Banquet
Joni MitchellVersion1
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Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
/: 13300X
/: X22200
/: X24222
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Come to the din-ner gong
The ta-ble is lad-en high
Fat bel-lies and hun-gry little ones
Tuck your napkins in and take your share
Some get the gra-vy
And some get the gris-tle
Some get the mar-row bone
And some get noth- ing
Though theres plen-ty to spare
I took my share down by the sea
Pa-per plates and Ja- -vex bottles on the tide
Seagulls come down and they squawk at me
/ 3x] /
Down where the wa- - - ter ski- ers glide
Some turn to Je-sus
And some turn to her-o-in
Some turn to ramb-ling round
Looking for a clean sky
And a drink-ing stream
Some watch the paint peel off
Some watch their kids grow up
Some watch their stocks and bonds
Waiting for that big deal A-mer-i- -can dream
I took my dream down by the sea
Yan-kee yachts and lob- ster pots
And sunshine and logs and sails
And Shell Oil pails
Dogs and tugs and sum- mer-time
Back in the ban-quet line
An- - -gry young people cry- ing
Who let the greed-y in
And who left the need-y out?
Who made this salt-y
Tell em were very hungry now
For a sweet-er fare
In the cookie I read,
Some get the gra-vy
And some get the gris-tle
Some get the mar-row bone
And some get noth- ing
Though theres plen-ty to spare
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Readable chord sheet for Banquet by Joni Mitchell
[Cmaj7]/[F]: 13300X [Esus4]/[B]: X22200 [F#m]/[B]: X24222 [A] [E/A] [D/A] [A] [F#m]/[B] [Bm7] [Esus4]Come [E]to the [Em7]din-ner go[Am]ng The ta-[Em/A]ble is [A7]lad-en high [Dm7] Fat [D]bel-lies and [C/D]hun-gry little ones Tuck your napkins i[F]n and [A]take [E/A]your sha[E]re [Esus4]Some [E]get the [Em7]gra-vy [Am]And some [Em/A]get the [A7]gris-tle [Dm7] Some [D]get the [C/D]mar-row bone And some get noth-[F] ing Though theres [A]plen-[E/A]ty t[E]o spare [Esus4] [Em/A]I took my [Am]share [Em/A]down [Am]by [Em/A]the sea Pa-[Am]per [Em/A]plates [Am]and [Em/A]Ja- -vex bottles on the tide [Esus4] Seagulls [E]come down and they[Em7sus4] squawk at [D/E]me [E] [Esus4] [E7sus4] [D/E] [F] [[Cmaj7]/[F] [F] 3x] [F#m]/[B] [Bm7] Down where the wa- - - ter ski- ers glide [Esus4]Some [E]turn to [Em7]Je-su[Am]s And some [Em/A]turn to [A7]her-o-in [Dm7] Some [D]turn to [C/D]ramb-ling round Looking for a clean sk[F]y And a [A]drink-[E/A]ing stre[E]am [Esus4]Some [E]watch the [Em7]paint peel [Am]off Some [Em/A]watch their [A7]kids grow up [Dm7] Some [D]watch their [C/D]stocks and bonds Waiting for that big[F] deal A-[A]mer-[E/A]i- -ca[E]n dream [Esus4] [Em/A]I took my [Am]dream [Em/A]down [Am]by [Em/A]the sea Yan-[Am]kee [Em/A]yachts [Am]and [Em/A]lob- ster pots And sunshine and[Esus4] logs and [E]sails And[Em7sus4] Shell Oil [D/E]pails [E]Dogs and tugs and [Esus4]sum- mer-[D/E]time Back in the [F]ban-quet line [Cmaj7]An- - [F]-gry young people [F#m]cry-[B] ing [Esus4]Who [E]let the [Em7]greed-y i[Am]n And who [Em/A]left the [A7]need-y out? [Dm7] Who [D]made this [C/D]salt-y Tell em were very hungry no[F]w For a [A]sweet-[E/A]er fa[E]re In the cookie I read, [Esus4]Some [E]get the [Em7]gra-vy [Am]And some [Em/A]get the [A7]gris-tle [Dm7] Some [D]get the [C/D]mar-row bone And[Em/A] some get [Am]noth-[F] ing Though theres [A]plen-[E/A]ty to[B] spare [D/B] [E/B] [Esus4] [B] [E/B] [Bm7] [B]