Joni Mitchell – The Hissing Of Summer Lawns (Ukulele)

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A simpler arrangement for baritone ukulele, with easier chords that still sound right with the melody. These chords will also work for guitar. Other ukuleles try transposing up to +5 (start on Em7) [Intro] Bm7 Dmaj7 Bm7 Dmaj7 Bm7 Dmaj7 Bm7 [Verse 1]
Fm6  Dmaj7        Bm7
  He bought her a diamond for her throat

                Gmaj7
He put her in a ranch house on a hill

E7
  She could see the valley barbecues

         E13
From her window sill

        Gmaj7             Esus4
See the blue pools in the squinting sun

                           Bm7   Dmaj7 Bm7 
Hear the hissing of summer lawns
[Verse 2]
Fm6  Dmaj7    Bm7
  He put up a barbed wire fence

   Gmaj7
To keep out the unknown

       E7
And on every metal thorn

              E13
Just a little blood of his own

Gmaj7
She patrols that fence of his

     Esus4
To a latin drum

                          Dm7
And the hissing of summer lawns
[Bridge]
     Dm6                    Dm7
Darkness - wonder makes it easy

     Dm6                  Dm7
Darkness - with a joyful mask

     Dm6
Darkness - tube's gone darkness

     Dm7              Dm6               Dm
Darkness darkness no color no contrast
[Break] (Scat or hum...) G7sus4 G7 Dm7 Dm7 G7sus4 Bdim7 Gmaj7 Em7 Gmaj7 Em7 [Verse 3]
Bm7
  Diamond dog

           Gmaj7
Carrying a cup and a cane

                 E7
Looking through a double glass

           E13
Looking at too much pride and too much shame

          Gmaj7
There's a black fly buzzing

                                   Esus4
There's a heat wave burning in her master's voice

                      Bm7   Dmaj7 Bm7 
The hissing of summer lawns
[Verse 4]
Fm6  Dmaj7        Bm7
  He gave her his darkness to regret

    Gmaj7
And good reason to quit him

              E7
He gave her a roomful of Chippendale

E13
That nobody sits in

          Gmaj7
Still she stays with a love of some kind

         Esus4
It's the lady's choice

                      Dm7
The hissing of summer lawns
[Outro]
     Dm6   Dm7
Darkness

     Dm6   Dm7
Darkness

     Dm6   Dm7
Darkness
(Repeat and fade)