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Refuge Of The Roads by Joni Mitchell
Refuge Of The Roads
Tuning:E A D G B E
Key:F
Capo:no capo
[Intro]
Cmaj7 Bbmaj7
Cadd9 D/C
Bbmaj7 C/Bb
[Verse 1]
F/A Cmaj7/G
I met a friend of spirit
Bbmaj7 Cadd9
He drank and womanized
Bbmaj7 Cadd9
And I sat before his sanity
C/Bb
I was holding back from crying
F/A Cmaj7/G
He saw my complications
Bbmaj7 Cadd9
And he mirrored me back simplified
Bbmaj7 Cadd9
And we laughed how our perfection
Bbmaj7 C/Bb
Would always be denied
C
"Heart and humor and humility"
F/C C
He said "Will lighten up your heavy load"
C/E Bbmaj7 Cadd9 C/E Bbmaj7
I left him for the refuge of the roads
[Verse 2]
F/A Cmaj7/G
I fell in with some drifters
Bbmaj7 Cadd9
Cast upon a beachtown
Bbmaj7 Cadd9 C/Bb
Winn Dixie cold cuts and highway hand me downs
F/A Cmaj7/G
And I wound up fixing dinner
Bbmaj7 Cadd9
For them and Boston Jim
Bbmaj7 Cadd9
I well up with affection
Bbmaj7 C/Bb
Thinking back down the roads to then
C
The nets were overflowing
F/C C
In the Gulf of Mexico
C/E Bbmaj7 Cadd9 C/E Bbmaj7
They were overflowing in the refuge of the roads
[Verse 3]
F/A Cmaj7/G
There was spring along the ditches
Bbmaj7 Cadd9
There were good times in the cities
Bbmaj7 Cadd9
Oh radiant happiness
C/Bb
It was all so light and easy
F/A Cmaj7/G
Till I started analyzing
Bbmaj7 Cadd9
And I brought on my old ways
Bbmaj7 Cadd9
A thunderhead of judgment was
Bbmaj7 C/Bb
Gathering in my gaze
C
And it made most people nervous
F/C C
They just didn't want to know
C/E Bbmaj7
What I was seeing in the refuge of the roads
[Interlude]
Cadd9 C/E Bbmaj7
C D/C
Bbmaj7 C/B
Gb Ab/Gb
G A/G
Abmaj7
[Verse 4]
F/A Cmaj7/G
I pulled off into a forest
Bbmaj7 Cadd9
Crickets clicking in the ferns
Bbmaj7 Cadd9
Like a wheel of fortune
C/Bb
I heard my fate turn turn turn
F/A Cmaj7/G
And I went running down a white sand road
Bbmaj7 Cadd9
I was running like a white-assed deer
Bbmaj7 Cadd9
Running to lose the blues
Bbmaj7 Cadd9
To the innocence in here
C
These are the clouds of Michelangelo
F/C C
Muscular with gods and sungold
C/E Bbmaj7 Cadd9 C/E Bbmaj7
Shine on your witness in the refuge of the roads
[Verse 5]
F/A Cmaj7/G
In a highway service station
Bbmaj7 Cadd9
Over the month of June
Bbmaj7 Cadd9
Was a photograph of the earth
C/Bb
Taken coming back from the moon
F/A Cmaj7/G
And you couldn't see a city
Bbmaj7 Cadd9
On that marbled bowling ball
Bbmaj7 Cadd9
Or a forest or a highway
Bbmaj7 Cadd9
Or me here least of all
C
You couldn't see these cold water restrooms
F/C C
Or this baggage overload
C/E Bbmaj7
Westbound and rolling taking refuge in the roads
[Outro]
Cadd9 C/E Bbmaj7
C D/C
Bbmaj7 C/B
Gb Ab/Gb
G A/G
Abmaj7
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version 2
Tuning:E A D G B E
Capo:no capo
Tuning - CACFAC
[Intro]
Cmaj7/G Bbmaj9 Bb6/9 F
C|-------------0-----|-------------0----|----0------0--------|--0------------0-|
A|-------------------|------------------|----0------0--------|---------------0-|
F|-6-----6-----------|-6-----6----------|--9-----9--0------0-|----------0----0-|
C|------7----------7-|-----7----------0-|----------10--10----|-------10--------|
A|---7-----------7---|---7---------0----|--------------------|----10-----------|
C|-7-----------------|-7----------------|-10-----------------|-10------------0-|
C/G Cadd9#11/E Bb/F Dm9
C|-------7--------|-------7---------|---------5------|-----------5-----|
A|----7-----------|-----9---9-------|--------------7-|--------7------5-|
F|-7------------7-|-----9---9-----9-|--5----5------7-|--------7------5-|
C|-7----------7---|-----7---7-------|--5----5------5-|--------5------5-|
A|-7--------------|------------7----|--5--5----------|--5--5-----------|
C|-7--------7-----|--7--------------|--5-------------|-----------------|
Bb/F Dm9
C|------------5-------|------5----------0--------|
A|------------------7-|---------7-----7----------|
C|--5------5--------7-|---------5-----7----------|
F|---------5--------5-|---------5-----5--------0-|
A|------5--5----------|--5---------5--------0----|
C|--5-----------------|--------------------------|
I met a friend of spirit
A drunk with angels eyes
I sat before his sanity
I was holding back from crying
He saw my complications
And he mirrored me back, simplified
And we laughed how our perfection
Would always be denied
Heart and humor and humility
He said, will lighten up your heavy load
I left him then for the refuge of the roads
I fell in with some drifters
Cast upon a beach town
Winn Dixie cold cuts thieves highway hand me downs
And i wound up fixing dinner
For them and Boston Jim
I well up with affection
Thinking back down the roads to then
The nets were overflowing
In the Gulf of Mexico
They were overflowing in the refuge of the roads
There was spring along the ditches
There were good times in the cities
Oh, radiant happiness
It was all so light and easy
'Til i started analyzing
And i brought on my old ways
A thunderhead of judgment was
Gathering in my gaze
And it made most people nervous
They just didn't want to know
What i was seeing in the refuge of the roads
I pulled off into a forest
Crickets clicking in the ferns
Like a wheel of fortune
I heard my fate turn, turn, turn
And i went running down a white sand road
I was running like a white-assed deer
Running to lose the blues
To the innocence in here
These are the clouds of Michelangelo
Muscular with gods and sungold
Shine on your witness in the refuge of the roads
In a highway service station
Over the month of June
Was a photograph of the earth
Taken coming back from the moon
And you couldn't see a city
On that marbled bowling ball
Or a forest or a highway
Or me here, least of all
You couldn't see these cold water restrooms
Or this baggage overload
Westbound and rolling, taking refuge in the roads
[Legend]
x - stratch strum
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