Blonde in the Bleachers Joni Mitchell
â??Blonde in the Bleachersâ??
Chords:
A: X02220
(A: X0222X <use on quick E/A â?? A changes)
(A: X0XX20 <use after Bm/A, after quick E/A â?? A changes)
A/D: XX0220
Am: X02210
Am/D: XX0210
Am7: X02010
Am7: X05550 <use only once: in 2nd verse, on â??soulâ??
Bm/A: X0X43X
Bm: X24432 <bar 2nd fret
Bm7: X24232 <bar 2nd fret
Bm7/E: 024232 <bar 2nd fret
C: X32010
Cmaj7/F: 13300X <play F on first string with thumb
D: XX0232
Dmaj7/G: 3X022X
D/C: X3023X
Dsus2: XX0230
E: 022100
E/A: X02100
(E/A: X0210X <use on quick E/A â?? A changes)
Emaj7: 02110X
Em7sus2: 0X4430
Esus4: 022200
E6sus4: 022220
F: 13321X
Fmaj7: 133210 <play F on first string with thumb
F#m/B: X42222 <bar 2nd fret
F#m7: 242222 <bar 2nd fret
G: 32003X
Chords in (parentheses) are optionalâ??just slight variations with muting on the
regular chord that you only need if youâ??re being a perfectionist. Sound-wise, it
shouldnâ??t make much of a difference.
Intro: Am/D â?? Am7 â?? Fmaj7 â?? Dmaj7/G â?? G â?? Dmaj7/G â?? G
The [Am/D]blonde in the bleachers, she [Am7]flips her hair for you,
A-[Fmaj7]bove the loudspeakers you [Dmaj7/G]start to [G]fall.[Dmaj7/G] [G]
She [Bm]follows you [F#m/B]home, but you [A]miss livinâ?? [E/A]a-lone
You can [F#m7]still hear sweet mysteries [Bm7] cal-[E]ling [Esus4]you.
The [C]bands and the roadies, [D/C]lo- vinâ?? â??em [C]and lea- vinâ?? â??em
Itâ??s[Emaj7] pleasure t[E6sus4]o try â??em, i[Cmaj7/F]tâ??s troub[F]le to keep â?[A/D]?em.
â??Cause it seem[Am]s like youâ?[Em7sus2]?ve got- - -ta g[A]ive up
Such a [Em7sus2]piece of your [Am7]soul when you [Em]give up the [F#m]chase.
Feeling it hot [Dsus2] and [D]cold, youâ??re in roc[Bm]k â??nâ?? roll,
Esus4 A E/A â?? A â?? E/A - A
Itâ??s the na- - ture of the race.
[Bm/A] [A] Itâ??s th[Dsus2]e un- - know[D]n child, so sweet an[Bm]d wild,
Esus4 A E/A â?? A â?? E/A - A
Itâ??s youth, itâ??s too good to waste.
E/A â?? Am/D â?? Am7 â?? Fmaj7
Dmaj7/G â?? G â?? Dmaj7/G â?? G â?? Cmaj7/F â?? F
[Fmaj7] She [D]tapes her re-[Bm7]grets to the [Bm7/E]mi- - crophone [A]stand[E/A]
[A] She says, â??Yo[Dsus2]u canâ??t hold [Bm7]the hand of a
[Bm7/E]rock â??nâ?? r[A]oll man[E/A] ve-r[A]y long,
Or [Dsus2]count on your [Bm7]plans with a
[Bm7/E]rock â??nâ?? r[A]oll man[E/A] ve-r[A]y long,
Com-[Dsus2]pete with the [Bm7]fans for your
[Bm7/E]rock â??nâ?? r[A]oll man for[E/A] ve-r[A]y long,
The [Dsus2]girls and the [Bm7]bands and the [Bm7/E]rock â??nâ?? ro[A]ll [Am7] man.â??
Ending:
Cmaj7/F â?? Fmaj7
[A7](saxophone interlude)
End on A7
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