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The Hissing Of Summer Lawns by Joni Mitchell
The Hissing Of Summer Lawns
Tuning:E A D G B E
Key:Bm
Capo:no capo
The Dmin7no5 played in each turnaround sounds best played as a quartal harmony, so playing the fourth in place
of the fifth. In general, if you know anything about quartal harmony, this is a good place to apply it, due to
the clear modal jazz influence present in this song.
Most the chords are pretty close to being correct, at the very least they'd be valid substitutions for the
actual chords.
[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
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version 2
Tuning:E A D G B E
Key:Bm
Capo:no capo
Bm7 = x24232 (E6/C#) = x4xxxx Dm7 = xx0211
C/B = x20000 (EmM7/C) = x3xxxx Cm7 = x35343
Dm7/A = x00211 Gmaj7/B = x20032 Bm7b5 = x2323x
D7sus2 = xx0210 Gmaj7/A = x00002 E7* = 020100
D/G = xx5775 G/D = xx0787 E7#5 = 020110
Daug/E = xx2332 F/D = xx0565 Bm/A = x04432
E7 = 022130 Bbmaj7 = x13231 Bmadd11 = x24430
Gmaj7 = 320002 Ebmaj7 = xx1333
N.C = No chords
Chords in brackets are intended to played as passing bass notes only
[Intro]
Bm7 C/B
e |--2---------0--|---------------|
B |--3---------1--|---------------|
G |--2------------|---------------| [x4]
D |--4------4-----|---------------|
A |--2---2-----2--|-------0--2-2--|
E |---------------|----2----------|
Bm7 Dm7/A
e |--2------------|---1-----------|
B |--3------------|---1-----------|
G |--2------------|---2-----------|
D |--4------------|---0-----------|
A |--2------------|---0-----------|
E |---------------|---------------|
[Verse 1]
D7sus2 Bm7
He bought her a diamond for her throat,
D/G
He put her in a ranch house on a hill,
Daug/E E7
She could see the valley barbecues from her window sill,
E7 (E6/C#) (EmM7/C) Gmaj7/B Gmaj7/A
See the blue pools in the squinting sun,
Bm7
Hear the hissing of summer lawns
[Verse 2]
Dm7/A D7sus2 Bm7 D/G
He put up a barbed wire fence to keep out the unknown,
Daug/E E7
And on every metal thorn just a little blood of his own,
E7 (E6/C#)(EmM7/C) Gmaj7/B Gmaj7/A
She patrols that fence of his to a latin drum,
G/D
And the hissing of summer lawns
[Bridge]
G/D F/D
(Dark - ness!) Wonder makes it easy,
G/D F/D
(Dark - ness!) With a joyful mask,
G/D F/D D7sus2
(Dark - ness!) Tube's gone, darkness,
Dm7 D7sus2 Dm7 D7sus2
Darkness, darkness, no colour, no con - trast
[Break]
Bbmaj7 Ebmaj7
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
Dm7
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
Dm7 Cm7 Bm7b5 E7* E7(#5) E7*
Dah, dah, dawm, dwee - dawm! Dah, dwee - dawm!
Bm/A N.C. Bm7 Dm7/A
| / / / / | /__/ /__/ / / | Beh - dah - don, dwee - da!
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
[Verse 3]
Bm7 D/G
Diamond dog carrying a cup and a cane,
Daug/E
Looking through a double glass,
E7 E7
Looking at too much pride, and too much shame,
Gmaj7
There's a black fly buzzing,
Gmaj7/A
There's a heatwave burning in her master's voice,
Bm Bmadd11 Bm
Hissing summer lawns
[Verse 4]
Dm7/A D7sus2 Bm7
He gave her his darkness to regret,
D/G
And good reason to quit him,
Daug/E E7
He gave her a roomful of Chippendale that nobody sits in,
E7 (E6/C#) (EmM7/C) Gmaj7/B
Still, she stays with a love of some kind,
Gmaj7/A
It's the lady's choice,
G/D F/D G/D F/D
The hissing of summer lawns (Dark - ness! It's dark - ness!)
[Coda]
G/D F/D G/D F/D
||: (Dark - ness! Dark - ness!) :|| [Repeat]
[Coda Riff with bass fill]
G/D F/D
e |---------------|---7----5-----|
B |------------- -|---8----6-----|
G |---------------|---7----5-----|
D |--------0---0--|---0----0-----|
A |--0-h3----3----|--------------| h = Hammer-on note
E |---------------|--------------|
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