Joni Mitchell

Songs To Aging Children Come

by Joni Mitchell
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Key: B β™« Verse 1: G F# Through the windless wells of wonder F B By the throbbing light machine A G In the tea leaf trance or under F# B Orders from the king and queen D F F7/B Songs, to aging children come F7/B (Songs, to aging children come) B Eb Eb7/A Aging children, I am one (I am one) β™« Verse 2:
G F# People hurry by so quickly F B Don't they hear the melodies A G In the chiming and the clicking F# B And the laughing harmonies D F F7/B Songs, to aging children come F7/B (Songs, to aging children come) B Eb Eb7/A Aging children, I am one (I am one) β™« Verse 3: G F# Some come dark and strange like dying F B Crows and ravens whistling A G Lines of weeping, strings of crying F# B So much said in listening D F F7/B Songs, to aging children come F7/B (Songs, to aging children come) B Eb Eb7/A Aging children, I am one (I am one) β™« Verse 4: G F# Does the moon play only silver F B When it strums the galaxy A G Dying roses will they will their F# B Perfumed rhapsodies to me D F F7/B Songs, to aging children come F7/B (Songs, to aging children come) B Eb This is one

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Published: September 3, 2023
Last Updated: September 10, 2025