Joni Mitchell – Little Green (Guitar)

Key
-
Versions (2)

Auto-scroll

Chords

This is simplified version of another tab The first G is just a passing bass note before the Dm7, the second G is the Chord if desired or played as a G/Dm7 G's seem to be absent in other transcriptions but can make it more rythmically playable for us average fellas, or not, to each ones own. [Intro]
Cmaj7       G  Dm7    G     C              Csus2
|  /  /  /  / |  /  /  /  / |  /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / |
[Verse 1]
Cmaj7  G   Dm7            G      C   Csus2
Born----------  with the moon in cancer

Cmaj7  G   Dm7        G             C         C9
Choose--------- her a name she will answer to,

         Dm7
Call her green, and the winters cannot fade her,

         F
Call her green for the children who've made her,

       Cmaj7   G  Dm7             G       C         Csus2  C
Little green---------     ...be a gypsy ...dancer--------!
[Verse 2]
Cmaj7      G   Dm7            G      C       Csus2
       He-----------  went to Cali - fornia,

Cmaj7  G   Dm7      G           C            C9
Hear------ing that everything's warmer there,

       Dm7
So you write him a letter, and say, 'Her eyes are blue',

      F
He   sends you a poem, and she's lost to you,

 Cmaj7            G  Dm7        G            Csus2  C
Little green----,        he's a non - con - former!
[Chorus]
                F
Just a little green,

           Eb            C         Csus2   C
Like the colour when the Spring is born----,

            Cmaj7       Dm7                   C    Csus2   C
There'll be crocuses to bring to school to - morrow-------!

               F
Just a little green,

           Eb                       C          Csus2  C
Like the nights when the northern lights per - form,

            Cmaj7          Dm7
There'll be icicles, and birthday clothes,

     Cmaj7         Dm7              C         Csus2   C
And sometimes    ...there'll be sorrow-----------!
[Verse 3]
Cmaj7  G   Dm7          G             C   Csus2
Child----------  with a child   ...pretending-------,

Cmaj7  G   Dm7      G                  C           C9
Weary----------  of lies   ...you are sending home,

       Dm7
So you sign all the papers in the family name,

       F
You're sad and you're sorry, but you're not ashamed,

           Cmaj7   G  Dm7             G       C  Csus2  C
Now Little green------      ...have a happy ending-------!
[Chorus]
                F
Just a little green,

           Eb               C      Csus2    C
Like the colour when the Spring is born----,

             Cmaj7       Dm7                 C    Csus2   C
There'll be crocuses to bring to school to - morrow-------!

               F
Just a little green,

           Eb                       C          Csus2  C
Like the nights when the northern lights per - form,

             Cmaj7       Dm7
There'll be icicles, and birthday clothes,

     Cmaj7    Dm7             F6sus2/D    C        Csus2
And sometimes     ...there'll be sor------------row!
[Coda]
    C             C  G2sus4               C  Csus4          C
||: /  /  /  /  | /___/  /  /  / :||x2  | /___/  /  /  / |  /  ||