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Joni Mitchell : Ladies Of The Canyon
1970

  1. Morning Morgantown
  2. For Free
  3. Conversation
  4. Ladies Of The Canyon
  5. Willy
  6. The Arrangement

  7. Rainy Night House
  8. The Priest
  9. Blue Boy
  10. Big Yellow Taxi
  11. Woodstock
  12. The Circle Game
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Morning Morgantown

Tuning: DGDGBD (Open G)
Capo:
II
[Show chord shapes]
G x00000 Am7 x22010
C/g x02010 C(v) x55555
Bbm6 x33020 Eb x88888
Bm6 x44030 D x77777
|-9-----9-----9---|-7-----7-----7---|-10------10------10----|-9-----9-----9---|
|---8-----8-----8-|---7-----7-----7-|----10------10------10-|---8-----8-----8-|
|-----7-----7-----|-----7-----7-----|-------7-------7-------|-----7-----7-----|
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G
riff
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G
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G
Bm6
Bbm6
When morning comes to Morgantown
Am7
G
C/g
G
The merchants roll their awnings down
C(v)
Bm6
The milk trucks make their morning rounds
Bm6
Am7
G
C/g
G
In morning Morgantown We'll rise up early with the sun To ride the bus while everyone is yawning And the day is young In morning Morgantown
D(vii)
C(v)
G
Morning Morgantown
G
riff
Buy your dreams, a dollar down
Eb(viii)
C(v)
G
Morning any town you name
Bm6
Am7
G
C/g
G
Morning's just the same We'll find a table in the shade And sip our tea and lemonade And watch the morning on parade In morning Morgantown Ladies in their rainbow fashions Colored stop and go lights flashing We'll wink at total strangers passing In morning Morgantown Morning Morgantown Buy your dreams, a dollar down Morning in any town you name Morning's just the same I'd like to buy you everything A wooden bird with painted wings A window full of colored rings In morning Morgantown But the only thing I have to give To make you smile, to win you with Are all the mornings still to live In morning Morgantown Morning Morgantown Buy your dreams, a dollar down Morning any town you name Morning's just the same
G
Bm6
Bbm6
Am7
G
C/g
G
C/g
G
C/g
G
Morning's just the same
G
riff

For Free

G
Fmaj7
Em
I slept last night in a good hotel
Am
C
F
C
I went shopping today for jewels
G
Fmaj7
Em
The wind rushed around in the dirty town
Am
C
F
C
And the children let out from the schools
Am
G
I was standing on a noisy corner
C
G
F
Em
D
Waiting for the walking green
G
Fmaj7
Em
Across the street he stood and he played real good
Am
C
F
C
Em
D
On his clarinet for free
G
Fmaj7
Em
Now me I play for fortune
Am
C
F
C
And those velvet curtain calls
G
Fmaj7
Em
I've got a black limousine and two gentlemen
Am
C
F
C
Escorting me to the halls
Am
G
And I'll play If you have the money
C
G
F
Em
D
Or if you're a friend to me
G
Fmaj7
Em
But the one man band by the quick lunch stand
Am
C
F
C
Em
D
He was playing real good for free
G
Fmaj7
Em
Nobody stopped to hear him
Am
C
F
C
Though he played so sweet and high
G
Fmaj7
Em
And they knew he had never been on their TV
Am
C
F
C
So they passed his music by
Am
G
I meant to go over and ask for a song
C
G
F
Em
D
Mayby put on a harmony
G
Fmaj7
Em
I heard his refrain as the signal changed
Am
C
F
C
Em
D
He was playing real good for free

Conversation

Tuning: DADF#AD (Open D)
Capo:
IV
[Show chord shapes]
D5 050300 Asus4 002102
D11 040300 F 333333
Dsus4 020100 E 222222
D 000000 D7sus4 030100
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D5
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D11
Dsus4
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D5
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D11
Dsus4
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D5
D11
Dsus4
Asus4
D5
D11
Dsus4
Asus4
He comes for conversation, I comfort him sometimes
D5
D11
Dsus4
Asus4
F
E
Asus4
D5
Comfort and consultation, he knows that's what he'll find
D5
D11
Dsus4
Asus4
D5
D11
Dsus4
Asus4
I bring him apples and cheeses, he brings me songs to play
D5
D11
Dsus4
Asus4
F
E
Asus4
He sees me when he pleases, I see him in cafes
D5
Dsus4
And I only say, hello, and turn away before his lady knows
D7sus4
Dsus4
Asus4
How much I want to see him
D5
Dsus4
She removes him like a ring to wash her hands
D7sus4
Dsus4
D
She only brings him out to show her friends
D5
D11
Dsus4
|
D5
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D11
Dsus4
| I want to free him Secrets and sharing soda, that's how our time began Love is a story told to a friend, it's second-hand But I'll listen to his questions, I'll give my answers when they're found He says she keeps him guessing, but I know she keeps him down She speaks in sorry sentences, miraculous repentances I don't believe her Tomorrow he will come to me and speak his sorrow endlessly And ask me why Why can't I leave her? He comes for conversation, I comfort him sometimes Comfort and consultation, he knows that's what he'll find
F
E
Asus4
D5
D11
Dsus4
He knows that's what he'll find |
D5
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D11
Dsus4
| ....

Ladies Of The Canyon

Tuning: CGDFCE
[Show chord shapes]
C 002200 Dm9/c 020000
Cadd4 002000 D11/a x22222
Bbsus4add9 033000 Gm(add9) x0A9Ax
Fmaj7/c 022000 Gadd9 x0767x
G9 x0545x
Gm(add4)
Gadd9
G9
C
Cadd4
C
Cadd4
C
Cadd4
Bbsus4add9
/bb
Fmaj7/c
Dm9/c
C
Cadd4
Trina wears her wampum beads, she fills her drawing book with line
C
Cadd4
Bbsus4add9
/bb
Fmaj7/c
Dm9/c
C
Cadd4
Sewing lace on windows' weeds and filigree on leaf and vine
Bbsus4add9
/bb
Fmaj7/c
Dm9/c
Bbsus4add9
/bb
D11/a
Vine and leaf are filligree and her coat's a second-hand one
C
Cadd4
Fmaj7/c
/bb
Fmaj7/c
Dm9/c
C
Cadd4
Trimmed in antique luxury, she is a lady of the canyon
C
Cadd4
Bbsus4add9
/bb
Fmaj7/c
Dm9/c
C
Cadd4
C
Cadd4
Do do do do do do do, do do do do do do do do do do do do do Annie sits you down to eat, she always makes you welcome in Cats and babies round her feet and all are fat and none are thin None are thin and all are fat, she may bake some brownies today Saying, you are welcome back, she is another canyon lady Do do do do do do do, la la la la la la la la la la la la la Estrella circus girl comes wrapped in songs and gypsy shawls Songs like tiny hammers hurled at beveled mirrors in empty halls Empty halls and beveled mirrors, sailing seas and climbing banyans Come out for a visit here to be a lady of the canyon Do do do do do do do, do do do do do do do do do do do do do Trina takes her paints and her threads and she weaves a pattern all her own Annie bakes her cakes and her breads and she gathers flowers for her home For her home she gathers flowers and Estrella, dear companion Colors up the sunshine hours pouring music down the canyon Do do do do do do do, la la la la la la la la la la la la la Coloring the sunshine hours, they are the ladies of the canyon
Gm(add4)
Gadd9
G9
C
Cadd4
C

Willy

C
F
G
C
F
G
Willy is my child, he is my father
C
Csus4
F
Em
Dm
I would be his lady all my life
Dm
G
He says he'd love to live with me
C
F
Em
Dm
But for an ancient injury that has not healed
G
Am
He said I feel once again like I gave my heart too soon
G
Am
He stood looking thru the lace at the face on the conquered moon
Dm
Em
Dm
And counting all the cars up the hill
F
G
And the stars on my window sill
F
G
C
There are still more reasons why I love him
C
F
G
Willy is my joy, he is my sorrow Now he wants to run away and hide He says our love cannot be real He cannot hear the chapel's pealing silver bells But you know it's hard to tell When you're in the spell if it's wrong or if it's real But you're bound to lose if you let the blues get you scared to feel And I feel like I'm just being born Like a shiny light breaking in a storm There are so many reasons why I love him
C
F
G
C
F
G
Willy is my child, he is my father

The Arrangement

You could have been more Than a name on the door On the thirty-third floor in the air More than a credit card Swimming pool in the backyard While you still have the time You could get away and find A better life, you know the grind is so ungrateful Racing cars, whiskey bars No one cares who you really are You're the keeper of the cards Yes I know it gets hard Keeping the wheels turning And the wife she keeps the keys She is so pleased to be A part of the arrangement You could have been more Than a name on the door On the thirty-third floor in the air More than a consumer Lying in some roam trying to die More than a credit card Swimming pool in the backyard You could have been more than a name on the door You could have been more than a name on the door You could have been more You could have been more You could have been more

Rainy Night House

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Am7
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G/a
Am7
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G
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G
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Am7
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G/a
Am7
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G
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G
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C
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Bb(add9)
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Am
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G
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G/g
G
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C
G
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F
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A#(#11)
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Em
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Em
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Am7
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G/a
Am7
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Dm
Bbmaj7
It was a rainy night
A7sus4
Am7
A
We took a taxi to your mother's home
Dm
Bbmaj7
A7sus4
Am7
She went to Florida and left you
A
Dm
With you father's gun alone (
Dm
)
F/g
G
C
Fmaj9
Upon her small white bed I fell into a dream
Bb
Dm
C
You sat up all the night and watched me
Am
G/a
Am7
G
Dm
To see who in the world I might be
Dm
Bbmaj7
I am from the Sunday school
A7sus4
Am7
A
Dm
Gm/bb
A7sus4
A
I sing soprano in the upstairs choir
Dm
F/g
G
C
Fmaj9
You are a holy man on the FM radio
Bb
Dm
C
I sat up all the night and watched thee
Am
G/a
Am7
G
Dm
To see who in the world you might be
Dm
Bbmaj7
You called me beautiful
A7sus4
Am7
A
You called your mother, she was very tanned
Dm
Bbmaj7
So you packed your tent and went
A7sus4
Am7
A
Dm
To live out in the Arizona sand
Dm
F/g
G
C
Fmaj9
You are a refugee from a wealthy family
Bb
Dm
C
You gave up all the golden factories
Am
G/a
Am7
G
Dm
To see who in the world you might be

The Priest

Tuning: DADGBE (Drop D)
Capo:
V
 |
Dm
|
Dm
|
/c
/b
|
Dm
|
Dm
|
Dm
The priest sat in the airport bar
Am
Dm
He was wearing his father's tie
Dm
And his eyes looked into my eyes so far
Am
Dm
Whenever the words ran dry
Dm
Behind the lash and the circles blue
Am9
A
He looked as only a priest can through
Dm
And his eyes said me and his eyes said you
Am
A
Dm
And my eyes said, "Let us try" He said, "You wouldn't like it here No, it's no place you should share The roof is ripped with hurricanes And the room is always bare" I need the wind and I seek the cold He reached past the wine for my hand to hold And he saw me young, and he saw me old And he saw me sitting there Then he took his contradictions out And he splashed them on my brow So which words was I then to doubt When choosing what to vow? Should I choose them all? Should I make them mine The sermons, the hymns and the valentines? And he asked for truth, and he asked for time And he asked for only now Now the trials are trumpet scored Oh, will we pass the test? Or just as one love's more and more Will one love less and less? Oh come, let's run from this ring we're in Where the Christians clap and the Germans grin Saying, let them lose crying, let them win Oh, make them both confess

Blue Boy

Lady called the blue boy love, she took him home Made himself an idol, yes, so he turned to stone Like a pilgrim she travelled To place her flowers before his granite grace And she prayed aloud for love to waken in his face In his face Sometimes in the evening he would read to her Roll her in his arms and give his seed to her She would wake in the morning without him and go to the window And look out through the pane But the statue in her garden, he always looked the same He looked the same Bring her boots of leather and she will dance for him Shyly from a feather fan, she'll glance for him Here he comes after midnight to find her again He will come a few times more Till he finds a lady statue standing in a door In her door

Big Yellow Taxi

Tuning: DADF#AD (Open D)
Capo:
II
[Show chord shapes]
G 555555 Dsus4 020100
G6 575575 C6sus2/d 030100
A 777777 D(i) x5430x
A6 797797 D5/c# x4030x
D 000000 Dsus4/b x2010x
G
*: play with
G
and
G6
chords end on a
D
before the
A
chord
D
*: play with
D
,
Dsus4
,
C6sus2/d
chords
A
*: play with
A
and
A6
chords)
G
-
G6
-
G
-
G6
-
G
-
D
-
A
-
A6
-
A
-
A6
-
A
D
-
Dsus4
-
C6sus2/d
-
Dsus4
x3
D
-
Dsus4
-
C6sus2/d
-
D
G*
G*
D*
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
G*
A*
D*
With a pink hotel, a boutique and a swingin' hot spot
D(i)
D5/c#
Don't it always seem to go
Dsus4/b
D
That you don't know what you've got till it's gone
G*
A*
D*
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot (Shoe pa pa pa pa
D*
Shoe pa pa pa pa)
G*
G*
D*
They took all the trees, put 'em in a tree museum
G*
A*
D*
And they charged the people a dollar and a half just to see 'em
D(i)
D5/c#
Don't it always seem to go
Dsus4/b
D
That you don't know what you've got till it's gone
G*
A*
D*
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot (Shoe pa pa pa pa
D*
Shoe pa pa pa pa)
G*
G*
D*
Hey farmer farmer, put away that DDT now
G*
A*
D*
Give me spots on my apples but leave me the birds and the bees please
D(i)
D5/c#
Don't it always seem to go
Dsus4/b
D
That you don't know what you've got till it's gone
G*
A*
D*
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot (Shoe pa pa pa pa
D*
Shoe pa pa pa pa)
G*
G*
D*
Late last night I heard the screen door slam
G*
A*
D*
And a big yellow taxi took away my old man
D(i)
D5/c#
Don't it always seem to go
Dsus4/b
D
That you don't know what you've got till it's gone
G*
A*
D*
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot (Shoe pa pa pa pa)
D(i)
D5/c#
I said Don't it always seem to go
Dsus4/b
D
That you don't know what you've got till it's gone
G*
A*
D*
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot (Shoe pa pa pa pa)
G*
A*
D*
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot (Shoe pa pa pa pa)
G*
A*
D*
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot

Woodstock

Em
D
Dsus4
I came upon a child of God, he was walking along the road
D
Dsus4
Em
I asked him, where are you going? And this he told me
Em
D
Dsus4
I'm going down to Yasgur's Farm, gonna join in a rock and roll band
D
Dsus4
Em
Get camp out on the land and get my soul free
Em
Cadd9
A7sus4/e
We are stardust
G*
Cmaj7/e
We are golden
Em
Dsus4
D
Asus4/e
G
Em
And we got to get ourselves back to the garden................ So can I walk beside you? I've come here to lose the smog I feel to be a cog in something turning Maybe it's just the time of year, maybe it's the time of man I don't know who I am, but life is for learning We are stardust We are golden And we got to get ourselves back to the garden By the time we got to Woodstock we were half a million strong And everywhere there was song and celebration And I dreamed I saw the bombers riding shotgun in the sky Turning into butterflies above our nation
Em
Cadd9
A7sus4/e
We are stardust
Em
Billion year old carbon
G*
Cmaj7/e
We are golden
Em
Caught in a devils' bargain
Em
Cadd9
Asus4/e
Dsus4
D
Asus4/e
G
Em
And we got to get ourselves back to the garden................

The Circle Game

Tuning: DGDGBD (Open G)
Capo:
IV
[Show chord shapes]
G x00000 Bm x44430
G7+ x04030 Bm6 x44030
C9 x02010 Am7 x22010
C(v) x55555 D7 020210
Bm6
Am7
Bm6
Am7
Bm6
Am7
G
C9
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|-3-------1-----0-|-3-------1-----0-|-3-------1-----1-|-0-----0h1---1---|
|-----0-------0---|-----0-------0---|-----0-----------|-----0-----------|
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|-4-------2-------|-4-------2-------|-4-------2-------|-0-----0-----0---|
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G
C9
G
C9
Yesterday a child came out to wonder
G
C9
D7
Caught a dragonfly inside a jar
G
C9
Bm
Fearful when the sky was full of thunder
C(v)
G
Bm6
Am7
C9
And tearful at the falling of a star
G
Bm6
Am7
G
And the seasons they go round and round
G
Bm6
Am7
G
And the painted ponies go up and down
C9
G
C9
We're captive on the carousel of time
G
Bm
C(v)
We can't return we can only look behind from where we came
G7+
C9
Am7
G
C9
And go round and round and round in the circle game Then the child moved ten times round the seasons Skated over ten clear frozen streams Words like when you're older must appease him And promises of someday make his dreams And the seasons they go round and round And the painted ponies go up and down We're captive on the carousel of time We can't return we can only look behind from where we came And go round and round and round in the circle game Sixteen springs and sixteen summers gone now Cartwheels turn to car wheels through the town And they tell him take your time it won't be long now Till you drag your feet to slow the circles down And the seasons they go round and round And the painted ponies go up and down We're captive on the carousel of time We can't return we can only look behind from where we came And go round and round and round in the circle game So the years spin by and now the boy is twenty Though his dreams have lost some grandeur coming true There'll be new dreams maybe better dreams and plenty Before the last revolving year is through And the seasons they go round and round And the painted ponies go up and down We're captive on the carousel of time We can't return we can only look behind from where we came And go round and round and round in the circle game