From: Harlan L Thompson
CONVERSATION- Joni Mitchell
TUNING: D A D F# A D (capo 4th fret) or E B E G# B E (capo 2nd fret)
D5 D5addC# Dsus4 D5 D5addC# Dsus4
D5 D5addC# Dsus4 Asus4 D5 D5addC# Dsus4 Asus4
He comes for conversation, I comfort him sometimes
D5 D5addC# Dsus4 Asus4 F E Asus4 (D5)
Comfort and consultation, he knows that’s what he’ll find
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I bring him apples and cheeses, he brings me songs to play
D5 D5addC# Dsus4 Asus4 F E Asus4
He sees me when he pleases, I see him in cafes
D5 Dsus4
And I only say, hello, and turn away before his lady knows
D7sus4 Dsus4 Asus4
How much I want to see him
D5 Dsus4
She removes him, like a ring to wash her hands
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She only brings him out to show her friends
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I want to free him
Secrets and sharing soda, that’s how our time began
Love is a story told to a friend, it’s secondhand
But I’ll listen to his questions, I’ll give my answers when they’re found
He says she keeps him guessing, but I know she keeps him down
She speaks in sorry sentences, miraculous repentances
I don’t believe her
Tomorrow he will come to me and speak his sorrow endlessly
And ask me why
Why can’t I leave her?
He comes for conversation, I comfort him sometimes
Comfort and consultation, he knows that’s what he’ll find
F E Asus4 D5 D5addC# Dsus4
He knows that’s what— he’ll find
D5 D5addC# Dsus4 (repeat and fade, with «de de de de» backing vocals)
CHORDS:
D5 D5addC# Dsus4 D Asus4 F E D7sus4
D 0 0 0 0 2 3 2 0
A 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0
F# 3 3 1 0 1 3 2 1
D 0 0 0 0 2 3 2 0
A 5 4 2 0 0 3 2 3
D 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0