Joni Mitchell – Dont Interrupt The Sorrow (Guitar Intro)

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[Intro] C/G Bb/G F/G Eb G/D Bb/G G D/G Fmaj7 G/D Bb/G G C/G Bb/Eb G/D Csus4/G G Csus2/G G [Verse 1]
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[tab]G
Darn right

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In flames our prophet witches

G
Be polite

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A room full of glasses

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He says "Your notches, liberation doll"

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And he chains me with that serpent to that Ethiopian wall
[Verse 2]
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Anima rising

          G
Queen of queens

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Wash my guilt of Eden

           G
Wash and balance me

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Anima rising

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Uprising in me tonight

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She's a vengeful little goddess

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With an ancient crown to fight
[Verse 3]
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Truth goes up in vapors

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The steeples lean

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Winds of change patriarchs

G
Snug in your bible belt dreams

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God goes up the chimney

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Like childhood Santa Claus

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The good slaves love the good book

                  G   C/G G
A rebel loves a cause
[Interlude] C/G Bb/G F/G Eb G/D Bb/G G D/G Fmaj7 G/D Bb/G G C/G Bb/Eb G/D Csus4/G G C7/G G [Verse 4]
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I'm leaving on the 1:15

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You're darn right

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Since I was seventeen

G
I've had no one over me

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He says, "Anima rising

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So what

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Petrified wood process

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Tall timber down to rock"
[Verse 5]
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Don't interrupt the sorrow

     G
    Darn right

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He says, "we walked on the moon

G
You be polite"

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Don't let up the sorrow

Bb/Eb
Death and birth and death and birth

               C/F
And death and birth

           Csus4/G
He says, "bring that bottle kindly

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And I'll pad your purse

            Csus4/G
I've got a head full of quandary

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And a mighty, mighty, thirst"
[Verse 6]
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Seventeen glasses

       G
Rhine wine

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Milk of the Madonna

G
Clandestine

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He don't let up the sorrow

   Bb/Eb        C/F
He lies and he cheats

           Csus4/G
It takes a heart like Mary's these days

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When your man gets weak
[Outro] C/G G C/G G C/G G C/G G