Joni Mitchell – Dont Interrupt The Sorrow (Guitar)

Capo 3
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Chords

[Intro] | E A F G | % | E | % | [Chorus 1]
E
  Don't interrupt the sorrow. Darn right. In flames our prophet witches. Be polite

F
  A room full of glasses

G
  He says, "Your notches, liberation doll"

E
  And he chains me with that serpent to that Ethiopian wall
A E A [Verse 1]
E
  Anima rising. Queen of Queens

A
  Wash my guilt of Eden. Wash and balance me

F               G
  Anima rising. Uprising in me tonight

E
  She's a vengeful little goddess with an ancient crown to fight
[Verse 2]
E
  Truth goes up in vapors. The steeples lean

A
  Winds of change patriarchs. Snug in your bible belt dreams

F                          G
  God goes up the chimney. Like childhood Santa Claus

E
  The good slaves love the good book. A rebel loves a cause
[Interlude] | E | % | F | Dm A | | E | G | E | G | [Verse 3]
E
  I'm leaving on the 1:15. You're darn right

A
  Since I was seventeen. I've had no one over me. He says

F                 G
  "Anima rising-    So what-

E
  Petrified wood process. Tall timber down to rock!"
[Chorus 2]
E
  Don't interrupt the sorrow. Darn right. He says, "We walked on the moon, You be polite"

F
  Don't let up the sorrow . Death and birth and death and birth and death and birth

G
  He says, "Bring that bottle kindly . And I'll pad your purse-

E
  I've got a head full of quandary. And a mighty, mighty, mighty thirst"
A E A [Verse 4]
E
  Seventeen glasses. Rhine wine

A
  Milk of the Madonna. Clandestine

F                             G
  He don't let up the sorrow.    He lies and he cheats

E
  It takes a heart like Mary's these days . When your man gets weak
[Outro]
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(Repeat and fade)