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