Chords for Joni Mitchell Hejira Jun 15, 1986

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I'm traveling in some vehicle, _ _ [F] _ [G] _ _
I'm [F] sitting in some cafe _
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[F] the petty walls, the shelf shop [C] _ lullabies _
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comforting _ melancholy, _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ [F] when there's no need to explain _
It's just as natural as the weather in this [G] moody [C] sky today
_ _ _ _ In our process [Bb] of [F] coupling, _ _ _ _ _ [C] so much could not be expressed _
_ _ _ So now [F] I am [Bb] returning to myself, _
[C] _ _ [G] _ these things that [F] you I suppress
_ _ _ I see something of myself in everyone, _ _ _ _ _ right [C] at this moment of the world
_ _ _ _ As snow [Gm] gathers like bolts of [C] _
_ lace, _ [A] come [F] waltzing on a bridal _ [C] girl
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[Cm] _ _ _ _ know it [G] never has [C] been easy, _
_ _ [Fm] _ _ [G] whether you do or you [F] do not resign
Whether [Bb] you travel _ _ up [F] _ extremities or [G] stick to [C] some straighter _ line
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_ _ Now here's a man and [G] a woman sitting on a rock, [C] _ _ [Bb] _ _ they're either gonna thaw [F] or freeze _
Listen, [G] _ _ _
I thought I heard [F] Mount Stavis _ coming [C] through the trees _
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I'm [F] porous with travel fever, _ _ _ but [C] I'm so glad to be on my own
_ _ _ _ Sometimes the slightest [F] touch of a stranger [G] _ _ _ sets off a trembling in my bones _ _
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Gonna [F] show me everything, _ _ _ _ we'll all [C] come and go I know _ _
_ _ _ _ It's so deep [F] and so [G] superficial, _ _ _ _ _
between the [F] forceps and the _ _ stone _ _
I _ [C] _ _ [Dm] _ _
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at the granite market, _
_ _ [G] _ _ those tributes to [F] finality, to _ eternity
[Bb] _ Then I looked at myself [F] here, _ _ chicken [G] scratching [C] for some _ immortality _ _ _ _
In _ _ _ the [G] church they light the candles, _ _
[C] _ _ [G] _ and the wax rolls [F] down like _ tears
_ [Bb] _ _ There's your hope, [F] there's your hopelessness, I've [C] seen it all these years _
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We're [F] only particles of change, I know I know, _ orbiting [C] around the sun _ _
But _ _ how can I have that point of view, _
_ _ [G] _ _ when I need something [Dm] from _ someone
[C] _ _ [G] _ _ White [Am] flags [F] up winter _ _ _ _ chimneys, [C] waving truce against the moon
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In the mirrors of a [G] modern bank, _ _ _ _ [F] from the window of my hotel _ room
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_ _ [C] _ _ I'm [G] trailing in some vehicle, _ _
_ [C] _ [Bb] _ _ [F] you're sitting in some cafe _
Just [Bb] a defector _ from [F] your petty wars that [C] shall shove love away _
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