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:
E
  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:
E
  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:
E
  Seventeen glasses. Rhine wine
A
  Milk of the Madonna. Clandestine
F                             G
  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)