Joni Mitchell – Chinese Cafe - Unchained Melody (Guitar)

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[Verse 1]
D                                        G
Caught in the middle, Carol, we're middle class

                             Am7
We're middle-aged, we were wild in the old days

                     G         Em
Birth of rock n' roll days, now your kids are coming up straight

C                        Am7                        G
My child's a stranger, I bore her but I could not raise her
[Pre-Chorus]
                   Em
Nothing lasts for long

                   D
Nothing lasts for long

                   C6
Nothing lasts for long
[Chorus]
Am7
Down at the Chinese Café

Em
We'd be dreaming on our dimes

Em
We'd be playing,

C        Am7         F
"Oh my love, my darling"

F
One more time
[Verse 2]
D                                        G
Uranium money is booming in the old hometown now

                       Am7                          G
It's putting up sleek concrete, tearing the old landmarks down now

                    Em                             C6
Paving over brave little parks, ripping off Indian land again

Am7                                  G
How long, how long, short-sighted business man?
[Pre-Chorus]
               Em
Ah, nothing lasts for long

                D
Nothing lasts for long

                C6
Nothing lasts for long
[Chorus]
Am7
Down at the Chinese Café

Em
We'd be dreaming on our dimes

                  C             Am7         F
We'd be playing, "You give your love so sweetly"

            D
One more time
[Verse 3]
D                                   G
Christmas is sparkling out on Carol's lawn

                           Am7                      G
This girl of my childhood games with kids nearly grown and gone

           Em                  C6
Grown so fast like the turn of a page

             Am7                    G
We look like our mothers did now when we were those kids' age
[Pre-Chorus]
                  Em
Nothing lasts for long

                   D
Nothing lasts for long

                   C6
Nothing lasts for long
[Chorus]
Am7
Down at the Chinese Café

            Em
We'd be dreaming on our dimes

Em
We'd be playing,

C        Am7         F
"Oh my love, my darling

G                      C
I've hungered for your touch

Am7            G
A long lonely time

C             Am7        F
And time goes by so slowly

G                  C
And time can do so much

Am7             Em
Are you still mine?

C             G
I need your love

Am7
I need your love

F         G    D
God speed your love to me"
[Outro] (Time goes - where does the time go I wonder where the time goes)