Joni Mitchell – Urge For Going (Guitar)

A         Em      G
I awoke today and found 

                  Em     A
the frost perched on the town

   Em           A
It hovered in a frozen sky 

        G              A
then it gobbled summer down

D                  C
When the sun turns traitor cold 

    D                 C              E         E7
and all the trees are shivering in a naked row

  A                G
I get the urge for going

                    A  Asus2 A
But I never seem to go

  G       D        A
I get the urge for going

         G      D        A
When the meadow grass is turning brown

G     D       A                          Em      A
Summertime is falling down and winter is closing in

  A        Em     G
I had me a man in summertime

              Em      A
He had summer-colored skin

    Em          A    
And not another girl in town

   Em                    A
My darling's heart could win

    D                    C
But when the leaves fell on the ground

D                 C
Bully winds came around and

                      E          E7
Pushed them face down in the snow

   A                G
He got the urge for going

                     A  Asus2 A
and I had to let him go

   G       D        A
he got the urge for going

         G      D         A
When the meadow grass was turning brown

G     D       A                           Em      A
Summertime is falling down and winter was closing in

        A           Em  G
Now the warriors of win ter 

                 Em         A
They gave a cold triumphant shout

    Em                A    
And all that stays is dying 

             Em               A
And all that lives is gettin' out

D                C
See the geese in chevron flight 

D            C           E            E7
Flapping and racing on before the snow

     A                G
They got the urge for going

                         A      Asus2 A
And they got the wind so they go

     G       D        A
They get the urge for going

         G      D        A
When the meadow grass is turning brown

G     D       A                          Em      A
Summertime is falling down and winter is closing in

     A                 Em       G
I'll ply the fire with kindling now

                          Em    A
I'll pull the blankets up to my chin

              Em      A
I'll lock the vagrant winter out and

     G                  A
I'll bolt my wanderings in

    D                 C
I'd like to call back summertime

D                 C            E          E7
Have her stay for just another month or so

          A                G
But she’s got the urge for going

                          A  Asus2 A
So I guess she’ll have to go

    G        D        A
She gets the urge for going

         G      D        A
When the meadow grass is turning brown

    G       D         A
And all her empire is falling down

      A                G
And I get the urge for going

         G      D        A
When the meadow grass is turning brown

    G     D       A
And summertime is falling down.