Don't Interrupt The Sorrow chords by Joni Mitchell

• Capo on 3rd

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Don't Interrupt The Sorrow - Joni Mitchell
Capo: 3

Intro:
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Chorus 1:
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 Don't interrupt the sorrow. Darn right. In flames our prophet witches. Be polite
F
 A room full of glasses
G
 He says, "Your notches, liberation doll"
E
 And he chains me with that serpent to that Ethiopian wall

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Verse 1:
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 Anima rising. Queen of Queens
A
 Wash my guilt of Eden. Wash and balance me
F        G
 Anima rising. Uprising in me tonight
E
 She's a vengeful little goddess with an ancient crown to fight

Verse 2:
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 Truth goes up in vapors. The steeples lean
A
 Winds of change patriarchs. Snug in your bible belt dreams
F             G
 God goes up the chimney. Like childhood Santa Claus
E
 The good slaves love the good book. A rebel loves a cause

Interlude:
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Verse 3:
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 I'm leaving on the 1:15. You're darn right
A
 Since I was seventeen. I've had no one over me. He says
F         G
 "Anima rising-  So what-
E
 Petrified wood process. Tall timber down to rock!"

Chorus 2:
E
 Don't interrupt the sorrow. Darn right. He says, "We walked on the moon, You be polite"
F
 Don't let up the sorrow . Death and birth and death and birth and death and birth
G
 He says, "Bring that bottle kindly . And I'll pad your purse-
E
 I've got a head full of quandary. And a mighty, mighty, mighty thirst"

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Verse 4:
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 Seventeen glasses. Rhine wine
A
 Milk of the Madonna. Clandestine
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 He don't let up the sorrow.  He lies and he cheats
E
 It takes a heart like Mary's these days . When your man gets weak

Outro:
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(Repeat and fade)