Joni Mitchell – Song For Sharon (Guitar Intro)
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|Dm7 |Dm7 |Dm7 |D | * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * |Dm7 |Dm7 |Dm7 |D | * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * G/A A I went to Staten Island, Sharon D Dsus4 D To buy myself a mandolin F/G G And I saw the long white dress of love D Dsus4 D On a storefront mannequin Eb/F F Big boat chuggin' back with a belly full of cars Eb/F F All for something lacy G7sus4 Some girl's going to see that dress G7 D Dsus4 D And crave that day like crazy |Dm7 |Dm7 |Dm7 |D | * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * G/A A Little Indian kids on a bridge up in Canada D Dsus4 D They can balance and they can climb F/G G Like their fathers be fore them D Dsus4 D They'll walk the girders of the Manhattan skyline Eb/F F Shine your light on me Miss Liberty Eb/F F Because as soon as this ferry boat docks G7sus4 I'm headed to the church G7 To play Bingo D Dsus4 D Fleece me with the gamblers' flocks |Dm7 |Dm7 |Dm7 |D | * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * G/A A I can keep my cool at poker D Dsus4 D But I'm a foo ooll when love's at stake F/G G Because I can't conceal e motion D Dsus4 D What I'm feeling's always written on my face Eb/F F There's a gypsy down on Bleecker Street Eb/F F I went in to see her as a kind of joke G7sus4 And she lit a candle for my love luck G7 D Dsus4 D And eighteen bucks went up in smoke |Dm7 |Dm7 |Dm7 |D | * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * G/A A Sharon, I left my man D Dsus4 D At a North Da kota junction F/G G And I came out to the "Big Apple" here D Dsus4 D To face the dream's malfunction Eb/F F Love's a repe titious danger Eb/F F You'd think I'd be accus tomed to G7sus4 G7 Well, I do accept the changes D Dsus4 D At least better than I used to do |Dm7 |Dm7 |Dm7 |D | * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * |Dm7 |Dm7 |Dm7 |D | * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * G/A A A woman I knew just drowned herself D Dsus4 D The well was deep and muddy F/G G She was just shaking off futility D Dsus4 D Or pu nishing somebody Eb/F F My friends were calling up all day yesterday Eb/F F All emotions and abstractions G7sus4 G7 It seems we all live so close to that line D Dsus4 D And so far from satisfaction |Dm7 |Dm7 |Dm7 |D | * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * G/A A Dora says, "Have children!" D Dsus4 D Mama and Betsy say, "Find yourself a charity." F/G G D Dsus4 D Help the needy and the crippled or put some time into ecolo gy." Eb/F F Well, there's a wide wide world of noble causes Eb/F F And lovely land scapes to discover G7sus4 But all I really wanna do right now G7 D Dsus4 D Is...find ano ther lover |Dm7 |Dm7 |Dm7 |D | * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * G/A A When we were kids in Maidstone, Sharon D Dsus4 D I went to every wedding in that little town F/G G To see the tears and the kisses D Dsus4 D And the pretty lady in the white lace wedding gown Eb/F F And walking home on the railroad tracks Eb/F F Or swinging on the playground swing G7sus4 G7 Lo-o-ove stimulated my il lusions D Dsus4 D More than anything G/A A And when I went skating after Golden Reggie D Dsus4 D You know it was white lace I was chasing F/G G Chasing dreams D Dsus4 D Mama's nylons underneath my cowgirl jeans Eb/F F He showed me first you get the kisses Eb/F F And then you get the tears G7sus4 G7 But the ceremony of the bells and lace D Dsus4 D Still veils this reckless fool here |Dm7 |Dm7 |Dm7 |D | * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * G/A A Now there are twenty-nine skaters on Wollman Rink D Dsus4 D Circling in singles and in pairs F/G G In this vigorous anonymity D Dsus4 A blank face at the window stares and Eb/F stares and stares and stares and stares F And the power of reason Eb/F F And the flowers of deep feel ings G7sus4 Seem to serve me G7 D Dsus4 D Only to deceive me |Dm7 |Dm7 |Dm7 |D | * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * G/A A Sharon you've got a husband D Dsus4 D And a family and a farm F/G G I've got the apple of temp tation D Dsus4 D And a diamond snake around my arm Eb/F F But you still have your music Eb/F F And I've still got my eyes on the land and the sky G7sus4 G7 You sing for your friends and your family D Dsus4 D I'll walk green pas tures by and by |Dm7 |Dm7 |D |D | * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * |Dm7 |Dm7 |D |D | * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * |Dm7 |Dm7 |D |D | * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * |Dm7 |Dm7 |D |D | * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
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