232
F#m7 2xx220
G/a 005433
G7sus4/a 005533
F#m7
E/f#
x4
F#m7
E/f#
F#m7
E/f#
I've been sitting up waiting for my sugar to show
E7sus4
A/d
I've been listening to the sirens and the radio
F#m7
E/f#
F#m7
E/f#
He said he'd be over three hours ago
E7sus4
A/d
I've been waiting for his car on the hill
D/g
G
He makes friends easy, he's not like me
D/g
G
D/g
G
I watch for judgement anxiously
F#m7
E/f#
E9sus4
Now, where in the city can that boy be?
A/d
F#m7
E
Dsus2
A
E/a
A
Waiting for a car, climbing, climbing, climbing the hill
F#m7
E/f#
F#m7
E/f#
He's a real good talker, I think he's a friend
E7sus4
A/d
Fast tires come screaming around the bend
F#m7
E/f#
F#m7
E/f#
But there's still no buzzer, they roll on
E7sus4
A/d
And I'm waiting for his car on the hill
D/g
G
It always seems so righteous at the start
D/g
G
D/g
G
When there's so much laughter, when there's so much spark
F#m7
E/f#
E9sus4
When there's so much sweetness in the dark
A/d
F#m7
E
Dsus2
A
E/a
Waiting for a car, climbing, climbing, climbing the hill
A
E
G7sus4
Asus2
A
G/a
Gsus4/a
x2


Down To You

A/b 022220 F#m7 2XX220
C/d 000010 G/a 003211
E/f# 2XX100
D
D/g
A
D
D/g
F#m7
Everything comes and goes
G
G/a
D
Marked by lovers and styles of clothes
D/g
F#m7
E/f#
F#m7
Things that you held high and told yourself were true
E/f#
G
G/a
D
Lost or changin' as the days come down to you
A
E
D/g
Down to you, constant stranger
G/a
Bm7
You're a kind person, you're a cold person too
A
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G
D/a
Esus4
E
Dm7
It's down to you
D
C/d
You go down to the pick-up station Cravin' warmth and beauty
Dm7
D
C/d
You settle for less than fascination A few drinks later you're not so choosy
Dm7
D
C/d
When the closing lights strip off the shadows On this strange new flesh you found
Dm7
D
C/d
Clutching the night to you like a fig leaf You hurry to the blackness and the blankets
A7sus4
To lay down an impression and your loneliness
Bm7
A/b
Bm7
A/b
E
Bm7
D
D/g
F#m7
In the morning there are lovers in the street, they look so high
G
G/a
D
You brush against a stranger and you both apologize
D/g
F#m7
E/f#
F#m7
Old friends seem indifferent, you must have brought that on
G
G/a
Am7
D
Em7
D
Old bonds have broken down, love is gone
C
Em7
A
Oh, love is gone
D/g
C#m7
Written on your spirit the sad song
F
G
C
G/c
D
D/g
A
Love is gone
D
D/g
F#m7
Everything comes and goes
G
Pleasure moves on too early
G/a
D
And trouble leaves too slow
D/g
Just when you're thinkin'
F#m7
E/f#
F#m7
You've finally got it made
E/f#
G
G/a
D
Bad news comes knockin' at your garden gate
A
E
D/g
Knockin' for you, constant stranger
G/a
You're a brute, you're an angel
Bm7
You can crawl, you can fly too
A
E
G
It's down to you
D/a
E
Esus4
E
It all comes down to you


Just Like This Train

A 000655 C# 000A99 F/g 3X3211
B 000877 D 000BAA Gm9 353335
Bb 000766 D9 004210 G7sus4 3X0011
C 000988 F7 003210 G13 3X3000
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Bb
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D/c
I'm always running behind the time
G7sus4
C
Just like this train
F7
Shaking into town
Am
C
G
With the brakes complaining
D/c
C
I used to count lovers like railroad cars I counted them on my side
F7
Am7
Lately I don't count on nothing
C
I just let things slide
G
F/g
The station master's shuffling cards
G
Box cars are banging in the yards
Jealous lovin' will make you crazy If you can't find your goodness
F7
D9
Gm9
C
'Cause you lost your heart
A
Bb
B
C
C#
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Bb
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C
I went looking for a cause Or a strong cat without claws
D/c
G7sus4
Or any reason to resume
C
F7
And I found this empty seat
Am
C
In this crowded waiting room
G
Everybody waiting
D/c
C
Old man sleeping on his bags Women with that teased-up kind of hair
F7
Am
Kids with the jitters in their legs
C
And those wide, wide open stares
G
F/g
And the kids got Cokes and chocolate bars
G
There's a thin man smoking a fat cigar
Jealous lovin' will make you crazy If you can't find your goodness
F7
D9
'Cause you lost your heart
Gm7
What are you gonna do now?
C
You've got no one to give your love to
A
Bb
B
C
C#
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C
A
Bb
B
C
C
Well, I've got this berth And this roll-down blind
D/c
G7sus4
I've got this fold-up sink
C
F7
Am
And these rocks and cactuses going by
C
G
And a bottle of German wine to drink
D/c
C
Settle down into the clickety-clack With the clouds and the stars to read
F7
Am
Dreaming of the pleasure I'm gonna have
C
Watching your hairline recede My vain darling
G
G13
Watching your hair and clouds and stars
G
G13
I'm rocking away in a sleeping car
G
G13
This jealous loving's bound to make me crazy
F7
D9
I can't find my goodness, I lost my heart
Gm7
C
Oh, sour grapes, because I lost my heart
A
Bb
B
C
C#
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C
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A
Bb
B
C
C#


Raised On Robbery

Tuning: CGCGCE (Open C)
He was sittin' in the lounge of the empire hotel He was drinkin' for diversion, he was thinkin' for himself A little money ridin' on the maple leafs Along comes this lady in sleeves She says
F
Let me sit down, you know
C
Drinkin' alone's a shame It's a shame, it's a cryin' shame
G
F
C
Look at those jokers glued to that damn hockey game
F
Hey, honey, you got lots of cash Bring us round a bottle and we'll have some laughs
Bb
G
C
Gin's what I'm drinkin', I was raised on robbery
She says
F
C
I'm a pretty good cook, sittin' on my groceries
G
F
C
Come up to my kitchen, I'll show you my best recipes
F
I try and I try, but I can't save a cent I'm up after midnight cookin' tryin' to make my rent
Bb
G
C
I'm rough but I'm pleasin', I was raised on robbery
G
F
C
G
C
F
We had a little money once
C
They were pushin' through a four lane highway
G
Government gave us three thousand dollars
F
C
You shoulda seen it fly away
F
First he bought a fifty-seven Biscayne, he put it in the ditch He drunk up all the rest, that son of a bitch
Bb
G
C
His blood's bad whiskey, I was raised on robbery
F
You know you ain't bad lookin'
C
I like the way you hold your drinks
G
Come home with me honey
F
C
I ain't askin' for no full-length mink
F
Hey, where you goin'? Don't go yet, your glass ain't empty and we just met
Bb
You're mean when you're loaded
G
C
I was raised on robbery


Trouble Child

C 032010 F7 003210
D/c 03X232 G/d 000433
Dsus4 000233 G7/b 020032
Bb
C
Bb
C
x4
Bb
D/c
C
Up in the sterilized room
Am7
Where they let you be lazy
F7
C
Knowing your attitudes are wrong
Am7
And you gotta change, and it's not easy
F7
G
Dragons shining with all values known
F7
G
F
G
C
Dazzling you, keeping you from your own
F7
C
Where is the lion in you to defy him
Am7
When you're this weak and this spacey?
D/c
So what are you gonna do about it
C
Am7
You can't live life and you can't leave it
F7
C
Advice and religion you can't take it
Am7
You can't seem to believe it
F7
G
The peacock is afraid to parade
F7
G
F
G
C
You're under the thumb of a maid
F7
C
You really can't give love in this condition
Am7
Still you know how you need it
C
G7/b
Then open and close you
Am7
Then they talk like they know you
G
They don't know you
C
G7/b
They're friends and they're foes too, trouble child
G/d
Dsus4
G
Breaking like the waves at Malibu
Bb
C
Bb
C
x4
Bb
D/c
So why does it come as such a shock
C
Am7
To know you really have no one?
F7
C
Only a river of changing faces
Am7
Looking for an ocean
F7
G
They trickle through your leaky plans
F7
G
F
G
Another dream over the dam
C
F7
And you're lying in some room
C
Am7
Feeling like your right to be human
G
Is going over too
C
G7/b
But some are gonna knock you
Am7
And some 'll try and clock you
G
You know it's really hard
C
G7/b
To talk sense to you, trouble child
G/d
Dsus4
G
Breaking like the waves at Malibu
Bb
C
Bb
C
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Bb


Twisted

<Annie Ross>
D9 054555
G9 0A9AAA
D9
G9
My analyst told me that I was right out of my head
D9
G9
The way he described it, he said I'd be better dead than live I didn't listen to his jive
D9
B7
I knew all along that he was all wrong
Em7
And I knew that he thought
A7
D
Bm7
Em7
I was crazy but I'm not, oh, no
A7
D9
G9
My analyst told me that I was right out of my head
D9
He said I need treatment but I'm not that easily led
G9
He said I was the type that was most inclined
D9
B7
When out of his sight to be out of my mind
Em7
And he thought I was nuts
A7
D
Bm7
Em7
No more ifs or ands or buts
D9
G9
They say as a child I appeared a little bit wild
D9
G9
With all my crazy ideas, but I knew what was happening, I knew I was a genius
D9
B7
What's so strange when you know
Em7
That you're a wizard at three?
A7
D
Bm7
Em7
I knew that this was meant to be
A7
D9
Now I heard little children
G9
Were supposed to sleep tight
D9
That's why I got into the vodka one night
G9
My parents got frantic, didn't know what to do
D9
But I saw some crazy scenes before I came to
B7
Em7
Now do you think I was crazy?
A7
D
Bm7
Em7
I may have been only three but I was swingin'
A7
D9
They all laughed at A. Graham Bell
G9
They all laughed at Edison
D9
And also at Einstein
G9
So why should I feel sorry if they just couldn't understand
D9
The idiomatic logic that went on in my head?
B7
I had a brain, it was insane
Em7
Oh, they used to laugh at me
A7
D7
B7
When I refused to ride on all those double-decker buses
Em7
A7
D
G9
A7
B7
Em7
All because there was no driver at the top
A7
D9
G9
My analyst told me that I was right out of my head
D9
But I said, dear doctor, I think that it's you instead
G9
Because I have got a thing that's unique and new
D9
B7
To prove it I'll have the last laugh on you
Em7
A7
D7
'Cause instead of one head, I got two
And you know two heads are better than one