Ethiopia chords by Joni Mitchell

• Difficulty: Intermediate 💪

Key: B


Verse 1 :
G#7sus4
         Hot winds and hunger cries
F#sus2
       Ethiopia
G#7sus4
        Flies in your babies' eyes
F#sus2
       Ethiopia
E/A
      Walking sticks on burning plains

Betrayed by politics
                 G#m7
Abandoned by the rains
B9
   On and on the human need
                    B/E
On and on the human greed profanes
D#m
     Ethiopia Ethiopia Ethio-

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pi-a


Verse2:
     G#7sus4
Your top soil flies away
F#sus2
       Ethiopia
G#7sus4
        We pump ours full of poison spray
F#sus2
        Ethiopia
            E/A
Between the brown skies and sprinkling lawns

I hear the whine of chain saws
        G#m7
Hacking rain forests down
    B9
Ohhh  On and on insanities
                        B/E
On and on short-sighted greed abounds
D#m
    Ethiopia   Ethiopia  Ethio-

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Bridge:
B/E
    Little garden planet oasis in space
G#m7
     Some hearts hurt they can hardly stand it
B/E                              D#m
   Famine phantoms at the garden gates
         D#m
Ethiopia     Ethiopia    Ethio-

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Verse 2:
G#7sus4
       Every Sunday on TV
F#sus2
       Ethiopia
G#7sus4
       You suffer with such dignity
F#sus2
       Ethiopia
E/A
     A TV star with a PR smile

Calls your baby "it" while strolling
G#m7
Through your tragic trials
    B9
Ohhh   on and on stupidity
                                 B/E
On and on the basic needs are de filed
D#m
    Ethiopia Ethiopia Ethiop-

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Bridge/finale:
B/E
     Little garden planet oasis in space
G#m7                                       B/E
    Some hearts hurt they can hardly stand     the waste
D#m
    Ethiopia Ethiopia Ethio-

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 -ia
D#m
    Ethiopia Ethiopia Ethio-

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 -ia

 D#m
    Ethiopia Ethiopia Ethio-

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 -ia

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