Joni Mitchell – Carey (Guitar)

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Chords

[Chords] Csus4 x 3 x 0 1 1 G/B x 2 0 0 0 x F/C x x x 5 6 5 C* x x x 5 5 3 F/A x x x 2 1 1 [Intro] Csus4 C G/B C F/C C* F/A G/B C [Verse 1]
C/G
The wind is in from Africa

G
Last night I couldn't sleep

                F               C
Oh, you know it sure is hard to leave here Carey

         G
But it's really not my home

C/G                        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
[Chorus]
G                      C
Oh Carey, get out your cane

C                    G
And I'll put on some silver

F                    C              G   C    F/C  G/B  C
Oh you're a mean old Daddy, but I like you
[Verse 2]
C/G                                         G
Come on down to the Mermaid Cafe and I will buy you a bottle of wine

          F                  C                     G
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

  G
A round for these friends of mine

                   F                        C
Let's have another round for the bright red devil

              G
Who keeps me in this tourist town
[Chorus]
                             C
Come on, Carey, get out your cane

C                G
I'll put on some silver

F                    C              G   C    F/C  G/B  C
Oh you're a mean old Daddy, but I like you
[Verse 3]
C/G
Maybe I'll go to Amsterdam

    G
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

     G
The night is a starry dome.

              F                    C
And they're playin' that scratchy rock and roll

             G
Beneath the Matala Moon
[Chorus]
G                            C
Come on, Carey, get out your cane

C                    G
And I'll put on some silver

F                   C           G    C    F/C  G/B  C
You're a mean old Daddy, but I like you
[Verse 4]
C/G
The wind is in from Africa

      G
Last night I couldn't sleep

                 F                  C
Oh, you know it sure is hard to leave here

            G
But, it's really not my home

C/G
Maybe it's been too long a time

             G
Since I was scramblin' down in the street

                 F                       C
Now they got me used to that clean white linen

           G
And that fancy French cologne
[Chorus]
G                      C
Oh Carey, get out your cane

C                    G
I'll put on my finest silver

      F                   G
We'll go to the Mermaid Cafe

            C
Have fun tonight
[Ending]
        F                      C               G       C
I said, Oh, you're a mean old Daddy, but you're out of sight
F/C G/B C