Joni Mitchell – The Priest (Guitar)

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[Intro] Gm Gm7 Dm D7 Gm Gm7 [Verse 1]
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The priest sat in the airport bar

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He was wearing his father's tie

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And his eyes looked into my eyes so far

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Whenever the words ran dry

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Behind the lash and the circles blue

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He looked as only a priest can, thru

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And his eyes said me and his eyes said you

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And my eyes said let us try
[Interlude] Gm Gm7 Dm D7 Gm Gm7 [Verse 2]
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He said, "You wouldn't like it here

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No, it's no place you should share

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The roof is ripped with hurricanes

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And the room is always bare

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I need the wind and I seek the cold"

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He reached past the wine for my hand to hold

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And he saw me young and he saw me old

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And he saw me sitting there
[Interlude] Gm Gm7 Dm D7 Gm Gm7 [Verse 3]
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Then he took his contradictions out

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And he splashed them on my brow

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So which words was I then to doubt

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When choosing what to vow

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Should I choose them all-should I make them mine

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The sermons the hymns and the valentines

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And he asked for truth and he asked for time

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And he asked for only now
[Interlude] Gm Gm7 Dm D7 Gm Gm7 [Verse 4]
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Now the trials are trumpet scored

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Oh will we pass the test

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Or just as one loves more and more

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Will one love less and less

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Oh come let's run from this ring we're in

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Where the Christians clap and the Germans grin

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Saying let them lose, crying let them win

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Oh make them both confess
[Outro] Gm Gm7 Gm Gm7 Gm D Gm