Nathan La Franeer chords by Joni Mitchell

Chords with lyrics

Intro
G minorGm DmDm G minorGm DmDm

verse 1

G minorGm                 DmDm
I hired a coach to take me from confusion to the plane
        C minorCm                 G+G
And though we shared a common space I know I'll never meet again
   G minorGm                DmDm
The driver with his eyebrows furrowed in the rear-view mirror
  C minorCm                    G+G
I read his name and it was plainly written Nathan La Franeer
  G minorGm
I asked him would he hurry
     D MajorD
But we crawled the canyons slowly
       DmDm
Through the buyers and the sellers
       C majorC               G+G  C majorC
Through the burglar bells and the wishing wells
   G minorGm        Bb majorBb  D7D7
With gangs and girly shows
       G minorGm
The ghostly garden grows

verse 2

   G minorGm                DmDm
The cars and buses bustled thru the bedlam of the day
         C minorCm                  G+G
I looked through window-glass at streets and Nathan grumbled at the grey
  G minorGm               DmDm
I saw an aging cripple selling Superman balloons
     C minorCm
The city grated through chrome-plate
          G+G
The clock struck slowly half-past-noon
       G minorGm
Through the tunnel tiled and turning
   D MajorD               DmDm
Into daylight once again I am escaping

Once again goodbye
    C majorC         G+G C majorC
To symphonies and dirty trees
   G minorGm         Bb majorBb D7D7
With parks and plastic clothes
       G minorGm
The ghostly garden grows

verse 3

   G minorGm
He asked me for a dollar more
   DmDm
He cursed me to my face
       C minorCm
He hated everyone who paid to ride
    G+G
And share his common space
  G minorGm
I picked my bags up from the curb
   DmDm
And stumbled to the door
    C minorCm
Another man reached out his hand
     G+G
Another hand reached out for more
    G minorGm
And I filled it full of silver
    D MajorD
And I left the fingers counting
     DmDm
And the sky goes on forever
     C majorC           G+G C majorC
Without meter maids and peace parades

    G minorGm       Bb majorBb D7D7
You feed it all your woes
       G minorGm
The ghostly garden grows
   G minorGm       Bb majorBb D7D7
You feed it all your woes
       G minorGm
The ghostly garden grows

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