Joni Mitchell – Furry Sings The Blues (Guitar)

Capo 2
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Chords

Eb5 3 3 x x x x F5 5 5 x x x x Gm9 7 7 7 0 0 0 F/C 0 x 7 7 7 0 Cadd9add4 0 0 2 0 2 0 C9sus4 0 0 0 0 0 x Bb/Eb 3 3 3 0 0 0 [Intro] Eb5 F5 Gm9 Eb5 F5 F/C Cadd9 Cadd9add4 Cadd9 Cadd9add4 [Verse 1]
F/C                   Cadd9  Cadd9add4
  Old Beale street is coming down

Bb/Eb
  Sweetie's snack bar  boarded up now

    Gm9
And Egles the Tailor and the Shine Boy's gone
Faded out with ragtime blues
F/C               Cadd9
  Handy's cast in bronze

    Cadd9add4          Bb/Eb
And he's standing in a little park

                                       Gm9
With his trumpet in his hand like he's listening back
To the good old bands, and the click of high heeled shoes [Chorus 1]
    Cadd9
Old Furry sings the blues

                           Bb/Eb
Propped up in his bed with his dentures and his leg removed

            Gm9
And Ginny's there for her kindness and Furry's beer

                                  F/C Cadd9
She's the old man's angel overseer
[Bridge] Eb5 F5 Gm9 Eb5 F5 [Verse 2]
F/C                       Cadd9      Cadd9add4
  Pawn shops glitter like gold tooth caps

Bb/Eb
  In the grey decay

                                       Gm9
They chew the last few dollars off old Beale Street's carcass
Carrion and mercy
F/C               Cadd9     Cadd9add4
  Blue and silver sparkling drums

Bb/Eb
  Cheap guitars eye shades and guns

            Gm9
Aimed at the hot blood of being no one
Down and out in Memphis Tennessee [Chorus 2]
    Cadd9
Old Furry sings the blues

                              Bb/Eb
You bring him smoke and drink and he'll play for you

            Gm9
It's mostly muttering now and sideshow spiel

                                                    Cadd9
But there was one song he played I could really feel
[Bridge] Eb5 F5 Gm9 x2 Eb5 F5 [Verse 3]
F/C                            Cadd9      Cadd9add4
  There's a double bill murder at the New Daisy

Bb/Eb
The old girl's silent across the street

      Gm9
She's silent waiting for the wrecker's beat
Silent staring at her stolen name
F/C                Cadd9 Cadd9add4
  Diamond boys and satin dolls

Bb/Eb
  Bourbon laughter ghosts

        Gm9
History falls to parking lots and shopping malls
As they tear down old Beale Street [Chorus 3]
    Cadd9
Old Furry sings the blues

                               Bb/Eb
He points a bony finger at you and says "I don't like you"

          Gm9
Everybody laughs as if it's the old man's standard joke

Gm9                                                      Cadd9
But it's true, we're only welcome for our drink and smoke
[Bridge] Eb5 F5 Gm9 Eb5 F5 [Verse 4]
F/C               Cadd9        Cadd9add4
  W. C. Handy I'm rich and I'm fey

Bb/Eb
  And I'm not familiar with what you played

               Gm9
But I get such strong impressions of your hey day
Looking up and down old Beale Street
F/C                      Cadd9 Cadd9add4
  Ghosts of the darktown so----ciety

Bb/Eb
Come right out of the bricks at me

            Gm9
Like it's a Saturday night, they're in their finery
Dancing it up and making deals [Chorus 4]
                Cadd9
Furry sings the blues

                         Bb/Eb
Why should I expect that old guy to give it to me true

          Gm9
Fallen to hard luck and time and other thieves
While our limo is shining on his shanty street [Outro]
    Cadd9
Old Furry sings the blues

Cadd9  Cadd9add4
(repeat and fade)