The Hissing Of Summer Lawns chords by Joni Mitchell

Intro:
Bm7 --- Cmaj7/B ---- Bm7 --- Cmaj7/B ---- Bmin7 --- Cmaj7/B ---- Bmin7 ---- Dmin7no5 - D7

Verse 1:
                Bm7
He bought her a diamond for her throat
                Gmaj7
He put her in a ranch house on a hill
E6add9
She could see the valley barbecues
         E9b5
From her window sill
        Gmaj7             A13
See the blue pools in the squinting sun
                           Bm7
Hear the hissing of summer lawns

Dmin7no5 - D7

            Bm7
He put up a barbed wire fence
   Gmaj7
To keep out the unknown
E6add9
And on every metal thorn
              E9b5
Just a little blood of his own
Gmaj7
She patrols that fence of his
     A13
To a latin drum
                   Dmin7
And the hissing of summer lawns

Chorus:
Dm7 D9(no3)
Darkness
Wonder makes it easy
Dm7 D9(no3)
Darkness
With a joyful mask
Dm7 D9(no3)
Darkness
Tube's gone darkness darkness darkness
No color no contrast

Bridge:
Bbmaj7 ---- A7b9 ---- Dm7---- Dm7---- Bbmaj7 ---- Edim7 ---- A6add9 ---- Gmaj/A

Verse 2:
          Bm7
A diamond dog
           Gmaj7
Carrying a cup and a cane
                  E6add9
Looking through a double glass
                  E9b5
Looking at too much pride and too much shame
             Gmaj7
There's a black fly buzzing
                               A13
There's a heat wave burning in her master's voice
                      Bmin7
The hissing of summer lawns

Dmin7no5 - D7

                Bm7
He gave her his darkness to regret
    Gmaj7
And good reason to quit him
              E6add9
He gave her a roomful of Chippendale
E9b5
That nobody sits in
           Gmaj7
Still she stays with a love of some kind
         A13
It's the lady's choice
                      Dmin7
The hissing of summer lawns

Chorus:
Dm7 D9(no3)
Darkness
Dm7 D9(no3)
Darkness
Dm7 D9(no3)
Darkness
repeat until fadeout