Chinese Cafe - Unchained Melody chords by Joni Mitchell
Guitar chords with lyrics
- 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) Published:
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