Joni Mitchell – I Had A King (Guitar Fingerpicking)
Key
-
Versions
(3)
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Speed:
1.0x
Chords
Difficult to find chords for this online so I'm giving it a shot.
A7sus2 - x02000
Asus2 - x02200
Fmaj7 - xx3210
Am7 - x02010
Em7add4 - 000000
A6sus2/E - 004200
Aadd4 - x00220
A - x02220
[Intro]
A A7sus2
[Verse]
A I had a king in a tenement castle A7sus2 Asus2 Lately he's taken to painting the pastel walls brown Fmaj7 He's taken the curtains down A7sus2 Em7add4/A He's swept with the broom of contempt Am7 A6sus2/E And the rooms have an empty ring A7sus2 He's cleaned with the tears Em7/A Am7 A6sus2/E Of an actor who fears for the laughter's sting-
[Chorus]
Aadd4 A I can't go back there anymore Aadd4 A You know my keys won't fit the door Aadd4 A You know my thoughts don't fit the man A7sus2 A They never can, they never can
[Verse]
A I had a king dressed in drip-dry and paisley A7sus2 Asus2 Lately he's taken to saying I'm crazy and blind Fmaj7 He lives in another time A7sus2 Em7add4/A Ladies in gingham still blush A7sus2 A6sus2/E While he sings them of wars and wine A7sus2 Em7add4/A But I in my leather and lace Am7 A6sus2/E I can never become that kind
[Chorus]
Aadd4 A I can't go back there anymore Aadd4 A You know my keys won't fit the door Aadd4 A You know my thoughts don't fit the man A7sus2 A They never can, they never can
[Verse]
A I had a king in a salt-rusted carriage A7sus2 Asus2 Who carried me off to his country for marriage too soon Fmaj7 Beware of the power of moons A7sus2 There's no one to blame Em7add4/A A7sus2 A6sus2/E No there's no one to name as a traitor here A7sus2 The king's on the road Em7add4/A Am7 A6sus2/E And the queen's in the grove till the end of the year
[Chorus]
Aadd4 A I can't go back there anymore Aadd4 A You know my keys won't fit the door Aadd4 A You know my thoughts don't fit the man A7sus2 A They never can, they never can