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Chelsea Morning by Joni Mitchell - Guitar Chords

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            [Intro] 
Am       Em Am    Em Am D D D D D  D D D
G  G  G  G  D  D  D  D Em Em Em Em D D D D

[Verse 1]
Am                                         D                  Am
Woke up, it was a Chelsea morning, and the first thing that I heard.
       G              D               Em                D
Was a song outside my window, and the traffic wrote the words.
        G               D
It came ringing up like Christmas bells,  
     G              A
and rapping up like pipes and drums.
    Am                    D
Oh, won't you stay? We'll put on the day.
          G                 D
And we'll wear it 'till the night comes.

[Verse 2]
Am                                         D                  Am
Woke up, it was a Chelsea morning, and the first thing that I saw.
        G                  D              Em             D
Was the sun through yellow curtains,and a rainbow on the wall.
           G                 D
Blue, red, green and gold to welcome you,
        G                A
crimson crystal beads to beckon.
    Am                    D
Oh, won't you stay? We'll put on the day, 
          G              D
There's a sun show every second.

[Verse 3]
G               D          Em            D
Now the curtain opens on a portrait of today,
        G                      D
And the streets are paved with passersby
    G                                             A
And pigeons fly, and papers lie, waiting to blow away.

[Instrumental]
Am       Em Am    Em Am D D D D D D D D

[Verse 4]
Am                                         D                    Am
Woke up, it was a Chelsea morning, and the first thing that I knew,
            G                D            Em               D
There was milk and toast and honey, and a bowl of oranges, too,
        G                  D                G               A
And the sun poured in like butterscotch,and stuck to all my senses,
     Am                   D
Oh, won't you stay? we'll put on the day,
          G               D
And we'll talk in present tenses.

[Verse 5]
G                D               Em            D
When the curtain closes, and the rainbow runs away.
       G                 D
I will bring you incense owls by night, 
   G                                             A
By candlelight, by jewel-light, If only you will stay, Pretty baby, won't you, 
Am                                   D
Wake up, it's a Chelsea morning....
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