Mitchell Joni

Mitchell Joni - Cactus Tree guitar chord

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Date: Fri, 10 Nov 1995 18:31:05 -1000

From: Harlan L Thompson

Subject: cactus tree- joni mitchell

CACTUS TREE- Joni Mitchell

TUNING: D A D F# A D, capo 5th fret

D5 D5addC# Dsus4  D5 D5addD# Dsus4

           D5                              Dsus4

There's a man who's been out sailing in a decade full of dreams

         D5            Dsus4           Dsus2/G           D(2)

And he takes her to a schooner and he treats her like a queen

         D5           Dsus4               D5               Dsus4

Bearing beads from California with their amber stones and green

         Dsus4              D               Dsus4               D

He has called her from the harbor, he has kissed her with his freedom

        Dsus4              D               Dsus4             Asus4

He has heard her off to starboard, in the breaking and the breathing

          D     Dsus2/G        D5addC#   Dsus4       D   Dsus4 D

Of the water weeds,     while she's was busy being free

There's a man who's climbed a mountain and he's calling out her name

And he hopes her heart can hear three thousand miles, he calls again

He can think her there beside him, he can miss her just the same

He has missed her in the forest while he showed her all the flowers

And the branches sang the chorus as he climbed the scaley towers

Of a forest tree, while she was somewhere being free

There's a man who's sent a letter and he's waiting for reply

He has asked her of her travels, since the day they said goodbye

He writes "wish you were beside me, we can make it if we try"

He has seen her at the office, with her name on all his papers

Through the sharing of the profits he will find it hard to shake her

>From his memory, and she's so busy being free

There's a lady in the city and she thinks she loves them all

There's the one who's thinking of her, there's the one who sometimes calls

There's the one who writes her letters with his facts and figures scrawl

She has brought them to her senses, they have laughed inside her laughter

Now she rallies her defenses, for she fears that one will ask her

For eternity, and she's so busy being free

There's a man who sends her medals, he is bleeding from the war

There's a jouster and a jester and a man who owns a store

There's a drummer and a dreamer, and you know there may be more

She will love them when she sees them, they will lose her if they follow

And she only means to please them and her heart is full and hollow

Like a cactus tree, while she's so busy being free

Like a cactus tree, being free

CHORDS:

     D5  D5addC#  Dsus4  D  Dsus2/G  D(2)  Asus4

D  --0-----0--------0----0-----0------0------2----

A  --0-----0--------0----0-----0------0------0----

F# --3-----3--------1----0-----1------3------1----

D  --0-----0--------0----0-----2------4------2----

A  --5-----4--------2----0-----0------0------0----

D  --0-----0--------0----0-----0------0------0----

NOTE:  This is pretty rough- it may have some mistakes but I figure it's

better than nothing.

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