The Pirate Of Penance chords by Joni Mitchell

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Key: BbmBbm

Difficulty: Intermediate

PENANCE CRANE:
BbmBbm            C minorCm
The pirate anchored on a Wednesday
BbmBbm            D MajorD
And why he came to port I wonder
           BbmBbm
To see a lady so my friends say
   Dm7Dm7
She dances for the sailors
            AbmAbm
In a smoky cabaret bar underground
             Bb majorBb
Down in a cellar in a harbour town
BbmBbm             C minorCm
I know he told her love was treasure
BbmBbm              D MajorD
And they would reap the fullest bounty
             BbmBbm
He only comes to port for pleasure
 Dm7Dm7
So when the winds of morning
                     AbmAbm
Blew the curtains in she woke and found he'd gone
               Bb majorBb
I saw his sails unfurling Thursday dawn
 BbmBbm
The pirate he will sink you with a kiss

He'll steal your heart and sail away


THE DANCER:

Saturday early we met in the cove near the forest


PENANCE:
 GbGb
He'll leave you drowning in the flotsam Of a broken promise in the bay


THE DANCER:


(Dancing we wakened the dawn and the birds into chorus)

PENANCE:
GbmGbm
He came again to see her

Yes I think they told me it was Saturday

THE DANCER:

(Ask Penance Crane she was out in her garden she saw us)


PENANCE:
     Bb majorBb
I was at sea then

I didn't see them
BbmBbm             C minorCm
I don't believe what you are saying
BbmBbm           D MajorD
It isn't true I hardly knew him
                BbmBbm
Is this some game that you are playing
 Dm7Dm7
Go ask the dancer she's the one who saw him last
          AbmAbm
The one who drew him here
               Bb majorBb
He hasn't come to me since spring last year
BbmBbm
There was a time when he would

Bring me silks and sandalwood and Persian lace


THE DANCER:

(Then came another "goodbye" and another "Please don't go")


PENANCE:
 GbGb
And he would hold me close

And tell my sailing stories by the fireplace


THE DANCER:

(All night I dance and all day I keep watch with my sorrow)


PENANCE:
 GbmGbm
I was at sea I tell you I was

Nowhere near the mentioned murder place


THE DANCER:

(Searching for sails that don't come

And I guess but I don't know)


PENANCE:
      Bb majorBb
Go ask the dancer

She knows the answer


THE DANCER:

I don't know


PENANCE:
        D MajorD
She knows the answer


THE DANCER:

I don't know


PENANCE:

She knows the answer


THE DANCER:

I don't know