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From uunet!cbmvax!macon Fri Jul 17 12:09:17 PDT 1992
Subject: music : for free
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Date: 16 Jul 92 18:27:12 GMT
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062

Title:                          FOR FREE                (Joni Mitchell)
                                                              1969

                  G          Fmaj7      Em                
                I slept last night in a good hotel 
                       Am         C        F C
                I went shopping today for jewels
                    G            Fmaj7        Em 
                The wind rushed around in the dirty town 
                        Am           C             F C
                And the children let out from the schools
                      Am                  G
                I was standing on a noisy corner
                C               G       F Em D
                Waiting for the walking green
                G                    Fmaj7        Em
                Across the street he stood and he played real good
                       Am    C       F C Em D
                On his clairinet for free
        
        
                    G    Fmaj7    Em
                Now me I play for fortune
                          Am     C       F C
                And those velvet curtain calls
                           G         Fmaj7     Em 
                I've got a black limosuine and two gentlemen
                  Am         C      F C
                Escorting me to the halls
                         Am                   G
                And I'll play If you have the money
                   C           G         F Em D
                Or if you're a friend to me
                G               Fmaj7       Em
                But the one man band by the quick lunch stand
                       Am           C        F C Em D
                He was playing real good for free
        
                
                G      Fmaj7      Em
                Nobody stopped to hear him
                          Am        C         F C
                Though he played so sweet and high
                         G           Fmaj7      Em 
                And they knew he had never been on their T.V.
                        Am         C     F C
                So they passed his music by
                  Am                   G
                I meant to go over and ask for a song
                      C        G     F Em D
                Mayby put on a harmony
                  G             Fmaj7      Em
                I heard his refrain as the signal changed
                       Am           C        F C Em D
                He was playing real good for free


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