People's Parties
Joni MitchellVersion1
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Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
: 10-10-10-10-10-10
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All the people at this par-ty
Theyve got a lot of style
Theyve got stamps of many coun-tries
Theyve got passport smiles
Some are friend-ly, some are cutting
Some are watch-ing it from the wings
Some are stand-ing in the cen- - ter
Giving to get something
Photo beauty gets at-ten- tion
Then her eye paints running down
Shes got a rose in her teeth
And a lampshade crown
One minute shes so happy
Then shes cry-ing on someones knee
Saying, Laugh-ing and cry-ing
You know, its the same release
I told you when I met you
I was cra-zy
Cry for us all, beauty
Cry for Eddie in the cor-ner
Thinking hes nobody
And Jack behind his joker
And stone-cold Grace behind her fan
And me in my frightened si- - -lence
Thinking I dont understand
I feel like Im sleep- ing
Can you wake me?
You seem to have a broad-er sensibility
Im just liv-ing on nerves and feelings
With a weak and a lazy mind
And com-ing to peoples par- - ties
Fumb-ling deaf, dumb, and blind
I wish I had more sense of humor
Keeping the sad- -ness at bay
Throwing the lightness on these things
Laughing it all away
(3x)
Laugh-ing it all away
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Readable chord sheet for People's Parties by Joni Mitchell
[C]: 10-10-10-10-10-10 [Bm7] [Em7] [D/A] - [A7Sus4] [D/A] [A7Sus4] [G] [F] [D] [Dmaj9]All the people [D]at this par-[G]ty Theyve got a lot of style [D] Theyve got stamps of many coun-[C]tries Theyve got passport smiles Some are [Bm7]friend-ly, some are cutting Some are [Em7]watch-ing it from the wings Some are [D/A]stand-ing in the [A7Sus4]cen- - [D/A]ter Giving [A7Sus4]to get something [Dmaj9] Photo beauty gets at-ten-[G] tion Then her eye paints running [D]down Shes got a rose in her [C]teeth And a lampshade crown [Bm7]One minute shes so happy Then shes [Em7]cry-ing on someones knee Saying, [D/A]Laugh-ing and cry-[A7Sus4]ing [D/A]You know, its [A7Sus4]the same release I [Dmaj9]told you when I met you I was [G]cra-zy Cry for us al[D]l, beauty Cry for Eddie in the [C]cor-ner Thinking hes nobody And [Bm7]Jack behind his joker And stone-cold [Em7]Grace behind her fan And [D/A]me in my frightened [A7Sus4]si- - -[D/A]lence Thinking [A7Sus4]I dont understand I [Dmaj9]feel like Im sleep-[G] ing Can you wake [D]me? You seem to have a [C]broad-er sensibility Im just [Bm7]liv-ing on nerves and feelings With a [Em7]weak and a lazy mind And [D/A]com-ing to peoples [A7Sus4]par- - [D/A]ties Fumb-[A7Sus4]ling deaf, dumb, and blind I [Dmaj9]wish I had more sense of humor [G] Keeping the sad-[F] -[D]ness at bay [D] Throwing the lightness [C]on these things Laughing it al[Bm7]l aw[Em7]ay [D/A] [A7Sus4] [D/A] [A7Sus4] (3x) [G]Laugh-ing it [F]all[D] away