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Sweet Bird by Joni Mitchell


       Sweet Bird 



Tuning:E A D G B E
Capo:no capo

[Intro]
Bm7   Em7   Bm7   Em7   x2
G C
 
[Verse 1]
Cadd9                  Em9
Out on some borderline
F/G                     C
Some mark of in between
Cadd9           G      Bb/Eb
I lay down golden in time
C               G
And woke up vanishing
A/D             C/F    G  C
Sweet bird you are
Cadd9               G
Briefer than a falling star
Cadd9                      G
All these vain promises on beauty jars
F/G
Somewhere with your wings on time
Cadd9
You must be laughing
 
A/D  C/F  G C
Behind our eyes
Cadd9         G
Calendars of our lives
Cadd9         G
Circled with compromise
F/G
Sweet bird of time and change
Cadd9
You must be laughing
G                   Cadd9
Up on your feathers laughing
 
[Interlude]
G
Bm7 Em7
Em C Em
Bm7 Em7
Em Cmaj7
Bm7 Am Em7 Em
Bm7 Em Bm7 Em
C
 
[Verse 2]
Cadd9    Em9
Golden in time
F/G         C
Cities under the sand
Cadd9     Em9
Power ideals and beauty
Bb/Eb    Cadd9  G
Fading in everyone's hand
 
A/D   C/F  G  C
Give me some time
Cadd9        G
I feel like I'm losing mine
Cadd9        G
Out here on this horizon line
F/G
With the earth spinning
Cadd9      G
And the sky forever rushing
 
A/D     C/F    G C
No one knows
Cadd9        G
They can never get that close
Cadd9 G
Guesses at most
 
Cadd9                                      Em9
Guesses based on what each set of time and change is touching
Cadd9                                      Em9
Guesses based on what each set of time and change is touching
Cadd9                                      Em9
Guesses based on what each set of time and change is touching
Cadd9                                      Em9
Guesses based on what each set of time and change is touching
Cadd9                                      Em9
Guesses based on what each set of time and change is touching
Cadd9                                      Em9
Guesses based on what each set of time and change is touching
 
[Outro]
Bm7     Em7   Bm7        Em7




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