Ladies Of The Canyon

Both Sides Now

Blue

Clouds

Joni Mitchell, CC, (born Roberta Joan Anderson; 7 November 1943 - Fort Macleod, Alberta, Canada) is a musician, singer-songwriter, poet and painter. Mitchell began singing in small nightclubs in her native Western Canada and then busking on the streets of Toronto. Her writing and art talent emerged before her exposure as a gifted musician performing in Western Canada, including Winnipeg, where she met Neil Young. She then associated with the burgeoning folk music scene of the mid-1960s in New York City. 

C                 F     C                   Cmaj7   F      C 
Bows and flows of angel hair, and ice cream castles in the air,
    G               F            Dm7                        G 
And feather canyons ev'ry-where, I've looked at clouds that way.
    C             F         C         Cmaj7            F    C 
But now they only block the sun, they rain and snow on ev'ryone.
                 F                Dm7                  G 
So many things I would have done, but clouds got in my way.
C                          F          C         F      C        F         C 
I've looked at clouds from both sides now, from up and down and still somehow
     G          F    C           F                 C      F  C 
It?s cloud illusions I recall; I really don?t know clouds at all.

C                   F      C                 Cmaj7   F       C 
Moons and Junes and ferris wheels, the dizzy dancing way you feel
               F                Dm7                      G 
As ev'ry fairy tale comes real, I've looked at love that way.
    C               F     C         Cmaj7              F        C 
But now it's just another show, you leave 'em laughing when you go.
                       F             Dm7                 G 
And if you care, don't let them know don't give yourself away.
C                        F          C         F        C         F     C 
I've looked at love from both sides now, from give and take, and still somehow
     G           F    C           F                 C    F  C 
It?s love's illusions I recall; I really don't know love at all.

C                   F       C                Cmaj7     F         C 
Tears and fears and feeling proud, to say "I love you" right out loud,
                       F              Dm7                      G 
Dreams and schemes and circus crowds, I've looked at life that way.
    C                   F      C 
But now old friends are acting strange,
     Cmaj7                   F        C 
They shake their heads, they say I've changed.
                          F                   Dm7             G 
But something's lost, but something's gained, in living ev'ry day.
C                        F          C         F       C        F         C 
I've looked at life from both sides now, from win and lose and still somehow
     G           F    C           F                 C    F  C 
It?s life's illusions I recall; I really don't know life at all.

Big Yellow Taxi


     A                           E     
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
       A                B                    E
With a pink hotel, a boutique and a swingin' hot spot

E
Don't it always seem to go
         A                         (n.c.)
That you don't know what you've got till it's gone
     A                  B                E
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
 E
(Choo     bop bop bop bop,    choo     bop bop bop bop)

     A                                E     
They took all the trees, put 'em in a tree museum
         A                  B                                E
And they charged the people a dollar and a half just to see 'em

E
Don't it always seem to go
         A                         (n.c.)
That you don't know what you've got till it's gone
     A                  B                E
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
 E
(Choo     bop bop bop bop,    choo     bop bop bop bop

    A                            E     
Hey farmer farmer, put away that D.D.T. now
        A                  B                              E
Give me spots on my apples but leave me the birds and the bees please

E
Don't it always seem to go
         A                         (n.c.)
That you don't know what you've got till it's gone
     A                  B                E
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
 E
(Choo     bop bop bop bop,    choo     bop bop bop bop

     A                             E     
Late last night I heard the screen door slam
    A                 B            E
And a big yellow taxi took away my old man

E
Don't it always seem to go
         A                     (n.c.)
That you don't know what you've got till it's gone
     A                  B                E
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
 E
(Choo     bop bop bop bop,    choo     bop bop bop bop

E
Don't it always seem to go
         A                         (n.c.)
That you don't know what you've got till it's gone
     A                  B                E
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot
 E
(Choo     bop bop bop bop,    choo     bop bop bop bop

     A               B                E
They paved paradise, put up a parking lot (choo bop bop bop bop)
     A               B                E
They paved paradise, put up a parking lot

Big Yellow Taxi

# Joni plays this on her guitar in C#F#C#F#A#C# tuning. 
# This way is not fit to the recording exactly but is 
# in the key of F#.  I play this version with a capo on 
# the first fret since none of the chords calls for an 
# open string.  Enjoy!


F#                    B 
When I first saw your gallery
Abm                 F#    B
I liked the ones of ladies
     F#           B           
Then you began to hang up me
Abm            F#        B
You studied to portray me

   F#      
In ice and greens
    Bbm
And old blue jeans
    Ebm          C#
And naked in the roses
     F#           B 
Then you got into funny scenes
Abm                   F#
That all your work discloses

             Abm          Ebm B
"Lady, don't love me now I am dead
       F#               Ebm  F#
I am a saint, turn down your bed
          Abm                     B
I have no heart," that's what you said
                    F#
You said, "I can be cruel
                     B    F#
But let me be gentle with you"

F#             B
Somewhere in a magazine
  Abm          F#       B
I found a page about you
F#                  B
I see that now it's Josephine
 Abm             F#       B
Who cannot be without you

F#                   Bbm
I keep your house in fit repair
  Ebm                C#
I dust the portraits daily
     F#                   B
Your mail comes here from everywhere
    Abm                F#  
The writing looks like ladies'

              Abm            Ebm B
"Lady, please love me now, I am dead
       F#               Ebm  F#
I am a saint, turn down your bed
          Abm                     B
I have no heart," that's what you said
                     F#
You said, "I can be cruel
                     B    F#
But let me be gentle with you"

F#                B
I gave you all my pretty years
Abm              F#      B
Then we began to weather
F#                B
And I was left to winter here
Abm                     F#       B
While you went west for pleasure

F#                    Bbm 
And now you're flying back this way
     Ebm              C#
Like some lost homing pigeon
F#                     B 
They've monitored your brain, you say
    Abm                F#
And changed you with religion

              Abm           Ebm B
"Lady, please love me now I was dead
        F#               Ebm  F#
I am no saint, turn down your bed
                  Abm                     B
Lady, have you no heart," that's what you said
               F#
Well, I can be cruel
                     B    F#
But let me be gentle with you

F#                    B
When I first saw your gallery
 Abm                F#     B
I liked the ones of ladies
F#                  B
But now their faces follow me
Abm                     F#    B F#
And all their eyes look shady





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The Gallery

# This is quite possibly the saddest Christmas song ever. But I love it!

# Intro:

# C Am C Am C Am G

#      F         C
# It's xxxxxx xx Christmas 
#         F            C
# They're xxxxxxx xxxx trees 
#         F          C
# They're xxxxxxx xx reindeer 
#                      F       C
# And singing xxxxx xx joy xxx peace 
#       Am                         G
# Oh, x xxxx x xxx x river x xxxxx skate xxxx xx
 
#     F        C
# But xx xxxxx xxxx here 
#    F            C
# It xxxxx xxxxxx green 
#              F             C
# I'm xxxxx xx xxxx x lot xx money 
#                             F     C
# Then xxx xxxxx xx quit xxxx crazy xxxxx 
#       Am                         G
# Oh, x xxxx x xxx x river x xxxxx skate xxxx xx 

#   F                     G
# I xxxx x xxx x river xx long 
#         C                F Am Dm   Dm7
# I xxxxx xxxxx xx feet xx fly      
#   C            F             G          C
# I xxxx x xxx x river x could xxxxx xxxx on 
# C         G    C
# I xxxx xx baby xxx


#    F             C
# He xxxxx xxxx xx help xx 
#              F         C
# You xxxx, xx put xx xx ease 
#        F           C
# And xx loved xx xx naughty 
#         F           C
# Made xx weak xx xxx knees 
#       Am                         G
# Oh, x xxxx x xxx x river x xxxxx skate xxxx xx 

#     F          C
# I'm xx xxxx xx handle 
#     F               C
# I'm xxxxxxx xxx xxx sad 
#          F                 C
# Now xxxx xxxx xxx lost xxx xxxx baby 
#      F      C
# That x xxxx had 
#       Am                         G
# Oh, x xxxx x xxx x river x xxxxx skate xxxx xx 

#   F                     G
# I xxxx x xxx x river xx long 
#         C                F Am Dm   Dm7
# I xxxxx teach xx xxxx xx fly       
#   C            F             G          C
# x xxxx x xxx x river x xxxxx skate xxxx xx 
# C         G            C
# I xxxx xx baby xxx goodbye

#      F         C
# It's xxxxxx xx Christmas 
#         F            C
# They're xxxxxxx xxxx trees 
#         F          C
# They're xxxxxxx xx reindeer 
#                      F       C
# And xxxxxxx xxxxx xx joy xxx peace 
#       Am                         G
# Oh, x xxxx x xxx x river x xxxxx skate xxxx on


# C Am  C Am  C Am  Am

River

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California

A           D                 A
Yesterday a child came out to wonder
A              D            E
Caught a dragonfly inside a jar
A                D               F#m
Fearful when the sky was full of thunder
     D              A      E    A
And tearful at the falling of a star

A                    D                    A
Then the child moved ten times 'round the seasons
A           D                E
Skated over ten clear frozen streams
A                        D            F#m
Words like, when you're older, must appease him
    D           A       E        A
And promises of someday make his dreams

CHORUS:
A                         E          A
And the seasons, they go 'round and 'round
A                         E      A
And the painted ponies go up and down
       D                        A
We're captured on a carousel of time
D                                 F#m                  D
We can't return, we can only look behind from where we came
D       F#m                   D            E      A
And go 'round and 'round and 'round in the circle game

A                   D                  A
Sixteen springs and sixteen summers gone now
A                   D                     E
Cartwheels turn to car wheels through the town
A                            D                F#m
And they tell him, take your time it won't be long now
          D                 A        E       A
'Till you drag your feet to slow the circles down

PLAY CHORUS
A                     D              A
So the years spin by and now the boy is twenty
A                                 D              E
Though his dreams have lost some grandeur coming true
A                             D                 F#m
There'll be new dreams, maybe better dreams and plenty
    D             A       E       A
Before the last revolving year is through

PLAY CHORUS
PLAY LAST LINE OF CHORUS AGAIN

Circle Game

&quot;Big Yellow Taxi&quot; is a song written and originally performed by Joni Mitchell.  Mitchell got the idea for the song during a visit to Hawaii. She looked out of her hotel window at the spectacular Pacific mountain scenery, and then down to a parking lot.  Joni said this about writing the song to journalist Alan McDougall in the early 1970s: I wrote 'Big Yellow Taxi' on my first trip to Hawaii. I took a taxi to the hotel and when I woke up the next morning, I threw back the curtains and saw these beautiful green mountains in the distance.

Verse 1:
           B
I'm going back to the time when we owned this town
      E
Down Powder Mill Lane, in the battlegrounds
C#m        B                   G#m  B     F#
We were friends and lovers and clueless clowns


Verse 2:
                      B       
I didn't know I'd be finding out now I was torn from you
         E
When we thought about things we were gonna do
C#m      B                    G#m B  F# 
We were wide eyed dreamers and wiser too


Chorus:
               E              B 
Go down to the rides on East Parade,
        G#m                   F#
by the lights of the Palace Arcade
                    E                     G#m   F#   
Watch night coming down on the Sovereign Light Café


Verse 3:
                          B
I'm begging you for some sign, but you've still got nothing to say
        E
Don't turn your back on me, don't walk away
C#m     B                   G#m  B   F#
I'm a better man now than I was that day


Chorus:
                      E              B 
Let's go down to the rides on East Parade,
        G#m                   F#
by the lights of the Palace Arcade
                    E                     G#m   F#   
Watch night coming down on the Sovereign Light Café

                 E               B
Go down to the bandstand on the pier
           G#m                    F#
Watch the drunks and the lovers appear
                      E                     G#m   F#     
Take time, just the stars at the Sovereign Light Café


Bridge:
   E        B           F#
I wheel my bike off the train,
        F#
Up the North Trade Road,
 E        B             F# 
Look for you on Marley Lane
                          G#m
In every building, every streetlight
                   E               F#  G#m  B  F#
Oh why did we ever go so far from home?


Verse 4:
                        B
You keep on leaving me mile long traces of who you are
         E
You can get a big house and a faster car
C#m      B                    G#m   B  F#
You can run away boy, but you won't go far


Chorus:
                      E              B
Let's go down to the rides on East Parade,
        G#m                   F#
by the lights of the Palace Arcade
                    E                     G#m   F#   
Watch night coming down on the Sovereign Light Café

                    E                B
Stroll down to the bandstand on the pier
           G#m                    F#
Watch the drunks and the lovers appear
                     E                      G#m   F#
Take time, just the stars at the Sovereign Light Café 

      E            B    G#m
La la la la la la la la Yeah, 
     F#                      E       B   F#
I'm going where the people know my name


Outro:
E B G#m F#
E B G#m F# B

Sovereign Light Cafe

strumming pattern
D-DUD-D

F,G,C,Em7

mmmmm mmmm mmmm 

F                    G
Work, work, work, work, work, work. He said me haffi
C                   Em7
Work, work, work, work, work, work! He see me do mi
F                     G
Dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt! So me put in
C                   Em7
Work, work, work, work, work, work. When you ah guh
F                        G
Learn, learn, learn, learn, learn Meh nuh cyar if him
C                   Em7
Hurt, hurt, hurt, hurt, hurting


[Verse 1: Rihanna]

F              G
Dry! ...Me a desert
C                 Em7
Nuh time to have ya lerkin'
F                        G
Him ago act like him nuh like it
C                           Em7
You know I dealt with you the nicest
F                        G
Nuh body touch me in the righteous
C                     Em7
Nuh botha, text me in a crisis 
           F                    G
I believed all of your dreams, adoration
            C                    Em7
You took my heart and my keys and my patience
            F                        G
You took my heart on my sleeve for decoration
                C                          Em7
You mistaken my love I brought for you for foundation
           F             G
All that I wanted from you was to give me
C            Em7
Something that I never had
F                   G
Something that you've never seen
C                     Em7
Something that you've never been!
F     G
Mmmmm!
      C                          
But I wake up and act like nothing's wrong
D
Just get ready fi...


[Hook: Rihanna]
F                    G
Work, work, work, work, work, work. He said me haffi
C                   Em7
Work, work, work, work, work, work! He see me do mi
F                     G
Dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt! So me put in
C                   Em7
Work, work, work, work, work, work. When you ah guh
F                        G
Learn, learn, learn, learn, learn Meh nuh cyar if him
C                   Em7
Hurt, hurt, hurt, hurt, hurting
F             G
Ner ner ner ner ner ner!
               C           Em7
When you a guh ner ner ner ner ner ner!
                  F                 G
Before the tables turn turn turn turn turn turn!
C             Em7
Beg you something please


[Verse 2: Rihanna]

F            G
Baby don't you leave
               C                 Em7
Do''t leave me stuck here in the streets, 
   F                  G
uh huh If I get another chance to
       C                Em7
I will never, no never neglect you
      F                         G
I mean who am I to hold your past against you?
       C                    Em7
I just hope that it gets to you
  F           G
I hope that you see this through
  C                      Em7
I hope that you see this true
F          G
What can I say?
       C          
Please recognize I'm tryin', baby!!!
 Em7
I have to


[Hook: Rihanna]

F                    G
Work, work, work, work, work, work. He said me haffi
C                   Em7
Work, work, work, work, work, work! He see me do mi
F                     G
Dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt! So me put in
C                   Em7
Work, work, work, work, work, work. When you ah guh
F                        G
Learn, learn, learn, learn, learn Meh nuh cyar if him
C                   Em7
Hurt, hurt, hurt, hurt, hurting


[Verse 3: Drake]

N.C.
Yeah, okay
F        G        C                   Em7
You need to get done, done, done, done at work, come over
F               G
We just need to slow the motion
C                   Em7
Don't give that away to no one
F            G
Long distance, I need you
C                          Em7
When I see potential I just gotta see it through
F                        G
If you had a twin, I would still choose you
C                           Em7
I don't wanna rush into it, if it's too soon
      F      G               C              
But I know you need to get done, done, done, done
   Em7
If you come over
F            G
Sorry if I'm way less friendly
C                    Em7
I got n____s tryna end me,
F G           C                 Em7
oh,     I spilled all my emotions tonight, I'm sorry
F               G
Rollin', rollin', rollin', rollin', rollin'
C                                Em7
How many more shots until you're rollin'?
F              G
We just need a face to face
C                    Em7            F
You could pick the time and the place
               G
You spent some time away
C                Em7
Now you need to forward and give me all the...


[Hook: Rihanna]

F                    G
Work, work, work, work, work, work. He said me haffi
C                   Em7
Work, work, work, work, work, work! He see me do mi
F                     G
Dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt! So me put in
C                   Em7
Work, work, work, work, work, work. When you ah guh
F                        G
Learn, learn, learn, learn, learn Meh nuh cyar if him
C                   Em7
Hurt, hurt, hurt, hurt, hurting

mmm mmm mmm..


[Outro: Rihanna]

work work work work work work

F G C D
F G C D

Work

Intro: C D C D (x2)


C D
Si es que no puedes hablar
C D
no te atrevas a volver
C D
si te quieres ocultar
C D
tal vez te podria ver
Em D C G C
y el amor que no sabe a quien y que
G C
hablará si tu verdad
Em F
te abrazara otra vez

Em C
Habla si puedes
G C
grita que sientes
Em C
dime a quien quieres
G C
y te hace feliz

C D


C D
Si no puedes escuchar
C D
aunque insistas hablaré
C D
si lo quieres mírame
C D
y tus ojos hablaran tal vez
Em D C G C
sentiras el amor e iras tras el
G C
hablaras si tu verdad
Em F
te abrazará otra vez

Em C
Habla si puedes
G C
grita que sientes
Em C
dime a quien quieres
G D
y te hace feliz
Em C
habla si puedes
G C
grita si temes
Em C
dime a quien quieres
G D
y te hace feliz


Em G C G
.(CUERDAS)... abrazaméeeeeeeee..
C Em F
quiero despertarme y entender

Em C
habla si puedes
G C
grita si temes
Em C
dime a quien quieres
G D
y que haces aquì
Em C
habla si puedes
G C
grita que sientes
Em C
dime a quien quieres
G C
y te hace feliz
G C
y te hace feliz

C D
(fin)

Habla si puedes

LA RE
Jo et duré a casa si fa mal temps
MI FA#m
Jo t’empararé si un cas tens por
SIm MI
Jo te cuidaré si estàs malalta
RE LA
De tot cor, de tot cor
RE REm LA
De tot cor

MI RE DO#m-SIm-LA

FA#m DO#m
Estic a punt d’anar-me’n
RE LA RE
Mes abans de partir et diré
REm LA
Que et duc dins es pensament

FA#m DO#m
No deix de recordar-te
RE LA RE
I alen els teus alens tot calents
REm SIm MI
De lluny i de prop me tens


Jo et duré...

FA#m DO#m
I a dalt de s’escenari
RE LA RE
Quan estic concentrat cantant
REm MI
Jo sempre te tenc present

FA#m DO#m
Perquè m’ets necessari
RE LA
Com s’aire que respir
RE REm SIm MI
Necessit estar amb tu en tot moment


Jo et duré... ( bis )

De tot cor

(Chorus)
G
You xxxx X xxx'x smile xxxx xxx
Em
X can't xxxxx xxxxxxx xxx
Am7
I xxx'x xxxxx xxx X xxx'x sing
D7
I'm xxxxxxx xx xxxx xx xx xxxxxxxx
(1st Verse)
G
You xxx X xxxx xxx xxxx xxx'xx sad
Em
X feel xxxx xxxx xxx'xx glad
Am7
If xxx xxxx xxxx xxxx X'x xxxxx through
D7                              G Em G Em
X just xxx'x xxxxx without xxx
(2nd verse)
G
You xxxx along xxxx xxxx x song
Em
Xxx brightened xx xxx
Am7
Whod've xxxxxxxx xxxx xxx xxxx xxxx xx x dream
                  D7
Xxx xx xxx xxxxx light xxxxx xxxx
(Chorus)
         G 
Xxx now xxx xxx X xxx'x smile xxxx xxx
Em
X can't xxxxx xxxxxxx xxx
Am7
I xxx'x xxxxx xxx X xxx'x sing
D7                          Eb
I'm xxxxxxx xx xxxx xx xx anything
(3rd Verse)
Ab
You xxx X xxxx xxx xxxx xxx'xx sad
   Fm
X feel xxxx xxxx xxx'xx glad
Bbm
If xxx xxxx xxxx xxxx X'x xxxxx through
Ebm
X just xxx'x xxxxx
Ebm                                 Ab               C#
Now xxxx xxxxxx xxx happiness xxxxx so xxxx xxxx xx find
C#m                                         Eb     E
Well, X'x xxxxxxx xx xxxx xxxxxxx xxxx xxxx behind me
A
And xxx xxx X xxx'x smile xxxxxxx xxx
F#m
X can't xxxxx xxxxxxx xxx
Bm
X xxx'x laugh xxx X xxx'x sing
E
X'x finding xx xxxx xx xx xxxxxxxx
Bb
You xxx X xxxx xxxx xxxx xxx'xx glad
Gm
X feel xxx xxxx xxx'xx sad
Cm
If xxx xxxx knew xxxx X'x xxxxx through
F
X just xxx'x smile xxxxxxx xxx

Can't Smile Without You

Intro: Em  A  Em  A

       Em               A                Em                   
 A
Verse: Be on my side or be on your side, there is no reason for you to hide,
       Em                 A
       Its so hard for me stayin' here all alone, when you could be takin'
       A                Em                                             A
       Me for a ride... She could drag me, over the rainbow, send me away


        G     D         A    G  D          A
Chorus:  Down by the ri-ver,  I shot my ba-by

 Em        A
 Ooh, Ooh, shot her dead


Verse 2:You take my hand I'll take your hand, together we may get away,

        This must madness is too much sorrow, its impossible to make it

        today... She could drag me, over the rainbow, send me away


(Chorus)

(Verse 1)

Down By The River

Intro: D-A-Bm-Em-A  x4

         D                 A                          
I'll confess tonight your all thats on my mind
        Bm            A                   D
I know these roof top nights could last forever.
              A                            Bm
we watched the seasons change, we saw the distance pull us away,
           A
from all we shared together.

D                       A
Right now is all we have you better make this count
Bm                       A
these are the moments i wish i could forget you.

D                            A                                          Bm
I think back to the nights I looked into your bright green eyes and you said,
    Em    A
lets run away.
D                             A                             Bm
its 9am the sun wont rise for 3 more hours pacific time you said
    Em    A
lets run away.

play intro  x2

D                    A
I picked apart every word that you said
  Bm                              A
I dissected each sentence but kept coming up empty
D                         A
the way you are leaves me counting the days
        Bm                            A
till the next time this distance will be a memory


D                        A        
Right now is all we have you better make this count
Bm                     D
these are the moments i wish i could forget you.


D                            A                                          Bm
I think back to the nights I looked into your bright green eyes and you said,
     Em   A
lets run away.
D                            A                              Bm
its 9am the sun wont rise for 3 more hours pacific time you said
     Em   A
lets run away.

D-A-Bm-A

where have you been


                                                                        Bm
I think back to the nights I looked into your bright green eyes and you said,
     Em   A
lets run away.
D                            A                                          Bm
I think back to the nights I looked into your bright green eyes and you said,
     Em   A
lets run away.
D                            A                              Bm
its 9am the sun wont rise for 3 more hours pacific time you said
     Em   A
lets run away


American Dream 

[intro x2]
A  E  D A

A                                        E
when there's no place you feel at home
              D                               A
and you think you'd be better off alone
A                                          E
when you think there's no reason to try
               D                           A
and you hate yourself and wanna die

A                                      E
when you're filled with anxiety
             D                   A
and everyone's your enemy
A                                        E
when you wish you were someone else
                 D                        A
and you wanna go out and kill yourself

[chorus]

E D                 A
ooh you're overreacting

(you can change your mind)
E D                A
ooh you're overreacting

(take your time)


A                       E
when you get yourself depressed
                      D                   A
because you think you can't do your best
A                                         E
when you write yourself a stupid song
           D                        A
to remind yourself that you forgot

[chorus]

E D                 A
ooh you're overreacting

(you can change your mind)
E D                A
ooh you're overreacting

(take your time)


[BRIDGE]
# chords x2:
A  E  D  A

A|------------------------------------------------------|
E|-0-2--------------------------------------------------|
C|------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----2-4-2---2-4-2-1---1-1-2-2-1-2-4-2-1-22-----------|     x2



[chorus]

E D                 A
ooh you're overreacting

(you can change your mind)
E D                A
ooh you're overreacting

Overreacting

G Bm Em A
Well everybody's lookin' for something they can't find,
Walking straight ahead blind-folded production line,
Only taking time for one type of shoe-shine.
Don't look left/right now you got a street fine.
Everybody lookin' for just a little more.
Working late-nights trying to fight off the day glow.
Waiting for the come-around but it is a no show.
Driving in the fast lane lookin' for the slow-mo...

C D A
Oh whats in store I don't know anymore.
Oh what's inside 'cos I can't hide from it no more.
Oh what you see well it's not me anymore.
Oh I don't know well I don't know man anymore because 

G Bm Em A
I tell you once I tell you twice, gonna be a long time
But you don't take no one's advice, gonna be a long time you,
Where were you, you weren't listenin', gonna be a long time
Gonna be a long time.

G Bm Em A
So now you're face down, face lookin like a frying pan.
Hitting up the clubs trying to feel like a real man.
Beating your chest just like you're King Kong but you're just a gui-tar no-string no-song.
Feeling free like ya don't even know it, man you're towing the line hoping you just don't blow it.
Man ya stuck in the mainframe trying to win the big game so much potential it even makes it more of a shame, shame, shame...
Here we go again, same old shit just another name.
Looking at the destiny there in your palm,
But now you got your strings but you got no song.
So sing, sing, sing - shake it like a chicken wing.
It's not what you get it's about what you bring-bring-bring.
So bring it, bring it to the table, not because you have to 'cos you're willing and you're able!

C D A
Oh what's in store I don't know anymore.
Oh what's inside 'cos I can't hide from it no more.
Oh what you see well it's not me anymore.
Oh I don't know, I don't know anymore because 

G Bm Em A
I tell you once I tell you twice, gonna be a long time.
But you don't take no one's advice, gonna be a long time.
You, where were you, you weren't listening, gonna be a long time.
Gonna be a long time.

Gonna Be A Long Time

It takes a while to get used to the rhythm. In the verse the
time signature goes 3/4 for 2 bars then 2/4 for 1 bar and then
repeats.


Intro and Verses:

A|-2---3---2-|-5-------5-|------|-10------10|-9-------9-|------
E|-----------|-----------|------|-----------|-----------|----3-
C|-0---------|-2---2-----|------|-----7-----|-----------|-2----
G|-0---------|-0---------|-0----|-9---------|-7---------|------
   |   |   |   |   |   |   |  |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |  |

Intro Riff:

A|-10--12--10-|-9---10---9-|-2---3---2-|-5-------5-|-------|
E|------------|------------|-----------|-----------|-------|
C|------------|------------|-0---------|-2---2-----|-------|
G|-9----------|-7----------|-0---------|-0---------|-0-----|



Chorus:

                   C
I...              driving...
     G  
The speed...            

Em
      City...

        D
And...  arm...
    
    C  Em        D
And I      had a feeling...

    C  Em        D
And I      had a feeling...

C           D
be...       be... 

Suggestion: during the verses, it can sound pretty cool if you
get a friend to strum the chords: C, G, Em, D in the background
:)

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