xLet the Wind Carry Me: Joni Mitchell
Tabbed by Robin Young
>>CAP0 2ND FRET.<<
Chords (in relation to capo):
C: X32010
Cmaj7: X32000
D: XX0232
D/E: 000232
Em: 022000
Em (in verses 1&4): 0XX342
Em7: 0X0433
Eb: X54030
F: XX3211
F/D: XX0121
G: 320003
Gsus2: 3X0203
Gm7/D: XX0675
Intro: Em – D – C (3x)
Cmaj7 – Em
Em D/E
Papa’s faith is people,
D C Em
Mama, she believes in cleanin’.
Gm7/D F/D Gm7/D
Papa’s faith is in peo- - -ple,
F/D Gm7/D F/D Gm7/D F/D
Ma- -ma, she’s al- - - - - -ways clea- - - -nin’.
F
Papa brought home the sugar,
Eb Gm7/D
Mama taught me the dee- - -per meanin’.
F/D – Gm7/D – Gsus2 – G – Cmaj7
Gm7/D F/D
She don’t like my kick-pleat skirt,
Eb Gm7/D F/D – Gm7/D – F/D
She don’t like my eyelids pain-ted green
Em7 D/E Em7 D/E
She don’t like me stayin’ up late in my high-heeled shoes,
Em7 D/E Em7
Livin’ for that rock-n’-roll dancin’ scene.
D/E D
Papa says, “Leave the girl alone mother,
C Em
She’s lookin’ like a Mo- - vie Queen.”
Gm7/D F/D
Mama thinks she spoilt me.
Eb Gm7/D F/D – Gm7/D – F/D
Papa knows somehow he set me free
Em7 D/E
Mama thinks she spoilt me rotten
Em7 D/E
She blames herself
Em7 D/E Em7
But Papa, he blesses me.
D/E D
It’s a rough road to travel, Mama
C Em
Let go now, it’s always called for me.
Em D/E
Some-times I get that feeling
D C Em
And I want to settle and raised a child up with somebody.
Gm7/D F/D Gm7/D
I get that strong long- - -ing
F/D Gm7/D F/D Gm7/D F/D
And I want to set- tle and raise a child up with somebody
F
But it passes like the summer
Eb
I’m a wild seed again, let the wind carry me.
Gm7/D – F/D – Gm7/D – Gsus2 – G – Cmaj7
