Chords for Herbie Hancock feat Joni Mitchell - Tea Leaf Prophecy

Tempo:
103.4 bpm
Chords used:

Eb

Ab

Fm

Cm

Bb

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Herbie Hancock feat Joni Mitchell - Tea Leaf Prophecy chords
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[Gm]
[Fm] [Cm] [Bb] [Gm]
[Eb] [Gm]
[Eb]
Those [Db] real straddling [Eb] Nazi [Ab] dread
[Bb] The able-bodied [Eb] have shipped away
[Fm]
Myrtle McKee [Db] gets her tea [Cm] lace red
[Eb]
You'll be married in a month, they say
[Fm]
These [Ab] leaves are crazy
[Bbm] [Ab]
Just look at this town, there's no men left
[Bbm]
Just frail old boys [Eb] and babies
[Ebm] [Ab] Talking to teacher in [Eb] the treble clef
[F] She plants her [Bb] garden in the [Cm] spring
[Fm]
[Cm] [Fm] [G]
[Eb] [G] She [Eb] [G] does the winter [Ab] shoveling
[Eb] [Ab] Tokyo [Cm]
Rose is talking on the radio
She [Ab] [Eb]
says, I'm leaving here
But she don't [Ab] go
Out of the blue, [G] just passing [Cm] through
A young flight sergeant
[Ab] On two league sneaky pipses
[Eb] Myrtle McKee, [Ab] no one else will do
And he [Eb] seals the tea leaf prophecy
[Ab] [Db] Oh, those [Eb] nights were [Bbm] strong [Eb] and soul
Private passions and secret sins
Nothing about him ticked her off
[Ab] And he looked so [Eb] cute in his [Cm] uniform
[Gm] She plants her garden in the spring
[Cm]
He [G] [Cm]
does the winter [Bb] shoveling
[Ab]
[Cm]
But summer's just a [Bb] season
[G] A long, long bad winter [Cm] cold
Soon she [Eb] says, I'm leaving here
[Bb] [Ab] But she don't [Gbm] go
[Ab] [Fm] [Db] [Eb]
[Ab] [Eb] [Ab] [Eb]
[Fm] [Eb]
[Db] [Ab] [Eb]
[Fm] [Eb]
[Fm] [Ab]
[Fm] [Eb] [Fm]
[Ab] [Eb] [Fm]
[D] [Gm] [F] [Dm]
[Eb]
[Bb] [Cm] [G] [Eb]
[G] [Cm]
[B] [F] [G] [Eb]
[C] [Fm] [Eb] [Ab]
[B] [Cm]
[Fm] [C] [Ab]
[Fm] Sleep [Db] little [Eb] darling
This is your heavy home
[Fm] [G] [Fm] Hiroshima [Eb] cannot be [Ab] pardoned
Don't have kids [Eb] when you get grown
[Fm] [Eb] This world is [Bbm] shattered
[Eb]
[Ab] The wise are [Eb] mourning
[Ab] Fools are joking
[Eb] [F] Oh, what does it [Eb] matter
[Ab] The wash needs ironing
And the fire [Gm] needs stoking
She [Fm] plants her [Ab] garden in the spring
[Fm]
[Gm] [F] He [Eb] does the winter shoveling
[Fm] [Bb] [Ab]
[Gm] Now there's three [C] of them [Eb] laughing round the [Fm] radio
She [Eb] [Db]
[Cm] [Ab] says, I'm [Cm] leaving here
[Gm] But she don't [Cm] go
[G] [Eb] She plants her garden [Bb] in the spring
[Ab] [Bb] They
[F] [Gm] [F] do the [Eb] winter [Bb]
[Fm] [Bb] [Fm] shoveling
They [Cm]
sit up late and watch the Johnny [Bb] Carson show
[Fm] [G] [Gm]
[Eb] She [Bb] says, I'm leaving here
But [Eb] she don't [Fm] go
[Cm] She [Fm]
don't go
[Bb] [Eb] [Em] [Cm] [Bb] [Gm]
[Bb]
[N]
Key:  
Eb
12341116
Ab
134211114
Fm
123111111
Cm
13421113
Bb
12341111
Eb
12341116
Ab
134211114
Fm
123111111
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To learn Herbie Hancock - (Lay Down Your Arms) The Tea Leaf Prophecy chords, anchor your practice on these foundational sequence of chords - Fm, Ab, Eb and Ab. Start with a comfortable 51 BPM and as you become proficient, aim for the song's BPM of 103. Fine-tune the capo based on your vocal range, ensuring it complements the key of Ab Major.

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[Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Fm] _ _ [Cm] _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Gm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _
Those [Db] real straddling [Eb] Nazi [Ab] dread _ _
[Bb] The able-bodied [Eb] have shipped away
[Fm] _ _
Myrtle McKee [Db] gets her tea [Cm] lace red
_ [Eb]
You'll be married in a month, they say
_ [Fm] _ _
These [Ab] leaves are crazy
_ _ [Bbm] _ [Ab]
Just look at this town, there's no men left
_ _ [Bbm]
Just frail old boys [Eb] and babies
[Ebm] [Ab] Talking to teacher in [Eb] the treble clef _ _ _
_ [F] She plants her [Bb] garden in the [Cm] spring
[Fm] _
[Cm] _ _ [Fm] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
[Eb] _ _ [G] She [Eb] [G] does the winter [Ab] shoveling
_ _ [Eb] [Ab] Tokyo [Cm] _ _
_ Rose is talking on the radio _
She _ [Ab] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ says, I'm leaving here
But _ she don't [Ab] go
_ Out of the blue, [G] just passing [Cm] through
A young flight sergeant
[Ab] On two league sneaky pipses
[Eb] Myrtle McKee, [Ab] no one else will do
And he [Eb] seals the tea leaf prophecy
[Ab] _ [Db] _ _ Oh, those [Eb] nights were [Bbm] strong [Eb] and soul
Private passions and secret sins
Nothing about him ticked her off
[Ab] And he looked so [Eb] cute in his [Cm] uniform
_ [Gm] She plants her garden in the spring
_ [Cm] _
He _ _ _ _ [G] _ [Cm] _ _
does the winter [Bb] _ shoveling
_ [Ab] _
_ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _
But summer's just a [Bb] season
[G] A long, long bad winter [Cm] cold
Soon _ _ _ she [Eb] says, I'm leaving here
_ [Bb] _ [Ab] But she don't [Gbm] go
[Ab] _ [Fm] _ _ [Db] _ _ [Eb] _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ [Eb] _ [Ab] _ _ _ [Eb] _
[Fm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
[Db] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
[Fm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
[Fm] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Fm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ [Fm] _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ [Fm] _
[D] _ [Gm] _ _ [F] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ [Cm] _ [G] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
[G] _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ [F] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
[C] _ _ [Fm] _ _ _ [Eb] _ [Ab] _ _
[B] _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Fm] _ _ _ _ [C] _ [Ab] _ _
[Fm] _ _ _ _ Sleep [Db] little [Eb] darling
_ _ This is your heavy home
[Fm] _ [G] _ _ [Fm] Hiroshima [Eb] cannot be _ [Ab] pardoned
Don't have kids [Eb] when you get grown
_ _ [Fm] [Eb] This world is [Bbm] shattered
[Eb] _ _
[Ab] The wise are [Eb] mourning
_ [Ab] Fools are joking
[Eb] _ [F] Oh, what does it [Eb] matter _
[Ab] _ The wash needs ironing
And the fire [Gm] needs stoking
_ _ She _ _ [Fm] plants her [Ab] garden in the spring
[Fm] _ _ _
[Gm] _ [F] He [Eb] does the winter _ shoveling
_ [Fm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ [Ab] _
[Gm] Now _ _ there's three [C] of them [Eb] laughing round the [Fm] radio
_ She _ [Eb] _ [Db] _
[Cm] _ _ _ [Ab] says, I'm [Cm] leaving here _
[Gm] But she don't [Cm] go _ _
[G] _ _ [Eb] She plants her garden [Bb] in the spring
_ _ [Ab] _ [Bb] They _
[F] _ _ [Gm] [F] do the [Eb] winter [Bb] _ _
[Fm] _ [Bb] _ [Fm] shoveling
They _ [Cm] _
_ _ sit up late and watch the Johnny [Bb] Carson show
_ [Fm] _ _ [G] _ _ [Gm] _ _
_ [Eb] She [Bb] says, I'm leaving here _
But _ [Eb] she _ don't [Fm] go
_ [Cm] _ She [Fm] _ _ _ _
don't go
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ [Em] _ [Cm] _ [Bb] _ _ [Gm] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _

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