Joni Mitchell – The Hissing Of Summer Lawns (Guitar)
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Chords
The Dmin7no5 played in each turnaround sounds best played as a quartal harmony, so playing the fourth in place
of the fifth. In general, if you know anything about quartal harmony, this is a good place to apply it, due to
the clear modal jazz influence present in this song.
Most the chords are pretty close to being correct, at the very least they'd be valid substitutions for the
actual chords.
[Intro]
Bm7 --- Cmaj7/B ---- Bm7 --- Cmaj7/B ---- Bmin7 --- Cmaj7/B ---- Bmin7 ---- Dmin7no5 - D7
[Verse 1]
Bm7 He bought her a diamond for her throat Gmaj7 He put her in a ranch house on a hill E6add9 She could see the valley barbecues E9b5 From her window sill Gmaj7 A13 See the blue pools in the squinting sun Bm7 Hear the hissing of summer lawns
Dmin7no5 - D7
Bm7 He put up a barbed wire fence Gmaj7 To keep out the unknown E6add9 And on every metal thorn E9b5 Just a little blood of his own Gmaj7 She patrols that fence of his A13 To a latin drum Dmin7 And the hissing of summer lawns
[Chorus]
Dm7 D9(no3) Darkness
Wonder makes it easy
Dm7 D9(no3) Darkness
With a joyful mask
Dm7 D9(no3) Darkness
Tube's gone darkness darkness darkness
No color no contrast
[Bridge]
Bbmaj7 ---- A7b9 ---- Dm7---- Dm7---- Bbmaj7 ---- Edim7 ---- A6add9 ---- Gmaj/A
[Verse 2]
Bm7 A diamond dog Gmaj7 Carrying a cup and a cane E6add9 Looking through a double glass E9b5 Looking at too much pride and too much shame Gmaj7 There's a black fly buzzing A13 There's a heat wave burning in her master's voice Bmin7 The hissing of summer lawns
Dmin7no5 - D7
Bm7 He gave her his darkness to regret Gmaj7 And good reason to quit him E6add9 He gave her a roomful of Chippendale E9b5 That nobody sits in Gmaj7 Still she stays with a love of some kind A13 It's the lady's choice Dmin7 The hissing of summer lawns
[Chorus]
Dm7 D9(no3) Darkness Dm7 D9(no3) Darkness Dm7 D9(no3) Darkness
repeat until fadeout