Joni Mitchell – Good Friends (Guitar)

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                   Aadd9
I have to come and see you--
Maybe once or twice a year--
                              F#m7         E/F# F#m7
I think nothing would suit me better
(Right now) Than some downtown atmosphere ...
Em7  D/E                             E
          In the dance halls and the galleries

Em7  D/E                       
           Or betting in the OTB

Am7     G/A         Am7   G/A
Synchro nized--like magic

                     D/A
Good friends you and me

E/A                       A
     The sun goes down in Jersey

      E/A             A
Rises over Little Ita ly--

                             E/F#           F#m7  
We could talk it up 'til the block gets up

E/F#   F#m7
Mmmm   Mmmm   Swapping stories

Em7            D/E           E
     Sitting a round in some all night zoo

Em7         D/E
Watching it run like a movie

C/D     G/D         C/D   G/D
Synchro nized--like magic

                     D
Good friends you and me

Bm7              D/F#
    No hearts of gold

   D         Asus2   A     Asus2  
No nerves of steel

Bm7                      D/E  E          G/A     A  
    No blame for what we can     and can not feel
|Bb/C | % | % | % |
E/A                        A
    But now it's cloak and dagger

     E/A                  A
Walk on eggshells and ana lyze

                  E/F#        F#m7  E/F#   F#m7
Every particle of difference              Ahhhhh
Gets like mountains in our eyes
Em7     D/E                     E
        You say,     "You're un scrupulous!"

Em7      D/E
You say,     "You're naive!"

C/D     G/D         C/D    G/D
Synchro nized--like magic

                     D
Good friends you and me

Bm7              D/F#
    No hearts of gold

   D         Asus2   A     Asus2
No nerves of steel

   Bm7               D/E   E              D/A    
No blame for what we can       and cannot feel
|Bb/C | % | % | % |
E/A                       A
   Sometimes change comes at you

       E/A            A
Like a broadside acci dent

                      E/F#   F#m7 
There is chaos to the order

E/F#  F#m7              E/F#
      Random things you can't prevent

Em7  D/E                                    E
          There could be trouble around the corner

Em7  D/E                                  
         There could be beauty down the street

C/D     G/D         C/D    G/D
Synchro nized--like magic

                     D/A
Good friends you and me

Bm7              D/F#
    No hearts of gold

   D         Asus2     A    Asus2
No nerves of steel

   Bm7               D/E   E             C/D     G/D
No blame for what we can      and cannot feel             

Bm7              D/F#
    No nerves of steel

   D         Asus2   A     Asus2
No hearts of gold

   Bm7               D/E     E         G/A
No blame for what we can and can't con trol

 Bb/C
      Good friends you and me
Good friends you and me ..repeat and fade Transcription and chart Peter Kruger [email protected]