Joni Mitchell – Chelsea Morning (Guitar)

Am                                         D                  Am
Woke up, it was a Chelsea morning, and the first thing that I heard.

       G              D               Em                D
Was a song outside my window, and the traffic wrote the words.

        G               D
It came ringing up like Christmas bells,  

     G              A
and rapping up like pipes and drums.

    Am                    D
Oh, won't you stay? We'll put on the day.

          G                 D
And we'll wear it 'till the night comes.

Am                                         D                  Am
Woke up, it was a Chelsea morning, and the first thing that I saw.

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Was the sun through yellow curtains,and a rainbow on the wall.

           G                 D
Blue, red, green and gold to welcome you,

        G                A
crimson crystal beads to beckon.

    Am                    D
Oh, won't you stay? We'll put on the day, 

          G              D
There's a sun show every second.

G               D          Em            D
Now the curtain opens on a portrait of today,

        G                      D
And the streets are paved with passersby

    G                                             A
And pigeons fly, and papers lie, waiting to blow away.

Am                                         D                    Am
Woke up, it was a Chelsea morning, and the first thing that I knew,

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There was milk and toast and honey, and a bowl of oranges, too,

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And the sun poured in like butterscotch,and stuck to all my senses,

     Am                   D
Oh, won't you stay? we'll put on the day,

          G               D
And we'll talk in present tenses.

G                D               Em            D
When the curtain closes, and the rainbow runs away.

       G                 D
I will bring you incense owls by night, 

   G                                             A
By candlelight, by jewel-light, If only you will stay, Pretty baby, won't you, 

Am                                   D
Wake up, it's a Chelsea morning....