Chinese Cafe - Unchained Melody chords by Joni Mitchell

• Difficulty: Intermediate 💪

🎸 Verse 1:
D                                        G
Caught in the middle
Carol, we're middle class
                             Am7
We're middle-aged, we were wild in the old days
                     G         Em
Birth of rock n' roll days, now your kids are coming up straight
C                        Am7                        G
My child's a stranger
I bore her but I could not raise her




🎸 Pre-Chorus:
                   Em
Nothing lasts for long
                   D
Nothing lasts for long
                   C6
Nothing lasts for long

🎸 Chorus:
Am7
Down at the Chinese Café
Em
We'd be dreaming on our dimes
Em
We'd be playing
C        Am7         F
"Oh my love, my darling"
F
One more time

🎸 Verse 2:
D                                        G
Uranium money is booming in the old hometown now
                       Am7                          G
It's putting up sleek concrete, tearing the old landmarks down now
                    Em                             C6
Paving over brave little parks, ripping off Indian land again
Am7                                  G
How long, how long, short-sighted business man?

🎸 Pre-Chorus:
               Em
Ah, nothing lasts for long
                D
Nothing lasts for long
                C6
Nothing lasts for long

🎸 Chorus:
Am7
Down at the Chinese Café
Em
We'd be dreaming on our dimes
                  C             Am7         F
We'd be playing, "You give your love so sweetly"
            D
One more time

🎸 Verse 3:
D                                   G
Christmas is sparkling out on Carol's lawn
                           Am7                      G
This girl of my childhood games with kids nearly grown and gone
           Em                  C6
Grown so fast like the turn of a page
             Am7                    G
We look like our mothers did now when we were those kids' age

🎸 Pre-Chorus:
                  Em
Nothing lasts for long
                   D
Nothing lasts for long
                   C6
Nothing lasts for long

🎸 Chorus:
Am7
Down at the Chinese Café
            Em
We'd be dreaming on our dimes
Em
We'd be playing
C        Am7         F
"Oh my love, my darling
G                      C
I've hungered for your touch
Am7            G
A long lonely time
C             Am7        F
And time goes by so slowly
G                  C
And time can do so much
Am7             Em
Are you still mine?
C             G
I need your love
Am7
I need your love
F         G    D
God speed your love to me"

🎸 Outro:
(Time goes - where does the time go
I wonder where the time goes)