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Chelsea Morning

Joni Mitchell
Chords & TabKeyGCapoFret 2advanced176 BPM
4.7(46)

Chords in this song13

capo 2 — sounds 2 semitones higher

Song

Tuning: D A D F# A D (open D) capo 2nd fret

Chords

D7sus2 0 0 0 10 0 10 A7sus4/D 0 0 2 1 0 0
B7/D 0 0 0 9 0 9 D7sus4 0 3 0 1 0 0
D* 0 0 0 12 0 12 D6sus4 0 2 0 1 0 0
G 5 5 5 5 5 5 Dsus4/F 3 0 0 1 0 0
Dmaj7 0 4 4 3 0 0 Dsus4/E 2 0 0 1 0 0
G6+9/D 0 2 2 1 0 0 A 7 7 7 7 7 7
D 0 0 0 0 0 0
D |----------|
A |----------|
F#|----------| play when *
D |----------|
A |----------|
D |-0--2--4--|

Intro

D7sus2 B7/D D7sus2 B7/D D7sus2 D*
* G Dmaj7 G6+9/D D

Verses 1

D7sus2 D* D7sus2
Woke up it was a Chelsea morning and the first thing that I heard
Was a song outside my window and the traffic wrote the words
It came ringing up like Christmas bells and rapping up like pipes and drums

Chorus

Oh, won't you stay? we'll put on the day
And we'll wear it till the night comes
   

Verse 2

D7sus2 D* D7sus2
Woke up it was a Chelsea morning and the first thing that I saw
Was the sun through yellow curtains and a rainbow on my wall
Blue, red, green and gold to welcome you, crimson crystal beads to beckon

Chorus

Oh, won't you stay? We'll put on the day
There's a sun show every second
   

Bridge

* G Dmaj7 G6+9/D D
Now the curtain opens on a portrait of today
And the streets are paved with passers by
And pigeons fly and papers lie
Waiting to blow away
D7sus2 B7/D D7sus2 B7/D D7sus2 D*

Verse 3

D7sus2 D* D7sus2
Woke up it was a Chelsea morning and the first thing that I knew
There was milk and toast and honey and a bowl of oranges too
And the sun pured in like butterscotch and stuck to all my senses

Chorus

Oh, won't you stay? we'll put on the day
And we'll talk in present tenses

Outro

* G Dmaj7 G6+9/D D
When the curtain closes and the rainbow runs away
I will bring you incense owls by night
By candle light, by jewel light if only you will stay
Pretty baby won't you
D7sus2 D*
Wake up, it's a Chelsea morning

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