Biography:
Joni Mitchell, CC, (born Roberta Joan Anderson on November 7, 1943 in Fort Macleod, Alberta, Canada) is a Canadian musician, singer-songwriter, poet and painter. A highly influential artist, she has received eight Grammy Awards during her career, with the first coming in 1969 and the most recent in 2008. She received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2002, with the citation describing her as "one of the most important female recording artists of the rock era" and "a powerful influence on all artists who embrace diversity
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Other songs:
- Big Yellow Taxi
- Both Sides Now
- California
- Circle Game
- River
- The Gallery
- A Case Of You
- All I Want
- Amelia
- Banquet
- Blonde In The Bleachers
- Blue
- Blue Boy
- Cactus Tree
- Car On A Hill
- Carey
- Chelsea Morning
- Conversation
- Court And Spark
- Coyote
- Dog Eat Dog
- Down To You
- Edith And The Kingpin
- Electricity
- For Free
- For The Roses
- Free Man In Paris
- Furry Sings The Blues
- Good Friends
- Help Me
- I Dont Know Where
- I Had A King
- Jericho
- Judgment Of The Moon And Stars
- Just Like This Train
- Ladies Of The Canyon
- Last Chance Lost
- Last Time I Saw Richard
- Let The Wind Carry Me
- Little Green
- Marcie
- Michael From Mountains
- Mitchell Tunings
- Morning Morgantown
- My Old Man
- Nathan La Franeer
- Night In The City
- Peoples Parties
- Rainy Night House
- Raised On Robbery
- Real Good For Free
- See You Sometime
- Sex Kills
- Shades Of Scarlet Conquering
- Sisotowbell Lane
- Slouching Towards Bethlehem
- Song To A Seagull
- Sweet Bird
- Tax Free
- That Song About The Midway
- The Circle Game
- The Dawntreader
- The Drinking Song
- The Pirate Of Penance
- The River
- The Same Situation
- Trouble Child
- Twisted
- Urge For Going
- Willy
- Woodstock
- You Turn Me On
- Yvette In English
Four years of hard work!This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
This one will be much easier to play along with: it has better chord configurations for guitar,
and has the whole lyrics with all the chords for simple folk (like me).
D: 000232
E7sus: 000200
A: 002220
A7sus: 002233
Am7: 002010
Abm7: 004444
Bbm: 003321
Gbmaj: 004321
Db: xx3121
Dbm7: 002424
B: 004442
[VERSE 1]
D E7sus D A D A
My old man, he's a singer in the park
D E7sus
He's a walker in the rain,
D A7sus Am7
he's a dancer in the dark
D A7sus A7 D
We don't need no piece of paper from the City Hall
E7 D
Keeping us tied and true
D E7sus D A D A
My old man, keeping away my blues
[VERSE 2]
D E7sus D A D A
He's my sunshine in the morning, he's my fireworks at the end of the day
D E7sus
He's the warmest chord I ever heard
D A7sus Am7
Play that warm chord, play and stay baby
D A7sus A7 D
We don't need no piece of paper from the City Hall
E7 D
Keeping us tied and true
D E7sus D A D A
My old man, keeping away my blues
[BRIDGE*]
Abm7 Bbm Gbmaj7
But when he's gone, me and them lonesome blues collide
Db Dbm7 B
The bed's too big, the frying pan's too wide
(*Reminder: bridge chords:
Abm7: 004444 -- Bbm: 003321 -- Gbmaj: 004321
Db: xx3121 -- Dbm7: 002424 -- B: 004442)
[BRIEF INTERLUDE]
D D7 A D A
[VERSE 3]
D E7sus D A D A
Then he comes home, and he takes me in his loving arms
D E7sus
And he tells me all his troubles
D A7sus Am7
And he tells me all my charms
D A7sus A7 D
We don't need no piece of paper from the City Hall
E7 D
Keeping us tied and true, no
D E7sus D A D A
My old man, keeping away my blues
[BRIDGE 2 (same as the first)]
Abm7 Bbm Gbmaj7
But when he's gone, me and them lonesome blues collide
Db Dbm7 B
The bed's too big, the frying pan's too wide
[BRIEF INTERLUDE]
D D7 A D A
[VERSE 4 (same as the first)]
D E7sus D A D A
My old man, he's a singer in the park
D E7sus
He's a walker in the rain,
D A7sus Am7
he's a dancer in the dark
D A7sus A7 D
We don't need no piece of paper from the City Hall
E7 D
Keeping us tied and true
D E7sus D A D A
My old man, keeping away my lonesome blues
[END BIT]
[This mimics the piano outro]
A D A D A D A
/__/__ /__/__ /__/__/ /__/__ | /__/__ /--
(repeat twice)
and has the whole lyrics with all the chords for simple folk (like me).
D: 000232
E7sus: 000200
A: 002220
A7sus: 002233
Am7: 002010
Abm7: 004444
Bbm: 003321
Gbmaj: 004321
Db: xx3121
Dbm7: 002424
B: 004442
[VERSE 1]
D E7sus D A D A
My old man, he's a singer in the park
D E7sus
He's a walker in the rain,
D A7sus Am7
he's a dancer in the dark
D A7sus A7 D
We don't need no piece of paper from the City Hall
E7 D
Keeping us tied and true
D E7sus D A D A
My old man, keeping away my blues
[VERSE 2]
D E7sus D A D A
He's my sunshine in the morning, he's my fireworks at the end of the day
D E7sus
He's the warmest chord I ever heard
D A7sus Am7
Play that warm chord, play and stay baby
D A7sus A7 D
We don't need no piece of paper from the City Hall
E7 D
Keeping us tied and true
D E7sus D A D A
My old man, keeping away my blues
[BRIDGE*]
Abm7 Bbm Gbmaj7
But when he's gone, me and them lonesome blues collide
Db Dbm7 B
The bed's too big, the frying pan's too wide
(*Reminder: bridge chords:
Abm7: 004444 -- Bbm: 003321 -- Gbmaj: 004321
Db: xx3121 -- Dbm7: 002424 -- B: 004442)
[BRIEF INTERLUDE]
D D7 A D A
[VERSE 3]
D E7sus D A D A
Then he comes home, and he takes me in his loving arms
D E7sus
And he tells me all his troubles
D A7sus Am7
And he tells me all my charms
D A7sus A7 D
We don't need no piece of paper from the City Hall
E7 D
Keeping us tied and true, no
D E7sus D A D A
My old man, keeping away my blues
[BRIDGE 2 (same as the first)]
Abm7 Bbm Gbmaj7
But when he's gone, me and them lonesome blues collide
Db Dbm7 B
The bed's too big, the frying pan's too wide
[BRIEF INTERLUDE]
D D7 A D A
[VERSE 4 (same as the first)]
D E7sus D A D A
My old man, he's a singer in the park
D E7sus
He's a walker in the rain,
D A7sus Am7
he's a dancer in the dark
D A7sus A7 D
We don't need no piece of paper from the City Hall
E7 D
Keeping us tied and true
D E7sus D A D A
My old man, keeping away my lonesome blues
[END BIT]
[This mimics the piano outro]
A D A D A D A
/__/__ /__/__ /__/__/ /__/__ | /__/__ /--
(repeat twice)
Jony
Jordaan Mason An (...)
Jordan Clarke
Jordan Davis
Jordan Feliz
Jorge Negrete
Jorge Palma
Jorge Sepú (...)
Jorge Veloza
Jorge, Mateus