People's Parties
Joni Mitchell • Key:
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People's Parties
Joni Mitchell
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Bm7
Em7
D/A
A7sus
D/A
A7sus
G
F
D
D
Dmaj9
All the people
D
at this par
G
ty, They've got a lot of style
D
They've got stamps of many
C
countries, They've got passport smiles
Some are
Bm7
friendly, some are cutting, some are
Em7
watching it from the wings
Some are
D/A
standing in the
A7sus
cen-
D
ter Giving
A7sus
to get something
Dmaj9
Photo Beauty gets atte
G
ntion, Then her eye paint's running
D
down
D
She's got a rose in her
C
teeth and a lampshade crown
Bm7
One minute she's so happy Then she's
Em7
crying on someone's knee, saying,
D/A
"Laughing and
A7sus
crying,
D
you know, it's
A7sus
the same release."
I
Dmaj9
told you when I met you I was
G
crazy. Cry for us all
D
, Beauty
Cry for Eddie in the
C
corner thinking he's nobody
And
Bm7
Jack behind his joker, and stone-cold
Em7
Grace behind her fan, and
D/A
Me in my frightened
A7sus
si-
D
lence, thinking
A7sus
I don't understand
I
Dmaj9
feel like I'm sleep
G
ing, Can you wake
D
me?
You seem to have a
C
broader sensibility
I'm just
Bm7
living on nerves and feelings with a
Em7
weak and a lazy mind
And
D/A
coming to people's
A7sus
par-
D/A
ties fumbl-
A7sus
ing deaf dumb and blind
I
Dmaj9
wish I had more sense of hum
G
or sometimes
G
Keeping the sa
F
d-
D
ness at bay
D
Throwing the lightness
C
on these things
Laughing it
Bm7
all aw
Em7
ay
D/A
A7sus
D/A
A7sus
Laughing it
Bm7
all aw
Em7
ay
D/A
A7sus
D/A
A7sus
Laughing it
Bm7
all aw
Em7
ay
D/A
A7sus
D/A
A7sus
G
Laughing it
F
all a-
D
way
Chords for Open D tuning (D A D F# A D)
Bm7:x2000 Em7:x22120 D/A:x00000 A7sus:x02100
G:555555 F:333333 D:000000 Dmaj9:x77777 C:AAAAAA (A=10)
/ means slide
INTRO:
D-----7---7-7--0----5---5--3---0-0---12--0---10---10--7----0---0-0----
A-----7---7-7--0----5---5--3---0-0---12--0---10---10--7----0---0-0----
F#----7---7-7--0----5---5--3---0-0---12--0---10---10--7----0---0-0----
D-----7---7-7--0----5---5--3---0-0---12--0---10---10--7----9---9-9----
A-----7---7-7--0----5---5--3---0-0---12--0---10---10--7----9---9-9----
D-----7---7-7--0----5---5--3---0-0---12--0---10---10--7----9---9-9----
D-----0---0-0---0--0----0-0-0-0-0--0-----5--3---0--------------|
A-----0---0-0---0--0----0-0-0-0-0--0-----5--3---0--------------|
F#--0-1---1-1---1--1/3--3-3-3-1-0--1-----5--3---0--------------|
D---0-2---2-2---2--2/4--4-4-4-2-0--2-----5--3---0--------------|
A---0-2---2-2---2------------------0-----5--3---0--------------|
D---0-2---2-2---2------------------------5--3---0--------------|
VERSE:
D-----7-------7--7----0----------5-----5------3------0-0---
A-----7-------7--7----0----------5-----5------3------0-0---
F#----7-------7--7----0----------5-----5------3------0-0---
D-----7-------7--7----0----------5-----5------3------0-0---
A-----0-------0--0----0----------5-----5------3------0-0---
D-----0-------0--0----0----------5-----5------3------0-0---
All the people at this party they got a lot of style
D------12--12----0----0-----10-------------10--10---
A------12--12----0----0-----10-------------10--10---
F#-----12--12----0----0-----10-------------10--10---
D------12--12----0----0-----10-------------10--10---
A------12--12----0----0-----10-------------10--10---
D------12--12----0----0-----10-------------10--10---
They got stamps of many countries they got passport smiles
D----------0--------0---0---------------------0-----------------0----0---
A----------0--------0---0---------------------0-----------------0----0---
F#---------0--------0---0--------------0------1-----------------1----1---
D----------9--------9---9--------------0------2-----------------2----2---
A----------9--------9---9--------------0------2-----------------2----2---
D----------9--------9---9--------------0------2-----------------2----2---
Some are friendly, some are cutting, some are watching it from the wings
D-----------0----0--0--0---0--0----------0----------0--0---
A-----------0----0--0--0---0--0----------0----------0--0---
F#----------1/3--3--3--3---1--0----------1----------1--1---
D-----------2/4--4--4--4---2--0----------2----------2--2---
A----------------------------------------0----------0--0---
D----------------------------------------------------------
Some are standing in the centre giving to get something
Speed