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The Dry Cleaner From Des Moines by Joni Mitchell
The Dry Cleaner From Des Moines
Tuning:E A D G B E
Key:Bb
Capo:no capo
[Verse 1]
Bb7 Eb7 Bb7
I'm down to a roll of dimes, I'm stalking the slot that's hot
Eb7 Bb7
I keep hearing bells all around me, jingling in the lucky jackpots
F7 Eb7
They keep you tantalized, they keep you reaching for your wallet
Bb7 Cm7 F7
Here in fools' paradise
[Verse 2]
Bb7 Eb7 Bb7
I talked to a cat from Des Moines, he said he ran a cleaning plant
Eb7 Bb7
That cat was clanking with coin, well, he must have had a genie in a lamp
F7 Bb7
'cause every time I dropped a dime I blew it, he kept ringing bells, nothing to it!
[Chorus]
Bb7 Eb7
He got three oranges, three lemons, three cherries, three plums
Bb7/F Bb7
I'm losing my taste for fruit,
Eb7 Dm7 G7
Watching the dry cleaner do it like Midas in a polyester suit
Cm7 F7
It's all luck! It's just luck!
D7 G7 Cm7 F7
You get a little lucky and you make a little money!
[Interlude 1]
Bb7 Eb7 Bb7
Eb7 Bb7 Eb7 D7 G7
C7 F7 Bb7 Cm7 F7
[Verse 3]
Bb7 Eb7 Bb7 F7
I followed him down the strip, he picked out a booth at Circus Circus
Eb7
where the cowgirls fill the room with their big balloons
Bb7 G7
The cleaner was pitching with purpose!
C7 F7 Dm7 G7
He had Dinos and Pooh Bears and lions, pink and blue there
C7 F7
He couldn't lose there!
[Interlude 2]
Bb7 Eb7 Bb7
Eb7 Edim Bb7 Dm7 G7
(Vocal Improv)
Cm7 F7 Bb7
It's all luck, it's just luck
[Chorus]
Bb7 Eb7 Bb7
Des Moines was stacking the chips, raking off the tables, ringing the bandit's bells
Eb7 Bb7 Eb7 C7
This is a story that's a drag to tell since I lost every dime I laid on the line
F7 Eb7
But the cleaner from Des Moines could put a coin
Bb7
In the door of a John and get twenty for one
Eb7 Bb7
It's just luck!
[Interlude 3]
Eb7 Cm7 F7 Bb7 G7
Cm7 F7 D7 G7 C7 F7
Bb7 Eb7 Bb7
Eb7 Edim Bb7 A7 Ab7 G7
[Outro 1]
Bb7 Eb7
Lucky...
Bb7 Abdim
Lucky...
Eb7 Bb7 G7
So lucky, we're lucky
Cm7 Dm7 Eb7 Edim
Bb7/F G7 Cm7 F7sus4
Bb7 Eb7 Bb7
That cat's got luck, that cat's got luck
Eb7 Bb7 G7
That cat's got luck, that cat's got luck
C7 F7 Bb7 G7 C7 F7
That cat's got luck, that cat's got luck
Bb7
Really lucky, lucky
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