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Joni Mitchell : Clouds
1969

  1. Tin Angel
    +1
  2. Chelsea Morning
  3. I Don't Know Where I Stand
  4. That Song About The Midway
    +1
  5. Roses Blue

  6. The Gallery
    +1
  7. I Think I Understand
  8. Songs To Aging Children Come
  9. The Fiddle And The Drum
  10. Both Sides, Now

Tin Angel

Capo:
VII
Asus2
Cmaj7sus4
Varnished weeds in window jars
Asus2
Cmaj7sus4
Tarnished beads on tapestries
Asus2
Cmaj7sus4
Kept in satin boxes are
Asus2
Reflections of love's memories
Asus2
F(b5)/c
Letters from across the seas
Asus2
F(b5)/c
Roses dipped in sealing wax
Asus2
Cmaj7sus4
Valentines and maple leaves
Asus2
Tucked into a paperback
Dm7/a
G
Guess I'll throw them all away
C
/b
A
Found someone to love today Dark with darker moods is he Not a golden prince who's come Through columbines and wizardry To talk of castles in the sun Still I'll take a chance and see I found someone to love today There's a sorrow in his eyes Like the angel made of tin What will happen if I try To place another heart in him In a Bleecker Street cafe
C
/b
Am
Asus2
I found someone to love today
C
/b
Am
A
I found someone to love today

Chelsea Morning

Tuning: DADF#AD (Open D)
Capo:
II
[Show chord shapes]
D7sus2 000A0A Dsus4/f 300100 A11/d 002100
D(2) 000C0C Dadd2/e 202000 Gadd9/d 020100
Dmaj7 044300 D6b9 000909 Dsus4/e 200100
D 000000 G 555555 A 777777
D7sus4 030100 G6/9 022100
D7sus2
D6b9
D7sus2
D6b9
D7sus2
D(2)
D7sus2
D(2)
D7sus2
Woke up it was a Chelsea morning and the first thing that I heard
G
Dmaj7
G6/9
D
Was a song outside my window and the traffic wrote the words
G
Dmaj7
G6/9
A11/d
It came ringing up like Christmas bells and rapping up like pipes and drums
D7sus4
Gadd9/d
Oh, won't you stay? We'll put on the day
Dsus4/f
Dsus4/e
D
And we'll wear it till the night comes
D
A11/d
D
Woke up it was a Chelsea morning and the first thing that I saw Was the sun through yellow curtains and a rainbow on my wall Red, green and gold to welcome you, crimson crystal bells to beckon Oh, won't you stay? We'll put on the day There's a sun show every second
D
A11/d
D
D
Dadd2/e
D
G
Dmaj7
G6/9
D
Now the curtain opens on a portrait of today
G
Dmaj7
And the streets are paved with passers-by
G6/9
Dmaj7
And pigeons fly and papers lie
G
G6/9
Waiting to blow away
D7sus2
D6b9
D7sus2
D6b9
D7sus2
D(2)
Woke up it was a Chelsea morning and the first thing that I knew There was milk and toast and honey and a bowl of oranges too And the light poured in like butterscotch and stuck to all my senses Oh, won't you stay? we'll put on the day And we'll talk in present tenses
D
Dsus4/b
D
D
Dadd2/e
D
G
Dmaj7
G6/9
D
When the curtain closes and the rainbow runs away
G
Dmaj7
I will bring you incense owls at night
G6/9
Dmaj7
G
A
By candle light, by jewel light if only you will stay
Dmaj7
G6/9
Pretty baby won't you
D7sus2
D(2)
Wake up, it's a Chelsea morning

I Don't Know Where I Stand

Tuning: FFCGAC
[Show chord shapes]
Bbm6 x55040 Fsus4add9 x00000 / x00210
Gm x22010 F7 x03230 / x03233
Dadd9 x99999 Am7 x44030 / x44034
Cadd9 x77777 Gadd9 x22222
Bbadd9 x55555 Abadd9 x33333
Aadd9 x44444
Finger-picking pattern for whole song:
Bbm6
Gm
Fsus4add9
c|----------0-----|-----------0-----|-----------0-----|-----0-----------|
A|4-----4-----4---|-1-----1---------|-1-----0---------|-0h1---0-----0---|
G|----0---------0-|-----0---------0-|-----2---------2-|-----------0---0-|
C|--4-----4-------|---2-----2-------|---0-----0-------|---------0-------|
F|5-----5---------|-2-----2-----2---|-0-----0-----0---|-0-----0---------|
F|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
Intro
Bbm6
Gm
Fsus4add9
Bbm6
Gm
Fsus4add9
Dadd9
Dadd9
Dadd9
Cadd9
Funny day, looking for laughter and finding it there
Dadd9
F7
Sunny day, braiding wild flowers and leaves in my hair
Bbadd9
Am7
Picked up a pencil and wrote "I love you" in my finest hand
Bbm6
Gm
Fsus4add9
Wanted to send it but I don't know where I stand Telephone, even the sound of your voice is still new All alone in California and talking to you And feeling too foolish and strange to say the words that I had planned I guess it's too early, 'cause I don't know where I stand
Aadd9
Gadd9
Do do do do do do do....
Bbm6
Gm
Fsus4add9
Do do do do do do do do do do do do Crickets call, courting their ladies in star-dappled green Thickets tall, until the morning comes up like a dream All muted and misty, so drowsy now, I'll take what sleep I can I know that I miss you but I don't know where I stand I know that I miss you but I don't know where I stand
Aadd9
Gadd9
Do do do do do
Bbm6
Gm
Fsus4add9
Do do do do do do do....
Dadd9
Cadd9
Abadd9
Gadd9

That Song About The Midway

Tuning: DADEAD (Open Dsus2)
Capo:
II
[Show chord shapes]
D 0x0200 Asus4 x02000
Cadd9/d 0x0332 Em9/d 5x2250
G/d 0x0320 Dmaj7/f# 4x2240
D* 0x0554
Dsus4 0x0300
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D
|
Cadd9/d
|
G/d
|
D
|
Asus4
Em9/d
Dmaj7/f#
G/d
D
I met you on a midway at a fair last year
Asus4
Em9/d
Dmaj7/f#
G/d
D
And you stood out like a ruby in a black man's ear
Cadd9/d
G/d
D*
Cadd9/d
You were playing on the horses, you were playing on the guitar strings
G/d
Dsus4
D
You were playing like a devil wearing wings
Cadd9/d
Dsus4
Wearing wings, you looked so grand, wearing wings
Cadd9/d
D
Do you tape them to your shoulders just to sing?
Cadd9/d
Dsus4
Can you fly? I heard you can, can you fly?
Cadd9/d
D
Cadd9/d
G/d
D
Like an eagle, doing your hunting from the sky I followed with the sideshows to another town And I found you in a trailer on the camping grounds You were betting on some lover, you were shaking up the dice And I thought I saw you cheating once or twice Once or twice, I heard your bid, once or twice Were you wondering, was the gamble worth the price? Pack it in, I heard you did, pack it in Was it hard to fold a hand you knew could win? So lately you've been hiding, it was somewhere in the news And I'm still at these races with my ticket stubs and my blues And a voice calls out the numbers, and it sometimes mentions mine And I feel like I've been working overtime Over time I've lost my fire, over time Always playing one more hand for one more dime Slowing down, I'm getting tired, slowing down And I envy you, the valley that you've found
Cadd9/d
G/d
Dsus2
D
'Cause I'm midway down the midway, slowing down
Cadd9/d
G/d
D
Cadd9/d
G/d
D
Down, down, down

Roses Blue

Tuning: DGDGBD (Open G)
[Show chord shapes]
Gm x0808x Cm x5504x
Fm x0606x Em x9908x
B x44444 Dm x7706x
Bm x0403x
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Gm
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Fm
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Fm
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B
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B
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Bm
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Bm
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Cm
Em
|
Dm
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Dm
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Gm
Fm
I think of tears, I think of rain on shingles
Fm
B
I think of rain, I think of roses blue
B
Bm
I think of Rose, my heart begins to tremble
Bm
Cm
Em
Dm
To see the place she's lately gotten to, gotten to, gotten to She's gotten to mysterious devotions She's gotten to the zodiac and Zen She's gotten into tarot cards and potions She's laying her religion on her friends, on her friends, on her friends Friends who come to ask her for their future Friends who come to find they can't be friends Because of signs and seasons that don't suit her She'll prophesy your death, she won't say when, won't say when, won't say when When all the black cards come you cannot barter No, when all your stars are stacked you cannot win She'll shake her head and treat you like a martyr It is her blackest spell she puts you in, puts you in, puts you in In sorrow she can lure you where she wants you Inside your own self-pity there you swim In sinking down to drown her voice still haunts you And only with your laughter can you win, can you win, can you win You win the lasting laurels with your laughter It reaches like an arm before you sink To win the solitary truth you're after You dare not ask the priestess how to think, how to think, how to think I think of tears, I think of rain on shingles I think of rain, I think of roses blue I think of Rose, my heart begins to tremble To see the place she's lately gotten to, gotten to, gotten to (
Dm
)
Gm
To-to-to-to-to, to-to-to-to-to-to-to to....

The Gallery

Tuning: DGDGBD (Open G)
Capo:
-I
G
Fadd9
G
C
G
Gsus4
G
Fadd9
Fsus2
C
Gsus4
G
When I first saw your gallery I liked the ones of ladies
Fadd9
Fsus2
C
Gsus4
G
Then you began to hang up me, you studied to portray me
G
/f#
G
A
Bm6
G
Gsus4
G
In ice and greens and old blue jeans and naked in the roses
Fadd9
Fsus2
C
G
Gsus4
G
Then you got into funny scenes that all your work discloses
Am6
Bm6
C
Lady, don't love me, now I am dead
Bm6
G/d
I am a saint, turn down your bed
Am6
Bm6
C
I have no heart, that's what you said
Bm6
Am6
G
You said, I can be cruel
Gsus4
G
But let me be gentle with you Somewhere in a magazine I found a page about you I see that now it's Josephine who cannot be without you I keep your house in fit repair, I dust the portraits daily Your mail comes here from everywhere, the writing looks like ladies' Lady, don't love me, now I am dead I am a saint, turn down your bed I have no heart, that's what you said You said, I can be cruel But let me be gentle with you I gave you all my pretty years, then we began to weather And I was left to winter here while you went west for pleasure And now you're flying back this way like some lost homing pigeon They've monitored your brain, so you say, and changed you with religion Lady, don't love me, now I am dead I am a saint, turn down your bed I have no heart, that's what you said You said, I can be cruel But let me be gentle with you When I first saw your gallery I liked the ones of ladies But now their faces follow me and all their eyes look shady
Am6
Bm6
C
G
Gsus4
G
La-la-la La-di-di-di-di-di La-la-da

I Think I Understand

Tuning: DADGBE (Drop D)
Capo:
II
D
Dsus2/c
Dsus2/b
Dsus4
D
D
/c
Daylight falls upon the path
/b
Dsus4
D
The forest falls behind
/c
/b
D
/c
D
/c
D
/c
Today I am not prey to dark uncertainty
D
/c
The shadow trembles in its wrath
/b
Dsus4
D
I've robbed its blackness blind
/c
/b
D
A7sus4
A7
A7sus4
A7
And tasted sunlight as my fear came clear to me
G/b
Dsus4
D
Oh I think I understand
/c
/b
Dsus4
D
Dsus2
Fear is like a wilderland
/c
/b
Asus4
Dsus4
D
Dsus2
Stepping stones or sinking sand Now the way leads to the hills Above the steeple's chime Below me sleepy rooftops round the harbour It's there I'll take my thirsty fill Of friendship over wine Forgetting fear, but never disregarding her Oh, I think I understand Fear is like a wilderland Stepping stones or sinking sand Sometimes voices in the night Will call me back again Back along the pathway of a troubled mind When forests rise to block the light That keeps a traveler sane I'll challenge them with flashes from a brighter time Oh, I think I understand Fear is like a wilderland Stepping stones and sinking sand

Songs To Aging Children Come

Tuning: CGCGCE (Open C)
Capo:
-I
[Show chord shapes]
Ab(viii) 888888 Bb(x) AAAAAA
G(vii) 777777 Eb(iii) 333333
Gb(vi) 666666 E(iv) 444444
C 000000
E|----12-12---14-14-|-15-15------------|----12-12---14-14-|-15-15------------|
C|----12 12---14-14-|-16-16--0---------|----12 12---14-14-|-16-16--0---------|
G|------------------|----------0-------|------------------|----------0-------|
C|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
G|------------------|------------0-----|------------------|------------0-----|
C|--0---------------|--------------0---|--0---------------|------------------|
Ab(viii)
G(vii)
Through the windless wells of wonder
Gb(vi)
C
By the throbbing light machine
Bb(x)
Ab(viii)
In a tea leaf trance or under
G(vii)
C
Orders from the king and queen
Eb(iii)
Gb(vi)
Songs to aging children come
E|--8---6---6------|-8---6---6--------|
C|--------8---6----|-------8---6------|
G|----6---------6--|---6---------6----|
C|-----------------|------------------|
G|-----------------|------------------|
C|--6--------------|-6----------------|
C
E(iv)
Aging children, I am one
E|--6---4---4------|-6---4---4--------|
C|--------6---4----|-------6---4------|
G|----4---------4--|---4---------4----|
C|-----------------|------------------|
G|-----------------|------------------|
C|--4--------------|-4----------------|
 People hurry by so quickly Don't they hear the melodies In the chiming and the clicking And the laughing harmonies Songs to aging children come Aging children, I am one Some come dark and strange like dying Crows and ravens whistling Lines of weeping, strings of crying So much said in listening Songs to aging children come Aging children, I am one Does the moon play only silver When it strums the galaxy Dying roses will they will their Perfumed rhapsodies to me Songs to aging children come This is one
E|--6---4---4-------|--6---4---4-------|--6-------4-------|--6-------4-------|
C|--------6---4-----|--------6---4-----|----6---6---4---4-|----6---6---4---4-|
G|----4---------4---|----4---------4---|------4-------4---|------4-------4---|
C|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
G|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
C|--4---------------|--4---------------|------------------|------------------|
E|--6-------4-------|--6-------4-------|----12-12---14-14-|--15-15-----------|
C|----6---6---4---4-|----6---6---4---4-|----12 12---14-14-|--16-16--0--------|
G|------4-------4---|------4-------4---|------------------|-----------0------|
C|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
G|------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------0----|
C|------------------|------------------|--0---------------|---------------0--|

The Fiddle And The Drum

B
D
And so once again, my dear Johnny, my dear friend
D
B
F#
And so once again you are fighting us all
F#
G
A
B
And when I ask you why you raise your sticks and cry, and I fall
B
E
Oh, my friend, how did you come
B
To trade the fiddle for the drum?
B
D
You say I have turned, like the enemies you've earned
D
B
F#
But I can remember all the good things you are
F#
G
A
B
And so I ask you please, can I help you find the peace and the star?
B
E
Oh, my friend, what time is this
B
To trade the handshake for the fist?
C#
E
And so once again, oh, America my friend
E
C#
G#
And so once again, you are fighting us all
G#
A
B
C#
And when we ask you why you raise your sticks and cry and we fall
C#
F#
Oh, my friend, how did you come
C#
To trade the fiddle for the drum
C#
E
You say we have turned, like the enemies you've earned
E
C#
G#
But we can remember all the good things you are
G#
A
B
C#
And so we ask you please, can we help you find the peace and the star?
C#
F#
Oh my friend, we have all come
C#
To fear the beating of your drum

Both Sides, Now

Tuning: DADF#AD (Open D)
[Show chord shapes]
D* 000000 D** 004300
Gadd9 020100 D*** 000304
Asus4 040300 A7sus4** 000102
A7sus4* 002100
A7sus4
riff
D-|------------------|
A-|--0---------------|
F#|--1---------------|
D-|--2--0------------|
A-|--0----3-2-0------|
D-|------------3-0---|
D*
Gadd9
D*
Gadd9
x2
Asus4
Gadd9
A7sus4*
D**
D*
(
Gadd9
D*
) Rows and flows of angel hair
Asus4
Gadd9
A7sus4*
D**
And ice cream castles in the air
Asus4
Gadd9
A7sus4*
And feather canyons everywhere
Asus4
Gadd9
A7sus4*
riff
I've looked at clouds that way But now they only block the sun They rain and snow on everyone So many things I would have done But clouds got in my way
D***
A7sus4**
Gadd9
D**
D*
I've looked at clouds from both sides now
Gadd9
D*
Gadd9
D*
From up and down, and still somehow
Asus4
Gadd9
A7sus4*
D*
It's clouds' illusions I recall
Asus4
Gadd9
D*
A7sus4*
D*
I really don't know clouds at all (
D*
)
Gadd9
D*
Asus4
Gadd9
D*
Moons and Junes and ferris wheels The dizzy dancing way you feel As every fairy tale comes real I've looked at love that way But now it's just another show You leave 'em laughing when you go And if you care, don't let them know Don't give yourself away I've looked at love from both sides now From give and take, and still somehow It's love's illusions I recall I really don't know love at all Tears and fears and feeling proud To say "I love you" right out loud Dreams and schemes and circus crowds I've looked at life that way But now old friends are acting strange They shake their heads, they say I've changed Something's lost but something's gained In living every day I've looked at life from both sides now From win and lose, and still somehow It's life's illusions I recall I really don't know life at all