Joni Mitchelle

[Verse 1]
     F         C
It's coming on Christmas
        F            C
They're cutting down trees
        F          C
They're putting up reindeer
            F       C
And singing songs of joy and peace
      Am                                G
Oh, I wish I had a river I could skate away on
 
[Verse 2]
    F        C
But it don't snow here
   F            C
It stays pretty green
             F             C
I'm going to make a lot of money
                  F         C
Then I'm going to quit this crazy scene
      Am                                G
Oh, I wish I had a river I could skate away on
 
[Chorus 1] 
  F                     G
I wish I had a river so long
        C                F   Am   Dm   Dm7
I would teach my feet to fly----       wooh . .
  C                 G                   F
I wish I had a river I could skate away on
C         G    C
I made my baby cry
 
[Interlude]
C Am G
 
[Verse 3]
   F             C
He tried hard to help me
             F         C
You know, he put me at ease
       F           C
And he loved me so naughty
        F           C
Made me weak in the knees
      Am                                G
Oh, I wish I had a river I could skate away on
 
[Verse 4]
    F          C
I'm so hard to handle
    F               C
I'm selfish and I'm sad
                  F             C
Now I've gone and lost the best baby
     F      C
That I ever had
      Am                                G
Oh, I wish I had a river I could skate away on
 
[Chorus 2]
  F                     G
I wish I had a river so long
        C                F   Am   Dm   Dm7
I would teach my feet to fly----       whoa
  C                 G                   F
I wish I had a river I could skate away on
  C       G    C
I made my baby say goodbye
 
[Interlude]
C Am G
 
[Verse 1]
     F         C
It's coming on Christmas
        F            C
They're cutting down trees
        F          C
They're putting up reindeer
            F       C
And singing songs of joy and peace
      Am                                G
Oh, I wish I had a river I could skate away on
 
[Outro]
G F Dm

River

[Verse]
A              E/G#                 F#m7
Just before our love got lost you said "I am as constant as a northern star"
          Bm7                   A
And I said, "Constantly in the darkness
             E/G#                            F#m7   E
Where's that at? If you want me I'll be in the bar"
        A                  E/G#  F#m7                         Bm7
On the back of a cartoon coaster, in the blue TV screen light
                 A         A      A/G#   F#m7
I drew a map of Canada, oh Ca  -  na  -  da
     Bm7    A                 E/G#
With your face sketched on it twice
 
[Chorus]
    D                        C#m
Oh, you’re in my blood like holy wine
Bm7                A
You taste so bitter and so sweet
    A              A   A/G# F#m7
Oh I could drink a case of you, darling
            Bm7 A          E/G#                         A D
And I would still be on my feet, oh I would still be on my feet
 
[Break]

[Verse]
 A           E/G#     F#m7                           Bm7
Oh I am a lonely painter, I live in a box of paints
                 A                E/G#                       F#m7         E
I'm frightened by the devil and I'm drawn to those ones that ain't afraid
     A                              E/G#
I remember that time that you told me, you said
               F#m7
"Love is touching souls", surely you touched mine
     Bm7                A         E/G#         F#m7                  E
’Cause part of you pours out of me in these lines from time to time
 
[Chorus]
   D                       C#m
Oh, you’re in my blood like holy wine
Bm7                A
You taste so bitter and so sweet
    A              A   A/G# F#m7
Oh I could drink a case of you, darling
Bm7  A            E/G#                        A  D
Still I'd be on my feet, I would still be on my feet
 
[Break]
 
[Verse]
         A                E/G#
I met a woman, she had a mouth like yours
               F#m7
She knew your life, she knew your devils and your deeds
            Bm7        A                         E/G#                  F#m7   E
And she said "Go to him, stay with him if you can but be prepared to bleed"
 
[Chorus]
       D                             C#m
Oh but you are in my blood, you're my holy wine
Bm7              A
You're so bitter, bitter and so sweet
   A               A   A/G# F#m7
Oh I could drink a case of you, darling
Bm7        A        E/G#                 A   D
Still I'd be on my feet, I would still be on my feet

A Case Of You

[Verse 1]
     F                                   C
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
       F              G                 C
with a pink hotel, a boutique and a swingin' hot spot.
 
[Chorus]
C               Cmaj7
Don't it always seem to go
         F/C                                  C
that you don't know what you've got till it's gone.
     F                  G                C
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.
 
[Interlude]
C
 
[Verse 2]
     F                                        C
They took all the trees, put 'em in a tree museum
         F                    G                         C
and they charged the people a dollar and a half just to see 'em.
 
[Chorus]
C               Cmaj7
Don't it always seem to go
         F/C                                  C
that you don't know what you've got till it's gone.
     F                  G                C
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.
 
[Interlude]
C
 
[Verse 3]
F                                     C
Hey farmer, farmer, put away that D.D.T. now,
        F                      G                          C
give me spots on my apples but leave me the birds and the bees, please.
 
[Chorus 3]
C               Cmaj7
Don't it always seem to go
         F/C                                  C
that you don't know what you've got till it's gone.
     F                  G                C
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.
 
[Interlude]
C
 
[Verse 4]
F                                       C
Late last night I heard the screen door slam
      F               G                C
and a big yellow taxi took away my old man
 
[Chorus]
C               Cmaj7
Don't it always seem to go
         F/C                                  C
that you don't know what you've got till it's gone.
     F                  G                C     C
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.
 
C               Cmaj7
Don't it always seem to go
         F/C                                  C
that you don't know what you've got till it's gone.
     F                  G                C
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.
 
[Outro]
C         F               G                C
Yeah they paved paradise, put up a parking lot
C           F               G                C
I said they paved paradise, put up a parking lot

Big Yellow Taxi

 G         Am      C    G
Rows and floes of angel hair
       G       Gmaj7   C      G
And ice cream castles in the air
   G         C        Am
And feather canyons everywhere
     Am7                   D
I've looked at clouds that way
     G        Am    C        G
But now they only block the sun
      G      Gmaj7    C    G
They rain and snow on everyone
G          C      Am
So many things I would have done
     Am7             D
But clouds got in my way
 
[Chorus 1]
      G                    C          G
I've looked at clouds from both sides now
     C      G           C       G
From up and down, and still somehow
     Bm      C       G
It's cloud illusions I recall
   C               D   D7      G    C  G
I really don't know clouds at all
 
[Verse 2]
 G         Am         C      G
Moons and Junes and ferris wheels
  G        Gmaj7    C       G
The dizzy, dancing way you feel
   G      C               Am
As every fairy tale comes real
     Am7                  D
I've looked at love that way
 
    G        Am    C       G
But now it's just another show
  G           Gmaj7    C        G
You leave 'em laughing when you go
G           C          Am
And if you care don't let them know
Am7                  D
Don't give yourself away
 
[Chorus 2] 
      G                  C          G
I've looked at love from both sides now
     C         G        C       G
From give and take and still somehow
     Bm       C       G
It's love's illusions I recall
   C               D   D7      G    C  G
I really don't know love at all
 
[Verse 3]
  G        Am       C       G
Tears and fears and feeling proud
   G         Gmaj7     C         G
To say, "I love you" right out loud
G              C              Am
Dreams and schemes and circus crowds
     Am7                  D
I've looked at life that way
 G           Am           C       G
But now old friends are acting strange
     G           Gmaj7         C        G
They shake their heads, they say I've changed
     G           C        Am
Well something's lost but something's gained
Am7             D
In living every day
 
[Chorus 3]
      G                  C          G
I've looked at life from both sides now
     C        G       C        G
From win and lose and still somehow
     Bm       C       G
It's life's illusions I recall
   C               D   D7     G    C  G
I really don't know life, at all

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