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Date: Fri, 10 Nov 1995 18:31:05 -1000 From: Harlan L Thompson <harlant@hawaii.edu> 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
There's a mD5an who's been out sailing in a dDsus4ecade full of dreams D5 Dsus4 Dsus2/G D(2) And he takes her to a schooner and he treats her like a queen Bearing bD5eads from CalDsus4ifornia with their aD5mber stones and gDsus4reen He has caDsus4lled her from the hDarbor, he has kiDsus4ssed her with his frDeedom He has hDsus4eard her off to staDrboard, in the bDsus4reaking and the brAsus4eathing 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.